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04-01-2010, 09:42 AM
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owner, Barker Musical Instruments, maker of the Barker Bass | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Redmond, Oregon | | | solved: your favorite amp in lightweight form
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Here's a brand new approach to the current problem of giving up the amp you love in exchange for one of the new, lightweight models. www.ampreduction.com is a new company utilizing some new (and somewhat scary) technology which allows them to remove, in a molecular way, half of the cellular structure of the wood in your enclosure.
I know this sounds unlikely, but when you think of wood, whether it's solid wood or plywood, it is still a bundle of cellular structures. Each by itself is a fragile (and very small) thing; it is in their multiplicity that wood has its strength. So, given that half inch plywood makes an adequate enclosure, and your old favorite is probably ¾, it figures that reducing it to half, if possible, would be a great step toward making your carry-in, carry-out effort a joy rather than a chore.
If you've been with me on the math, you might be thinking that reducing the ¾ by half would be less than ½, and you're right. What happens is the space remains where the cell was, so you have essentially the same dimensions (slightly smaller, but nothing that would affect your speaker response) and the weight is reduced by half. Because the cells remain attached in this latticework, the strength is greater than the weight would indicate.
Exactly how this is done is not only beyond my imagination, but also well protected by these guys, but I have seen and hefted the results of their technological breakthrough (last night) and it is so incredible I promised them I would try to reach as many bassists as I can. Good ol' TB. Their web site has details about how to reach them. They also are planning to stock several standby guitar and bass amps already reduced, so you can send them yours and perhaps get an exact match by return freight. |
04-01-2010, 09:45 AM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | | so, is this an april fool's?
the link doesn't work. |
04-01-2010, 10:01 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | | Why do people continue the stupid tradition of April Fools day??? It as aptly named as only a fool takes part!
Paul |
04-01-2010, 11:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ottawa and its Environs. | | | Somebody sent my head to ampreduction last night. I keep clicking on these april fools threads.
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04-01-2010, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by BassmanPaul  Why do people continue the stupid tradition of April Fools day??? It as aptly named as only a fool takes part!
Paul | Jeeze... tough crowd...
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04-01-2010, 12:09 PM
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Endorsing Artist: J.C. Basses | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Phoenix, Arizona 85029 | | | Lol. Did you actually see the wood underneath? I sent my cab into them and when it came back, it was roughly 10 lbs lighter. Upon peeling back the carpeting, I saw that they actually replaced all of the wood with 1/8" plastic.
I'd say my cab definitely sounds better now, and the lighter weight is an incredible help.
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04-01-2010, 12:26 PM
| | | | Because some people still have a sense of humor.
And because lightweight amps are for lightweights- just kidding. |
04-01-2010, 12:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mississippi Coast | | | Speaking of April Fools, what do you think about the announcement regarding the DB/BG forums merge?
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04-01-2010, 12:35 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | this is no joke. my 69 svt weighs 6 lbs. now.
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04-01-2010, 12:38 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM this is no joke. my 69 svt weighs 6 lbs. now. | My last 69 was more than 6 pounds. 
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04-01-2010, 12:39 PM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | | yeah, i shipped my SVT to them, and rather than shipping it back, they just dropped it off a tall building and it floated onto my front porch right next to my morning paper. i didn't even have to deal with UPS, and pay for the return shipping. |
04-01-2010, 12:52 PM
|  | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | Halving the weight of the power & output transformers, that would be a really nifty trick!
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04-01-2010, 01:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Metropolis_488 Jeeze... tough crowd... | No not really. Every April we go through the same foolishness because some folk consider it funny. All the April issues of the Bass Player magazine contain stupidity under the guise of comedy.
April Fools Day is something that should be left behind after puberty. It's childish and simply not funny.
Paul |
04-01-2010, 01:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago | | | I tried this on my GB shuttle 3.0.
It actually got heavier. Weird.
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04-01-2010, 01:35 PM
| | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BassmanPaul No not really. Every April we go through the same foolishness because some folk consider it funny. All the April issues of the Bass Player magazine contain stupidity under the guise of comedy.
April Fools Day is something that should be left behind after puberty. It's childish and simply not funny. |
Quite agree!!!
I'm warning this thread not to get silly again... 
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04-01-2010, 01:51 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | aw, paul...what's wrong, dude?
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04-01-2010, 02:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | | Nothing too much Jimmy lad but I AM completely bored with April tomfoolery.
Take care old friend...
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04-01-2010, 02:54 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BassmanPaul Nothing too much Jimmy lad but I AM completely bored with April tomfoolery. | next year, you need to plan an elaborate prank that is really funny, and then you'll get your april fool's groove back on
have a good one, bro!
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04-01-2010, 02:57 PM
| | | | A Comrade, what else is not funny..... aside from my post? Heil ha ha ha lmao
edit Does any1 know, the actual date around 2012 sometime, when the world is supposed to end? I want to know how to set up my payments
on my Guitar Center Credit card, so I'm not in a rears at boom time.
I only have one regret, no more April Fools jokes.
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