OLD
DOG
Road Warrior™
I typically avoid most
guitar stands and all wire clothes hangers, because these allegedly
simple and serviceable necessities of life are far from docile
helpmates. No. They are devil spawn. Place your trust in the wrong
guitar stand, and the hateful little bugger will always latch onto
something (or someone) when you’re unloading gear, jettison its
parts while you’re lugging two guitars and a combo amp down a steep
staircase, and self-destruct when it’s most needed. And – be honest
– how many of those metal and chrome sprites really look totally hip
onstage?
Well, the Old Dog Road
Warrior electric-guitar stand may not be Johnny Depp cool either,
but it comes in very dashing colors, folds flat, and is innocent of
those deadly moving parts. Made of polycarbonate with soft,
Santoprene-like inserts to protect your instrument’s finish, the
Road Warriors are gig-rugged and extremely steady. I smacked a
couple around at the Summer NAMM show, and not one stand collapsed.
Each stand also folded up neatly and quickly, and could be easily
stored in a pedalboard-sized gig bag. Finally, the Road Warrior
cradled several different guitars securely – the instruments didn’t
slip and fall even after I repeatedly kicked the stand’s legs (just
like those annoying lead vocalists who never seem to complete a
pirouette without stumbling into your airspace). The Road Warrior is
a marvelous new take on an old idea, and it has renewed my faith in
guitar stands. – Michael Molenda |
