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Here's a great little DIY project for you. Turn a guitar stand into a tech bench. I started with an old Austin brand guitar stand that I no longer used.

I trimmed 4.5 inches off the vertical arm (so it wouldn't be too long) and also trimmed 4.5 inches off the support sleeve. Then I drilled and tapped the vertical arm for a set screw. This made it possible to fit the vertical arm over the holder for the guitar support. Serendiptous I'll admit. If it wouldn't fit I'd have had to devise another way.

I found an old headrest from some exercise equipment which was the perfect size to sit the guitar body on. Using a pipe flange I attached the piece of pipe that I cut from the vertical arm. This way the padded support will fit right into the sleeve where the vertical arm used to attach.

So now I have a portable, convertible guitar stand/tech bench. Cool huh?

The only thing left to do is get some nice foam to cover the neck rest and perhaps add some side arms to prevent the guitar falling off the side of the support.