Customer Reviews

The String Centre Slipstop Cello and Bass Endpin Rest

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Before I start, I have to tell you that I didn't try to use this endpin rest with a cello or an upright bass. I have a custom instrument, a modified guitarrón with a home made endpin, the bottom end of which is an ordinary 1-inch, rubber cane tip--so this might not apply to your instrument.

Anyway, this thing worked pretty well on carpet where you don't need it. The lip isn't very high, though, so my cane tip did want to come out of it. Where you DO need it--on a hardwood or synthetic floor--this thing was useless. It slid around worse than my cane tip by itself. If you get down on your knees each time you want to use it with a can of Pledge and a dust rag and clean all the dust off the floor first, then do that to the bottom of this endpin rest, it'd probably work fine--but who wants that? Or you could spill some cola on the floor first and let it get tacky--that would help this endpin rest considerably, I'll bet. Or just use it on carpeting.

Anyway, I made the perfect endpin rest myself. It consists of a metal cappuccino cup and four-foot web strap and buckle. One end of the strap goes around the cup handle and the other goes around the rung or leg of whatever chair or stool I'm sitting on. Totally solid and secure. Works absolutely perfectly.

My daughter received this stopper with her cello. I agree with the reviewer above. It doesn't have enough "non slip" product on the bottom to keep it from sliding on a hard wood or linoleum floor. It just slides all around. The bottom padding is a fine rubber, but doesn't grip enough. It is useless. I would recommend another product.