I ordered this stand and immediately proceeded to put it together without consulting the manual or youtube. What could be hard about setting up a stand right? Wrong move.
I didn't lock the fasting rings, causing my Moog and Minilogue s on the uppermost tier to turn upside down and come sliding down. Just as this was happening, I was holding my Korg M1 that I was trying to insert on a middle tier, creating the crazy situation of me holding 3 synths with nowhere to go. To top it off, my Kronos on the lowest tier came crashing down on the floor because I didn't properly lean the two support beams on the extra lateral beam and didn't set the diagonal sides in the right angle.
I'm telling you this so you may avoid this.
Putting this stand together requires:
- Planning - where do you want to put what piece of gear and at what angle?
- Read the manual or watch youtube howto's first
- Use a spirit level to make sure everything is straight
- Use a centimeter to make sure all the angles are correct and are consistent L/R
- Fasten everything properly using the included hex tool (Be prepared to do a lot screwing as you adjust/perfect your setup)
Once set up, it's a brilliant stand. I love the amount of space at the bottom, I now have a small rack of 19" inch gear there and there's still plenty of room for sustain pedals and so on. The stand is light weight and can be expanded with all kinds of extensions. The lateral beams can be used to esthetically guide cables using cable ties which looks very good (I use Thomann V2030's).
