Bass Cab + Christmas Lights= Good Idea?

[bringitlow]

My band is booked to play a show tomorrow night and in the spirit of the holidays, I am planning to wrap my bass head and cab in a string of Christmas lights. (GK 800rb in a rackmount case +Ampeg 410hlf)

I feel like this is a kind of stupid question, but will wrapping the lights around my amp cause any issues? ie RF interference, rattling, etc?

Thanks!

[topcat2069]

It will make it brighter than usual....


I saw Tower Of Power in San Jose and they had chase lights on all their equipment (even their mic stands) and I didn't notice and humming or buzzing problems... I was in the audience though .......

use the new low voltage LED lights.....

[Jim C]

I played a big show on Christmas night many years ago and everything was wrapped in the conventional small lights
Looked kinda cool on the video and no audio problems

[Floyd Eye]

If it were me I would definitely use low voltage LED lights. My drummer has strings of them around his riser and kick drums. Very cool looking and no problems as far as I have noticed.

[Dom_Bass_2]

It works for me!

[Got2SadowskyNYC]

If you're micing the cab you MAY hear them rattling on the grill in the front, for the obvious reason.

DIing, very doubtful.

[2milehighspike]

Go for it, I wraped my amp and mic stand with them last night, use led lights though , they are cooler and won't melt you're tolex.

[fivestringgecko]

Originally Posted by Dom_Bass_2

It works for me!

Same here. Wish I would've gotten a better pic with actual stage lighting though... it looks rather unimpressive in this pic. lol The red rope lights continued all the way around the drum shield, and we had a Christmas tree on the other side of the drums!

5sg.

[fivestringgecko]

If you're particularly ambitious, you could wire them up inside the grill like this guy. (Don't remember where I saw these pics, maybe a couple years ago on my Facebook feed?)

5sg.

[LegoBass]

Originally Posted by fivestringgecko

This looks awesome, especially with all the chrome on the Hydrive cabs. Now I want to do this with mine, Dang it....

[fivestringgecko]

Yeah, I always thought that was pretty hot and can't say I haven't thought about doing the same thing.

Their drummer apparently got in on the action too.

5sg.

[crguti]

^ very nice.

[vishuddha]

The gear slut in me ruins any enjoyment in an otherwise cool picture because I can't take my attention off the 410 + 115

[thehorse]

man. it's the best idea ever.