Murata GR-2 Guitar Rest

Description

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Best Guitar Support Guide
.
The Murata GR-2 Guitar Rest is one of our favorite guitar supports at Strings By Mail. Here are some reasons why:
It’s comfortable and feels natural. Your guitar moves with you, just as it does when using a foot stool — but without the lower back pain that a foot stool can cause.
It gently clamps to your guitar with four adjustable rubber feet, providing great stability.
There aren’t any suction cups, so you don’t have to worry about them detaching or marring your guitar’s finish.
This support is a sibling of the
Murata GR-2B
. Only the color is different. Both have dark brown bases, but the upper portion is silver on this one and black on the GR-2B.
With the 3-inch pole that’s included with the Murata GR-2 Guitar Rest (a.k.a. Aria Guitar Rest), you get 4.5 to 6 inches of leg lift. You can extend its range with replacement poles of 2 inches to 8 3/8 inches that are available separately in the
Guitar Support Parts
section of our website. With these poles, you can achieve a lift of 3 1/2 inches to 11 3/8 inches.
A hinge between the pole and the base allows you to rake your guitar the same as a guitar that sits directly on your leg. The support has a fixed angle, but you can adjust the angle by moving the base on your leg for an approximate range of 40-50 degrees.
Here are some more key features of the Murata GR-2:
The molded base that rests on your leg has a fabric lining to prevent slipping.
The support collapses, making it small enough to fit in most guitar cases.
Unlike most other guitar supports, this product works equally well for left- and right-handed guitarists.
The minimum width of the clamp when tightened is 3 1/8 inches, and the maximum width is 4 1/4 inches. This support will not fit correctly on guitars with tapered bodies because the support clamps are square.