String Swing CC29 Guitar Case Racks

String Swing CC29 Guitar Case Racks

There has always been a guitar or two in the living room, but since we moved into the new house, the pile has grown and grown. I have been looking for a way to get the clutter more organized and two String Swing Guitar Case Racks made a big difference.

What’s in the box: Finished Wood Pieces and Hardware Packet

This is what’s in the box, just wood, screws and glue to assemble the racks.

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Hardware to assemble the String Swing CC29 Guitar Case Rack

The hardware pack included 12 wood screws, 2 bolts, 2 brass washers, 2 wing nuts and a tube of Gorilla Glue.

String Swing CC29 Guitar Case Rack Assembly Instructions
String Swing CC29 Guitar Case Rack Assembly Instructions
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These are the instructions it came with. It looks really straight forward and it was as easy to assemble as it looks.

1) Use a Phillips screwdriver to attach the B pieces to the A pieces using the pre-drilled holes. Be sure to keep the T-nut flange facing outward as shown in the picture above.
Build the Bottom Unit, the bottom of the String Swing CC29 Guitar Case Rack.

This is the first step. 1) Use a Phillips screwdriver to attach the B pieces to the A pieces using the pre-drilled holes. Be sure to keep the T-nut flange facing outward as shown in the picture above.

Glue from hole to hole.

First Apply a thin line of glue from hole to hole on one side of the contact surface of parts A & C, shown in steps 1, 2 & 3.

Gorilla Glue is water activated
Gorilla Glue is water activated.

Gorilla Glue is water activated. So first Cliff dampened the area to be glued.

The water activated polyurethane formula expands into materials to form an incredibly strong bond to virtually anything, making Gorilla Glue your solution for almost any project or repair.

A thin line of Gorilla Glue from hole to hole

Then he put a line of glue from hole to hole.

The T-nut flange faces outward.

Cliff screwed the two bottom pieces onto the front bar with the flange facing out.

2) Attach the D pieces to the bottom end of the C pieces using the pre-drilled holes. Be sure to keep the larger, beveled bottom hole facing outward as shown in the picture above.
Attach the side pieces to the bottom end pieces.

The next stem is 2) Attach the D pieces to the bottom end of the C pieces using the pre-drilled holes. Be sure to keep the larger, beveled bottom hole facing outward as shown in the picture above.

Damp the wood to activate the Gorilla Glue.

Damp the connection points.

Glue from hole to hole.

Applying the Gorilla Glue.

The String Swing badge is on the back of the rack when complete
The String Swing badge is on the back of the rack when complete.

Srewing the top and bottom back pieces to the ends of the side pieces.

Make sure the larger beveled bottom hole faces outward.

Be sure to keep the larger, beveled bottom hole facing outward.

3) Attach the D pieces to the top end of the C pieces, using the pre-drilled holes, as shown in the picture above.
3) Attach the D pieces to the top end of the C pieces, using the pre-drilled holes, as shown in the picture above.

OK, so he did this out of order. He attached both top and bottom to each side. But it came out the same.

At this point he wiped down where the Gorilla Glue had foamed out at all the connections.

4) Attach the assembled top unit to the assembled bottom unit using the provided bolts as shown above. *Make sure horizontal brace bars are facing out back of rack
Attach the top to the bottom.

Next 4) Attach the assembled top unit to the assembled bottom unit using the provided bolts as shown above.
*Make sure horizontal brace bars are facing out back of rack

Attach the top to the bottom using the bolts

Push the bolt through both holes.

Washer and Wingnut

Put on the washer and wingnut. On both sides, of course.

Completed String Swing CC29 Guitar Case Stand
Completed String Swing CC29 Guitar Case Stand

And here is the completed rack. It took less than half an hour to assemble, including time looking for a lost screw. The wingnuts can be loosened to fold the rack.

Two String Swing CC29 Guitar Case Stands corral a lot of the clutter
Two String Swing CC29 Guitar Case Stands corral a lot of the clutter

Here it is filled with guitars (and a banjo). It holds five on one rack and six on the other, depending on how thick the cases are.

The wood is beautifully finished. I’m really happy with them. They are available in two finishes, Black Walnut and Ash. This is Ash. Either finish would have done. Ash was less expensive.

Cliff has talked about building shelves to hold his guitars for years. He had converted metal storage racks to hold guitars in his office/workshop before we moved. But, this works and looks way better. It probably didn’t cost any more than buying wood and hardware.

I would like to find some way to add casters to them so I can roll them out to vacuum.

String Swing makes all kinds of displays and organizers for musical equipment.


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