Thinking about a guitar rack?
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Posted on Jan 05, 2011 11:32 pm
andrewdouv
Member Since: Jan 03, 2011
I got up this morning and spontaneously was daydreaming about having my own guitar rack... okay, it wasn't that spontaneous, my birthday is coming up! But I saw online a lot of people were building there own out of pvc pipe, and I was intrigued. Now I'm a broke college kid, and I don't wanna spend 30-50 bucks on PVC piping, BUT I had some scrap wood on hand in less than two hours, I put together a guitar rack which can hold up to six guitars (and I'm quite proud of it if I say so myself)
If anyone is intrigued by this and wants some more info such as:
'how big should it be?'
'after seeing it in action, what would you have done differently?'
etc..etc.
Post on here and I'll be happy to help as much as I can!
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cruxTypo SzarMember
Since: Jul 04, 2002
Jan 06, 2011 02:00 am that looks tops, and yes u should answer the questions u posed urself, especially wat u should have done different the second time round
wat r u using as padding to soften where the guitars rest?
any plans to make it collapsible?
Jan 06, 2011 12:04 pm No plans to make it collapsible, I like how sturdy it is! I'm definitely going to double up on the dowel rods which support the guitar necks... IE.. rather than 6, I'll have 12, and there will be 2 rods per guitar neck to hold it tightly in place
For padding I used this type of polyurethane insulation my dad has.. (we're working on finishing the basement). It was basically a sandwhich of padding.. soft polyurathane cover>foam>soft polyurathane cover.
I obviously just fastened it on using electrical tape. Carpeting also works really well if you happen to have some fluffy carpet remnants. Just cut that up and use a staple gun. You can really get creative with the padding.. but I highly recommend avoiding rubber. A quick little google search tells countless stories of 'rubber padding ruining finish on guitar'.. apparently it only ruins a guitar that was finished with a 'nitro finish'.. but I don't know what that means, and I recommend that you avoid using rubber in general.
To determine the size, All i did was lay my widest guitar the wood that I was going to use for the side, and I marked a line, 1 or 2 inches to the left and right of the body. For me, my sides are 26 inches wide. I didn't really do any measuring for the bottom supporting pieces.. I just made sure they fit snug between the sides, and I made sure they were an inch or two off the ground to hold the guitars in place. If you like though, I'll be happy to measure everything and draw up some schematics with step-by-step instructions.
Being that this was a spontaneous build, using scrap wood ,I didn't expect it to come out as good as it did; I may build another one just so I can stain the wood and give it a nice finish. Before doing that though, I think I'm going to try painting this thing black and see how it looks.
