DIY Portable Wooden Guitar Stand

This is a design for a satisfyingly portable guitar stand, perfect for standard Stratocaster style electric guitars. It can also be modified for multiple electric guitar bodies and contours. I decided to craft this handy guitar stand because my guitar has had no place to sit for a while now. I hope you enjoy creating this guitar stand as much as I did.

For this project, you will need:

-Wood: 3 Pieces of .75X7.25 and at least 28 inches long

-1.25 Inch Screws X8

-.5 Inch Screws X6

-Orbital Sander (3 types of sandpaper for it: aggressive, mid, and softer.)

-Mitre Saw

-Table Saw

-3X3 Inch Hinge

-Fine Sanding Block

-Polyurethane or Stain

-Working Table

-Drill with drill bits and driver heads appropriate for your screw types.

-Jigsaw

Cut 2 of your pieces of wood to be 28 inches long. I used the miter saw for this.

on your 2 pieces of wood, draw a dot on the very edge of your wood at the left about 3.5 inches from the base. At the right side, draw a dot at the top, 3 inches from the right edge. Connect the dots and cut along the line with the table saw.

Make your 3rd piece of wood into 2 11 inch long pieces.

Trace your guitar body onto cardboard, cut it out and trace onto wood, and make cuts. Use jigsaw to make cuts on wood.

Use your orbital sander to sand the pieces of wood. Start with an aggressive, gritty sand paper, then use less gritty, and then smooth. Round the edges with the sander.

Varnish all of your wood. I used MINIWAX polyurethane. You can use any varnish or stain you want. I did 3 coatings, and sanded lightly with a sanding block between the coatings.

Drill pilot holes in your wood where you want your screws to go. Screw the feet in on the outside of the 2 legs to ensure maximum portability. Drill your 1.25 inch screws into the pilot holes to connect the legs and feet.

Make more pilot holes and screw in hinge with .5 inch screws. Attach the hinge at the very top as shown in photos.

Test the lengths between the legs. select the one most fitting for your instrument. ( A Telecaster WILL be wider than a Stratocaster.) you can add a strap in the middle if the legs have a hard time holding their distance.

So here we are, the guitar stand is finished. It went very smoothly for me. This project was the first big woodworking project (and my first decent Instructable) so I learned alot, like safe tool usage, how to stain wood safely, and how to write an instructable in general, enjoy!