I bought one of those "fancy looking" guitar center floor stands, like it is similar to the first above but its much cheaper.....
basically it rests the back of the body against the front/bottom of the guitar face, so its using the guitars counterweight to hold it up
Ill admit, it was one of the cheaper models, not like the better one above, but after using it for my 8 string guitar, lets just say
all it took was one topple over (as the weight, though balanced, was simply too much), and it also speaks to the quality of the item
however, with all that said, I will only go now with either the :
1)standard old one with the neck holder with a looped/scooped bottom to hold the guitar or
2)spending hundreds/thousands on a wall mount or clear mounted like in Waynes world
however, since I am absoultely poor ATM, (no exaggeration) and with a daughter on the way in a few weeks, I am blessed and lucky enough to have my dream guitars and the cases to put them in, because my stands aren't worthy of $5k guitars lol
Literally, my prized, pride and glory, RG2228 fell directly to the side on the headstock - THANKFULLY - since its not a fancy guitar, and it uses 4 and 4 instead of inline like my other 8 string ESP custom, it fell on the tuner peg, so that was a lucky, and quickly learned lesson
Buy expensive for expensive guitars, buy cheap for cheap guitars, thats just my opinion
It lets me keep the ones I use at hand, and makes it feel musical.
