Fender Universal Guitar Stand

I bought this stand because my bass has a swoop in the body that lets it graciously glide out of normal stands. With the two arms being adjustable you can have any form of instrument sit straight. There is a litte arm for stopping instruments slide out to the left, like explorers do. My bass has an inverted explorer back, so it slides to the right. I took the stand apart and reassembled it the other way round (needs a bit of force). Now that little arm is located on the right and my bass sits tight, but i can not fold it anymore.
After a long search this remains the only groundstand keeping that particular bass upright, so i'm ok with the non-foldability my mod has given it.

Other than that, the Fender Universal Guitar Stand offers a good, solid quality and good value for the money.

I've struggled to find a good stand for my jazz bass for some time - the offset body just doesn't sit well on most standard guitar stands - you end up ineffectually re-positioning it to try and find a secure spot.

The simple adjustability of this stand is perfect so that the instrument sits securely in place and the padding is of decent thickness to protect the finish. An added plus I wasn't expecting is that non-offset bodies still sit it in well too with little or no adjustment.

Build-wise it is well-made and I would expect it to cope with the rigours of regular gigging with ease. It's not light or compact but then my experience is that flimsy stands don't last nor do they offer sufficient balance.

My only minor criticism is that the stand does need to be positioned a good distance away from a wall as the guitar does sit back at quite an angle. Nevertheless this doesn't outweigh its usefulness.