This is a very solid, though light weight, excellent quality guitar stand. I've got two of them. I've seen some complaints about the straps. Honestly, I didn't realize the necessity for the strap across the neck. I thought if my guitars wouldn't stay in the stand without the strap, then something's wrong with the stand. Then one day, after months of use, someone knocked the stand, the guitar dropped an inch to the floor, but stayed in the stand. 99.9% of the time the strap is useless, but that 0.01% makes all the difference.