Sometimes you need to buy a piece of gear that’s not for you: it’s for your instrument.
If you’re reading this, you probably know the thrill of buying a new instrument. A new vessel into which you can ladle your rage, hopes, thoughts and dreams. Your instrument is ultimately the conduit for you to express your deepest, truest, most intimate feelings about the world and your place in it. Everyone loves a New Instrument Day. It’s exciting, you get that little dopamine hit, and you have now added a whole new room to the beautiful house that is your music.
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But sometimes you need to buy a piece of gear that’s not for you: it’s for your instrument. Your guitar, bass, violin, horn, cello, ocarina, that wooden fish thing that goes ‘skkkkkt’. They all need to feel the joy of a New Gear Day, too. It’s into this category that we place things like noise gates, buffers and tuners: you’re not really buying a pedal for you, you’re buying a pedal for your pedal. It’s the same with instrument stands. They’re not the sexiest products to buy or the easiest to write about, but sometimes you really need to buy some gear for your gear.
Here’s the thing about music stands: no matter how many you own, you always need one more. It’s like guitar leads, drum keys, picks – they multiply when you’re not looking, yet somehow vanish the moment you actually need them. And because they’re going to get used constantly, you need stands that won’t fall apart on you.
This is where brands like Hercules come in. They make stands that actually last – the kind that’ll find use day after day, session after session, year after year, without developing that sad wobble of impending failure. Quality stands aren’t glamorous, but they’re the unsung heroes that keep your gear safe and your sessions running smoothly.
Hercules follows the grand tradition of hardware companies named for tough, strong stuff. The kind of stuff that stops your instrument from hitting the floor. If you’re going to name your company after someone, you might as well aim high. And Hercules – the actual Greek mythological Hercules, the guy who wrestled lions and held up the sky and generally did impossible things before breakfast – set a pretty high bar. He’s basically the patron saint of “incredibly strong and won’t let you down,” which is exactly what you want from the thing holding your expensive instrument.
They took on the whole concept: unmatched strength and serious power. It’s why they’ve become one of the most trusted stand brands out there. Because just like the mythical hero who could handle twelve impossible tasks without breaking a sweat, Hercules stands are built to handle whatever you throw at them – or rather, whatever you gently place on them – without ever letting you down.
The Hercules DA753BB 2-Way Low Brass Stand is a difficult product to write about because let’s face it, it doesn’t make a sound, it doesn’t have any playability to critique, and it’s not pointy and neon and covered in skulls. It’s simply a reliable, roadworthy support for low brass instruments such as tubas, euphoniums and baritones. It’s there to support your instrument while you play, taking the stress off your precious muscles and positioning the instrument right where you need it. It has a detachable tube set so you can adapt it to a wide range of player preferences. It also comes with a carry bag. It has a Power Lock lever to keep it nice and secure, and you can remove the pad if you need to do so to accommodate your instrument.
Hercules gear is very tough. Their foldable guitar stands are fantastic. Their guitar wall hangers are even more so. They’re one of those companies that really figured out how to make stands more secure, no matter what they’re for, and have let that knowledge filter into some very specialised instrument stands like this one.
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