Thomann Guitar Multistand 5

It's quite fine a stand - it's stable, doesn't creak or wobble dangerously, the padding is adequate. You need to however expect the weight of your guitars to keep the headrest part with the pegs aligned (shouldn't be a problem with multiples on the rack), and yes, you need to make sure to set your guitars down right on it, so they rest securely on the bottom rails. Minor gripe, but if you have basses, you cannot push this against the wall - the angle they rest at means that very long necks will extend past the rear legs of the stand and hit the wall. Calculate that into the space this needs!

This is my first multi-guitar stand, and it works exactly like you would expect, and seems very high quality. It is worth knowing, however, that you have to be somewhat careful in how you put your guitars on the stand. If you don't balance them "just so", so that the guitar makes three points of contact with the stand, you may have an issue where the guitar turns, slips and falls through the bottom of the stand.

For certain guitars, say those stupid, thick high-gloss finish that every guitar now comes with, you'll get a big crack in the guitar and it will look ridiculous. This did not happen to me, but it does take care to avoid, and I'm terrified every time I put one of my guitars with such a finish on this thing.

Point being, it's not quick on, quick off. It's "careful off", and "extremely careful, focused and completely balanced on"

So, there must be a multi-guitar stand that could avoid this issue. May have to design it myself...

I have a Hercules stand for 3 instruments that is holding (with extension kits) 3 basses and 2 guitars without a problem. I recently found myself needing another stand to hold my Harley Bentons. Since these are cheap instruments, I thought I would buy this Thomann support for them as it is less than half the price of the Hercules and I have always been satisfied with Thomann items in the past. That was a mistake!

On the Hercules, the locking mechanism is, 1) strong and 2) held in place by the weight of the guitars. This means an instrument cannot fall down on its own, the design of the support just doesn't allow it.
On the Thomann, the locking mechanism is reversed, which means that the weight of the instruments is working against it and could make it release and fold suddenly with all instruments crashing to the ground at once. That almost happened today. The Stand had been supporting 2 guitars and a bass for the last several weeks, today I put a second bass on it, for a total of 4 instruments and the locking arm on the left gave up suddenly. Thank goodness the one on the right didn't otherwise I would probably be gathering the broken pieces of my instruments right now...

Needless to say that this is unacceptable, the stand can simply not be trusted! I managed to fix it by using some PVC duct and zip-ties which looks horrible but holds the entire contraption firmly in place.

I CANNOT recommend this guitar stand, it clearly needs a re-design!