Axe Hugger AXEHUGGER
A bass guitar resting in a stand fitted with a red Axe Hugger cover.
Patented · Made in Los Angeles

Your stand is eating your finish.

Axe Hugger® is a slip-on cover for the cradle of your guitar stand — a soft barrier between your instrument and the foam that damages it.

Order an Axe Hugger Why it matters
A black microfiber Axe Hugger cover.

The problem nobody warns you about

It does not make sense that, after buying a guitar, you may be told not to rest it in a guitar stand — because over time the stand will deteriorate the finish.

Some stands use rubber padding that can contain chlorine. Left in contact with a lacquer finish, it oxidises: clouding, cracking, or a tacky residue where the cradle touched the body.

Our answer was a protective barrier that also changes the look of the stand entirely. Once just somewhere to put your guitar, your stand becomes a respectful gesture.

  • Slips over the foam rubber padding of your stand
  • Two model styles to suit how you set up
  • Available with or without the safety Hugger Strap
  • Now made in microfiber — the same fabric guitar care companies use

Two models

Both are built to fit the stand closely. Drawstrings run through cord locks and finish in a black bead.

Checkout runs through our Etsy shop, which handles payment, shipping and returns.

Model A fitted to a standard guitar stand, smooth across the cradle.
Model A

Smooth

$22.00 plus $7.99 shipping

Built to fit the stand giving it a smooth look. Drawstrings are fit with cord locks and the top finished with a black bead.

Black, blue, green, pink or purple suede microfiber.

Buy Model A on Etsy
Model B fitted to a standard guitar stand, with the Hugger Strap across the top.
Model B

With the Hugger Strap

$22.00 plus $7.99 shipping

Everything Model A does, plus the “hugger” security strap across the top — for when the guitar needs to stay put.

Velvet.

Buy Model B on Etsy

It fits the stand you already own

Standard, Ultimate™ GS-100, A-frame, and saxophone stands. Bass, acoustic, electric — Gibson, Fender, Taylor, Guild, Ibanez, Les Paul.

Axe Hugger on a standard guitar stand. Axe Hugger on an Ultimate GS-100 stand. Axe Hugger on an A-frame stand. The furry line of Axe Hugger covers. A custom-fabric Axe Hugger. Sax Hugger fitted to a saxophone stand.

Pick your colour

Microfiber in ten shades, plus the furry line and custom fabrics. Every one is cut and sewn to the same pattern.

Black Axe Hugger on a stand.
Black
Pink Axe Hugger on a stand.
Pink
Hunter green Axe Hugger on an A-frame stand.
Hunter green
Purple-blue Axe Hugger on a stand.
Purple
Jade Axe Hugger on a stand.
Jade
Tan fur Axe Hugger on a stand.
Fur line
Blue and purple shaggy Axe Hugger on a stand.
Monster shag
Red shaggy Axe Hugger on a stand.
Red rocker
Leopard print Axe Hugger on a stand.
Leopard
Fringed Sax Hugger on a saxophone stand.
Sax Hugger
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A good music product made by good people of music

Axe Hugger® was born from love — the genuine love of an instrument and the need to protect it. After it existed, it turned out plenty of other players felt the same need.

It is designed and manufactured in Los Angeles by Beth and Teddy Cannon, and it is dedicated to protecting every instrument that sits in a cradle, saxophones included.

Read the whole story
Beth and Teddy Cannon, the founders of Axe Hugger.

Axe Hugger is simply awesome! I had one of my prized guitars have a reaction to the foam/rubber of a guitar stand some years ago, and when I saw Axe Hugger, there was no doubt I would get one for my new Paul Reed Smith.

Greg Perry