Every service technician and guitar builder is faced with the same problem: What is the best way to securely support a stringed instrument while working on it, especially on the neck and the fingerboard? Creative methods range from roughly carved Styrofoam blocks and specially equipped sponge rubber mats through to pillows and fascia rollers. The experts at MusicNomad have developed a unique solution for this problem: The feature-packed Cradle Cube Neck Support. This innovative instrument support, which is safe for use on all types of finishes, not only offers various heights and angles that are suitable for a wide range of instruments but can also serve to store tools or hold the strings away from the fingerboard.
The MusicNomad Cradle Cube Neck Support is made from an innovative soft gel material that provides reliable support without causing damage such as scratches to the instrument's finish. Thanks to its special design, which incorporates five different height and angle combinations, the Cradle Cube Neck Support provides optimum support for both electric and acoustic guitars, but also reliably fits almost every type of instrument. Another clever feature is the innovative material's ability to transmit vibrations, which allows users to clip a tuner directly onto the neck support and conveniently tune several stringed instruments in a row without removing the tuner.
The MusicNomad Cradle Cube Neck Support is the ideal accessory for passionate guitar players who like to treat their instruments to a professional setup on a regular basis (ideally more often than once every two years), since it facilitates just about every kind of care and maintenance work: From restringing and fingerboard work to nut filing and truss rod adjustment. The Cradle Cube Neck Support will fully demonstrate its advantages when it comes to maintaining, setting up, or repairing a complete set of guitars within a short period of time in a professional and reliable manner. And as mentioned above, the icing on the cake is that a tuner can be attached and the instrument tuned while still resting on the support.
MusicNomad was founded by Rand Rognlien, a specialist for automotive paint care products and a passionate hobby musician. When he launched the MusicNomad web portal in 2008 to build a network for himself and his fellow musicians along the lines of Facebook, he needed a strategy to raise the necessary funds. That was when Rand's extensive professional expertise came into play and he started to develop professional instrument care products for all kinds of materials and surfaces, from lacquer and metal to bare wood, which he soon complemented by a selection of special tools. Since then, MusicNomad has become a household name in music communities in over 50 countries worldwide and is the preferred choice of numerous renowned guitar manufacturers, such as Taylor Guitars and Martin Guitars.
Once users have found the optimum Cradle Cube Neck Support angle and position for their instrument and slackened the strings, they will discover another clever design feature: The integrated lips on both sides, which allow the strings to be securely tugged behind and kept out of the way while working on the fingerboard. When the work is done at the end of the day, another cool extra feature can be revealed by turning the neck support upside down: The Cradle Cube can now serve as a storage device for all kinds of tools that are frequently required on the workbench for fret, nut, and saddle work, such as nut files, gauges, or a clip-on tuner – so everything is well-organised and ready for the next job.