Affectionate/intrusive pets with your rig or gear?

[lo_freq_geek]

There was a thread about "affectionate cats that jump in your lap" in the OT area, and a "pics of your micro rig" thread here - I have a chance to combine those two. My cat picked practice time to park on my bass amp.



Who else has a pet that is all over you when you practice?

[NKBassman]

That's quite a lot of cat you have there!

[famousbirds]

I have to keep my carpeted 2x12 locked away when not in use, or the cats will immediately claim it for scratching and king-of-the-hill.

[BBox Bass]

I have a cat who likes to get into the empty speaker cabinet that I set my practice amp on. He mostly does it during band rehearsals. All 3 of my cats think that my carpeted cabinets make excellent scratching posts.

[ddbassGA]

That Bag End reminded me of our cat that used to crawl up in the speaker cab rear port.

[lowphatbass]

Cats like the high ground, plus amps get warm too. Few cats can resist all that. If you don't like him up there shedding into your cooling fan get one of those carpeted perches that's taller than the amp. That's a great looking cat btw!

[craig.p]

I once gave away on old C-V 1x18 reflex cab. While we were carrying it out to the guy's truck, my black longhair cat shot out of the vent. I'd always wondered where that cat got off to whenever she went missing inside the house for half a day.

[lo_freq_geek]

I sprayed some of the "cat repellant" spray on my bagend cabs when I first got them. The cats - this one & her big brother - claw a lot of other stuff in the house but seem to ignore the urge to claw the cabs.

[coreyfyfe]

I had to get covers for my cabs to keep the little fur balls for scratching up my cabs. They generally dont jump on the amp while I'm playing but one of them can't resist sitting in my lap while I practice. She hears the bass and comes running.

[bobcruz]

Originally Posted by coreyfyfe

I had to get covers for my cabs to keep the little fur balls for scratching up my cabs. They generally dont jump on the amp while I'm playing but one of them can't resist sitting in my lap while I practice. She hears the bass and comes running.

My black and tan mix would clear the room if she saw me pick up my bass--she was my worst critic, LOL. The big brindle was neutral toward my playing, and the little fella in the blue sweater hangs with me wherever I go, bass or no bass.

[christw]

My room mate's cat peed on my stereo speakers I was using as a part of a makeshift keyboard/PA amp. Does that count?

[Russell L]

When our cats were young they loved to crawl into my Trace GP7 SM combo, via the ports, of course. Nowadays, though, it's yellow hairs on my carpeted cabs (at least they go along with my Markbass yellow speaker, LOL). The worst thing that happened is the yellow cat peed in my gig bag. Good grief!

The black cat likes to sit in my lap when I'm out with my telescope.

The dog doesn't seem to know I have a bass rig. He listens when I play, though.

[coreyfyfe]

Originally Posted by Russell L

Nowadays, though, it's yellow hairs on my carpeted cabs (at least they go along with my Markbass yell speaker, LOL).

That's the worst part, fur everywhere. I prefer tolex on my cabs, partly for this reason. Somehow the carpet covered cabs end up with their own layer of cat fur eventually and it just never comes out.

[beans-on-toast]

Maybe cats equate the low frequency rumble of the cab to a type purring and are comforted by it.