K&M 5 Guitar rack review ( and Thomann )

breezytele

Having bought this rack, and being really pleased with it, I thought I’d share;

https://www.thomann.de/gb/km_17525_guardian_5_translucent.htm

it’s a 5 guitar rack, with ‘lacquer safe’ clear polymer rubber , at all guitar contact areas.

the low black ‘dividers’ look like hard plastic, but in fact, are soft as well.

Simple and nil assembly needed. 

And, although it’s for electrics,   I can even fit my 000-28 copy in ( 4” lower bout)
but for the record , the acoustic isn’t staying .

Flying Vs won’t work though.

The guitars feel super secure in the rack, absolutely nil worries there. 

Compared to the Hercules rack, which also looks great,
the K&M is more compact with a length of 688mm  vs  1000mm for the Hercules .
However, it looks like you can fit more guitars into the Hercules 5 guitar rack, if you buy more dividers.
Then again , the K&M does not use foam, which in my experience compresses and splits over time,
 with the weight of any guitar.

I would say the K&M is at the sweet spot for size.. Easy to get guitars in and out without knocking neighbours , yet looks/feels  small.

The Thomann part of the review,  is to say that their prices were inclusive of our VAT, no hidden charges, 

and  ‘click to delivery’ was a mere 4 days, so no Brexit blues there. 

Guitar rack purchases aren’t featured as NGRD posts, but given the joy at decluttering a room,
 perhaps they should be !

Jonathangus

Does it go hard up against the wall when loaded with guitars?

breezytele

Jonathangus said:

Does it go hard up against the wall when loaded with guitars?

Yes. No problem  up close to  a wall with a skirting board.

I also checked  it against a door (  i.e. no skirting board ) and it was fine with a strat headstock pointing towards the door. The clearance was tight here.  

But , generally speaking, the guitars stay within the footprint of the base of the stand

Jonathangus

Cool, thanks!

*Aaron*

That rack looks decent value for money. Thanks for sharing.

I brought a £40.00 fender one. It does the job but is a bit flimsy and I usually knock the other two guitars due to the spacing.

breezytele

This rack certainly feels secure, not flimsy
On the question of ‘up against the wall’ I guess a gretsch white falcon might need a bit of extra space to avoid the headstock touching the wall.
 However, I don’t own one so cannot confirm either way.