Microphone Stand Tray Review

Setup using two Hercules DG307B's.

Once I began gigging with my new Electro-Voice (EV) EVERSE 8 it become apparent that a microphone stand for my mobile phone (with the EV QuickSmart Mobile App installed) would be great. I asked Uncle Google and it seemed like the Hercules DG307B: Universal Tablet/Phone Holder would be perfect.

Sometimes I sit down at gigs and operate my BOSS VE-8 Acoustic Singer, by hand, instead of using the foot switches. I thought a microphone stand tray, for the VE 8, would also be useful. I wanted the tray as small as possible and the Gravity GMATRAY1 Universal Microphone Stand Tray filled my requirements.

So once again, it was off to Mega Music, my local music store.

Unfortunately the clamp on the Gravity GMATRAY1 was too small (only just) to fit the bottom upright of my mic stand. After some thought, I decided to make my own tray using a second Hercules DG307B. So it was back to Mega Music who quickly exchanged the Gravity GMATRAY1 for a Hercules DG307B.

I made a tray to fit, using a Black Chef Inox Cutting Board (from Spotlight) and two Riley Nylon Midget Black Fairleads (RM168BLK) (from my sailing spares box). The fairleads created a front & rear edge to the tray. The DG307B tablet holder clamps provided a sufficient edge at each side of the tray. The breadboard dimensions are 250 x 400 x 12 cm. The 12mm was the perfect depth to fit the tablet holder clamps and one single cut across the board was sufficient to create a made to measure tray for the BOSS VE-8 Acoustic Singer (217 x 161mm).

Seems like a great solution, what do you think?