Micro heads and keeping them in place. - Page 2

Mykk · #21 01-07-2013, 10:21 AM

^^ if it gets that hot you've got more problems that just melted velcro

wmheilma · #22 01-07-2013, 10:23 AM

I also loop the cables through the handle. This helps the head not walk off the cab when i am playing loud and also the "OOPS! Just tripped over the wire!" episodes.

9mmMike · #23 01-07-2013, 10:30 AM

I pulled the cable from my Shuttle a couple times at gigs until I started running the cable down and through/between the cab-stack. The head would not come off the cab as I use speak-ons. When I switched to the HD410, I just ran the cable down and underneath (it has casters). Any pulls on the cable do not pull the cable out or pull the head off the cab(s).
I like the through-the-handle idea though...except for my AE410's since the head sits on top of the handle. The DB's and HD have handles on the side that would work well.

Pilgrim · #24 01-07-2013, 10:58 AM

It's not hard to add a handle to the side of a cab which would allow cable looping. I like the Dual-Lock stuff better, though.

fdeck · #25 01-07-2013, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Tony Flow MMMM

Why would anyone do that!!

LOL, it was 1980, and I'm not sure that I can even remember what else was out there at the time. I had borrowed a Peavey "Centurion" head, and it was delightful, so I bought an identical one.

aglide · #26 01-08-2013, 11:08 PM

I strap my shuttle 9 onto the top cab of my stack (DB112x2) with a flat bungee cord from gruvgear.com.

enjoi1018 · #27 01-08-2013, 11:33 PM

I was taking a picture of a pedal I have for sale today, and it has industrial strength Velcro on the bottom. I set it on top of my cab, and it stuck wayyy more than I thought it would.
It easily stuck to the side of the cab as well. I think if you put some of this stuff even on the feet of the amp, you'd have plenty left over and it might hold beautifully.

TheRealKong · #28 01-08-2013, 11:34 PM

I do the cable-handle-loop - thing for a long time. For the lightweight amp I add a square piece of sponge rubber under the amp.

I do this because I saw the amp moving on the cab, forced by vibrations.

Mostly I use "average weight amps", no problems. OK, in 1981 a MusicMan 212'' - cab fell off its bottom cab, a Peavey 215''. And it took the GK 400 RB on its top with it. From this time I use the rubber foam, not only for the amp, but for the cabs.

Except the cabs covered with rat fur.

scottfeldstein · #29 01-08-2013, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by enjoi1018

I was taking a picture of a pedal I have for sale today, and it has industrial strength Velcro on the bottom. I set it on top of my cab, and it stuck wayyy more than I thought it would.
It easily stuck to the side of the cab as well. I think if you put some of this stuff even on the feet of the amp, you'd have plenty left over and it might hold beautifully.

Seriously, I can't understand why anyone would need anything stronger than velcro for this kind of application. Sometimes I'm frightened at how much force it takes to get a pedal off my board. Imagine coating the entire underside of my amp head with it and mashing it down on my cab. I'd never get it off!