Catch-o-matic guitar stand

[wilkinsi]

I want this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Catch-o-Mat.../dp/B001L8NFIY

I need help finding a couple of them, please.

[pianoguyy]

3 legs does not equal "impossible to tip over"




***a closer look at some other images shows that they have 4 legs

[Mudlark]

Wouldn't that be top heavy with the guitar that far up from the ground? I like the idea of getting the guitar up from the floor, though.

[P I K A]

That looks like it would tip over real easy. Not recommended for club use.

[Rsmacker]

I've got one, and it's great for when you are pissed up and come home, give the neighbours a rousing rendition of "Smoke On The Water" and lob your guitar across the room - although it obviously doesn't catch it, you can get away with being slightly less precise than a normal stand.
What the photo on that link doesn't show you is that it's sprung - the weight of the guitar pushes the bottom support downwards, so it ends up about as far off the ground as a normal stand. As it moves down, the top arms also move down and hold the guitar in place. You'd have to really go some to knock it over forwards, it's way safer than a normal stand.

Sadly, Wilksy-baby, they stopped making them about 15 years ago, so best of luck finding one, let alone two. If you do have any luck, if someone's bought the design and making them again, let me know, I'd love more.

[Mudlark]

Interesting. That type of mechanism did cross my mind, but I'd never have guessed it'd drop that close to the ground. Neat.