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04-27-2011, 08:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NYC | | | non-music gear you adapted for your gig rig
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I love having conversations w/ people where they found a cheaper/better alternative to essentials they use on a gig rig. Like a drummer who gets the plastic shield for their cymbals at Home Depot for a fraction of the cost, or using a gun case to store stuff that is much cheaper... I definitely have a few things on my rig from Depot like my accessory bag (that has pockets perfect for pedals), extension chords and dollies.
Anyone else find any cool non-musical gear to adapt to your rig? |
04-27-2011, 08:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kraków, Polska | | | Like probably most guys who play DB, I use a piece of sewage pipe as a bow case. To close it, I use an old thermos cork that happened to be the right diameter. And I mean old - it's made from real cork, and it's from a real Thermos brand thermos.
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04-27-2011, 08:34 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | An aluminium camera stand found in a garage sale for 10$ as a stand for my VB99.
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04-27-2011, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by pasta4lnch the plastic shield for their cymbals | Huh? |
04-27-2011, 10:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: D'Shaw | | | I picked up a new padded black codura carry bag for my Shuttle 9 head and all my amp related stuff at a consignment shop for 25 cents. It was a phamaceutical giveaway with TriCor 145mg (cholesterol med) on the flap.
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04-27-2011, 10:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NYC | | ^^ That's awesome!! Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabazon Huh? | I dunno what they are called, but they are little plastic tubes that go over the end of the cymbal stand. |
04-27-2011, 10:53 AM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | I use an electric nail gun, duct tape and a light dimmer for a drum machine.
I tape the trigger of the nail gun using duct tape. I plug the nail gun into the light dimmer and then into the main AC supply. I adjust the light dimmer so the nail gun fires at the correct bpm. I have marks on the light dimmer corresponding to each bpm setting from 50 to 140.
...no, not really! |
04-27-2011, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by pasta4lnch ^^ That's awesome!!
I dunno what they are called, but they are little plastic tubes that go over the end of the cymbal stand. | Oh, right. Wow, I just looked up what those cost at music stores, and they range from 2.50 to 9 dollars. That's ridiculous when you could pick up a bit of it for probably less than ten cents at a hardware store. |
04-27-2011, 11:08 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida | | | I put my pedal board in a suit case to wheel it around, but that's about it. |
04-27-2011, 11:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ft. Worth, Texas | | | My son carries all the stands for his drum kit in a hard plastic rolling case designed for golf bags. Less than $50 at the sport warehouse stores: an SKB that does the same thing is well over $200.
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04-27-2011, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by pasta4lnch I dunno what they are called, but they are little plastic tubes that go over the end of the cymbal stand. | Would they be wire nuts...sort of like this? 
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04-27-2011, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by scottbass I use an electric nail gun, duct tape and a light dimmer for a drum machine.
I tape the trigger of the nail gun using duct tape. I plug the nail gun into the light dimmer and then into the main AC supply. I adjust the light dimmer so the nail gun fires at the correct bpm. I have marks on the light dimmer corresponding to each bpm setting from 50 to 140.
...no, not really! | Why not?
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04-27-2011, 11:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tempe, Arizona, USA | | | Mic stands in a "pencil" golf bag seems to be pretty common in my market area.
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04-27-2011, 01:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Grand Island | | Quote:
Originally Posted by scottbass I use an electric nail gun, duct tape and a light dimmer for a drum machine.
I tape the trigger of the nail gun using duct tape. I plug the nail gun into the light dimmer and then into the main AC supply. I adjust the light dimmer so the nail gun fires at the correct bpm. I have marks on the light dimmer corresponding to each bpm setting from 50 to 140.
...no, not really! | OMFG... I think I just fell outta my chair... I LOVE THIS....LOL 
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04-27-2011, 01:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Norway | | | When I'm on electric, I always grab a chair at the venue.
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04-27-2011, 02:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ventura, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pasta4lnch ... or using a gun case to store stuff that is much cheaper... | Quote:
Originally Posted by plankspanker13 Mic stands in a "pencil" golf bag seems to be pretty common in my market area. | These. i use the gun case for my effects and tuner. I just carved out the sizes from the foam using a knife. Works great!
One of my old bands use to carry around Astroglide to all our gigs... for the ear buds in our IEM system. They were custom molded, and were very tight in our ears. We needed lube for 'em. However, just like porn stars seem to have found out in the last few years, spit ended up working much better. |
04-27-2011, 03:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Kerava, Finland | | I use various metal objects (screwdrivers, beer cans and whatever I can find near me when the need arises) as a "bow" with my bass when I need to get certain spooky sounds. Also, I use various remote controllers (TV, led light etc.) near the pickups to get the nice pulse in, then put it through a bass synth and other effects. Great for confusing the audience when you're supposed to have a solo! Electric razors and other objects with motors also make fun sounds.
A Powerball + some effects sounds just like a didgeridoo or an airplane, depending on what you use with it and how fast the RPM is.  |
04-27-2011, 05:07 PM
|  | On the TB leaderboard for low talent/gear ratios! | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by scottbass I use an electric nail gun, duct tape and a light dimmer for a drum machine.
I tape the trigger of the nail gun using duct tape. I plug the nail gun into the light dimmer and then into the main AC supply. I adjust the light dimmer so the nail gun fires at the correct bpm. I have marks on the light dimmer corresponding to each bpm setting from 50 to 140.
...no, not really! | Hammer time!
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04-27-2011, 05:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anasleim, CA | | | My Walter Woods travels in an ancient Tandy Computer laptop case that fits it perfectly...I did get it used at a music store though. |
04-27-2011, 05:23 PM
|  | Bartle doo? | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Missing Mountains | | | I dug a shipping container out of the trash at work. It was used to ship aircraft parts. Had latches, a hinged lid, foam lined inside and a handle. Works better then the milk crate it replaced for carrying cables, spare pedals, spare parts, whatever else is left over. It's like a small parts chest for me to securely store acsessories and parts. It used to go to gigs with me and carry cables, mics, and what few pedals I used to use. Now I have a full pedal board, so I just use the pedal train case stuffed to the brim.
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