Woodworking Corner

Another creative outlet for me is working in wood. I’m lucky to have the space, tools, and the friends who have taught me so much.

Lee Murdock in the Ukulele room at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, MI. Yes, those ukulele stands are actual size!!

When you buy the fiddle stand, I add a leather strap that holds your bow.

Why not have a beautifully hand crafted solid hardwood guitar stand to display your pride and joy in your home, office or studio? Lee Murdock has been building guitar stands for over 30 years when he has not been performing concerts across the country. In that time, he has refined and honed his skills as a wood-worker, keeping close attention to fit and finish.

Recently, Lee redesigned his studio stand to give it cleaner and more graceful lines, with features like dove-tail joinery, an homage to the guitar builders’ craft.

Over the years, requests have come in for fiddle stands (also fits a ukulele, perfectly!), and he has built to order for viola and for a big double bass! Just ask – we are used to requests from artists of all shapes and sizes. 

If you have spent your hard earned dollars on a once-in-a-lifetime acoustic, arch-top, or classical guitar, do you really want to display it on a tubular metal stand? Let Lee make a guitar stand for you that is worthy of your instrument.

Lee selects traditional furniture grade hardwoods such as oak, cherry, maple, mahogany, and walnut for stability and a timeless look.  For just a few dollars more, he has made many of these guitar stands out of exotic and highly figured woods such as birds-eye and flame maple, quilted cherry, walnut burl, padauk, purpleheart, and maccassar ebony. Other species available are coco bolo, jatoba (Brazilian cherry), Hawaiian koa, lacewood, bloodwood, wenge, and zebrawood.