Amp on casters or not?

[Korladis]

With Casters off I have 6 sq. ft. on the stage - You can feel the stage. ( Bare wood stage ) Casters on 4 pts on stage not so much.
Depends alot on the stage - I've played carpeted stages with no effect.

Acoustic coupling and mechanical coupling are not the same.

And if your cab is vibrating that much, it's not braced well enough. That's a waste of power.

Your mistaking physical coupling with acoustic coupling.

The bass is still fine in the audience even if you don't "feel" the stage anymore.

+1.

Exactly. And you really don't want that much mechanical coupling.

 

[KeithAlanK]

When you actually TRY 4" wheels for yourself, anything smaller just doesn't come close to getting the job done.

 

[vasilio]

Acoustic coupling and mechanical coupling are not the same.

And if your cab is vibrating that much, it's not braced well enough. That's a waste of power.


+1.

Exactly. And you really don't want that much mechanical coupling.

Referring to an old Acoustic cab - Folded horn 18' monster that presented all the above problems!
Small clubs were particularly challenging.
Have a GK neo410 today that you could balance a nickel on.

 

[vasilio]

Your thoughts on Orange putting skids on the bottom of their obc cabs?

 

[Korladis]

Your thoughts on Orange putting skids on the bottom of their obc cabs?

My guitarist's cab has them. They're pretty useful for loading into his jeep. Also they were better on the sand at our last gig than my cab's wheels were.

 

[gleneg61]

All the bigger cabs I've had have had casters, pop outs or fixed swivels but my current 410 has factory pop outs that swivel so if I'm on a dodgy stage or up on a wide chair or something similar I just put the cab on its side, that simple. It's a 24/24/16" cab with 1 brand logo I've gaffed over so no one notices, even the band. I always keep the cab 1-2 ft up off the floor anyway, I like the tone n wanna hear my gear n the pop out locking lugs wear out in time so I just leave em as is. Too easy.