Amp stand

[Keetoz]

Our band regularly plays in a small venue (our local pub!) where I set my amp combo directly on the wooden floor, and sometimes get the most terrible booming ringing sound. I suspect this is an acoustic effect that happens when certain frequencies are played that resonate with the room. Would placing my amp on a stand help to stop this? Is it best to get a stand that tilts the amp slightly upward? Any thoughts re this kind of set up v welcome …

 

[Jeff Scott]

Yes, getting the amp off the floor/stage is a very good thing to do. As to stands, I am not personally fond up those upward tilting ones; I like to place stuff on top of my amp: tuner, small towel, etc. Depending on how big your combo amp is there are many options available. The simplest (and JimmyM recommended ) is one or two milk crates, depending on how high you want to get (your amp). If needed/desired, a black cloth over it will hide the look.

For the past 15 years, or so, I have used a metal luggage stand or waiter's stand, depending on which amp I was using at the time.

 

[MD]

When I was playing out, I used one of these under my 1x12. I used a long strap to make sure it didn't shift once we started playing.

 

[Bobby Bass]

When I was playing out, I used one of these under my 1x12. I used a long strap to make sure it didn't shift once we started playing.
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Dollar General under $10.00

 

[buldog5151bass]

Getting the cab upoff the floor also will make it easier to hear yourself.

 

[Lobster11]

Getting the cab upoff the floor also will make it easier to hear yourself.

The importance of this can't be overstated. If the cab is blasting the back of your ankles you'll only hear the boom and none of the mid- and upper-range frequencies. My favorite setup has long been a pair of 2x10s stacked on end, but a combo on some kind of stand will almost certainly better than one on the floor.

 

[5andFretless]

Rumble 500c and a Boss BCB30X pedal board. The pedal board lid works perfectly under the front edge of the amp for what you need.

 

[dreamadream99]

Thrift Store. Five dollars:

 

[Jeff Scott]

Free (from the curb - three of them, actually!). Waiter stand.

 

[Lobster11]

FWIW, my own solution is a 2x10 cab on top of another matching 2x10 cab, arranged in a tall/vertical stack. No stand is required; the amp (and other miscellaneous stuff) can sit comfortably on top, and some of the speakers are up close enough to my ears that I can hear myself. Problem solved.

 

[blastoff99]

I leave it on the dolly I rolled it in on. It looks like this:

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Obviously this doesn't elevate it to anywhere near my ears, but even that little bit helps. It solves the extraneous floor-noise issue perfectly.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

Just got a small folding stool today over lunch at Home Depot, will do this for the first time tonight.