If you play in your bedroom at low volume, this thing will work out ok. Don’t expect it to hold up when you’re playing loud at a gig. Not even 2 songs and my marshall combo hit the floor hard.

This stand is so simple, I almost didn’t know how to use it when I took it out of the box! But it makes great sense. Just adjust the height, tilt your amp back and adjust the angle of the top and bottom tilt pieces. As long as you have it placed flat on the floor, and flat on the back of your amp, probably near the top of the amp, then it should be solid. It’s basic physics, you are using this stand to create the third side of a triangle. The floor is one side, the back of your amp is the other, and the stand is the third.

The metal feels heavy and strong, the joints feel solid. Now, the usual warnings apply. If you’re kicking or jumping on your amp, then you get what you deserve. Also, if your amp is super tall, then maybe the center of gravity will bee too high. Just remember, this stand probably needs to be near the top of the back of your amp so it won’t fall over. Also, a slippery or wet floor might not be a good idea, but hopefully your amp isn’t on a wet floor.
I’m using this with a 2-10 open back combo that weighs around 50 pounds so I have the top of the stand placed right at the top of the amp where the heaviest part of the amp is. I have been using it on carpet. I just discovered, by trying it on a slick floor, that the amp could slide and fall because there are no rubber feet on the bottom back edge of my amp. So, use this on carpet, or try and add some rubber feet on to the back edge of your amp.

I use this a few times each week and it works great. Keeps the amp in contact with the floor so I don’t lose any of the bass tones and fits easily in the back of my combo amp so there’s not something extra to haul around. I’ve used the big awkward kind before and just can’t stand having one more thing to carry and they take up so much room on the stage. This is compact and allows me to tilt the amp up so it’s pointing right at me. That means less stage volume=happy sound guys and happy bandmates.

I haven’t had any problems with it causing the amp to fall over, but then again I’m more of a shoe gazer than a jumper. It’s obviously not the most sturdy thing on the planed, but it’s a tilt back amp stand so you can’t expect it to be bomb proof. Gonna buy another for my bandmates amp.