Thanks - they're something else, that's for sure. I love 'em. I think it is the warmth, partially at least. Also, it's not too often I have my gear in the living room...and they have to check out anything new in the living room. 
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Cats and amp....the most powerfull attractive force!
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Awww, cats are cute. But you can keep them off if you want, with that orange scent spray you can get at the grocery store. Cats hate oranges and lemons; all citrus fruit smells. Weird but true. Makes your amp smell nice too.
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I am selling a couple of old P.A. mains on craigslist, so I cleaned them up and brought them in from the garage so I could show/demonstrate them to buyers.
They were not in the house more than 5 minutes when my cat decided to take up residence on top of them.
They were not in the house more than 5 minutes when my cat decided to take up residence on top of them.
I'd no more put up this picture for five minutes before she'd taken up residence between me and the computer monitor
She's so wonderful, I love her so.
A friend of mine fostered a pregnant cat a while back. We used to stop by her place before gigs so we could smoke a few bowl'erinos aand get ourselves chronically prepared.
anyways my SWR is sitting there one night and an i-dont-know-how-many-weeks old cat climbed up in my amp!!
There was some careful tilting of that cabinet, lemme tell ya!
anyways my SWR is sitting there one night and an i-dont-know-how-many-weeks old cat climbed up in my amp!!
There was some careful tilting of that cabinet, lemme tell ya!
Those cats look awesome. My cats fear my amps and music in general. They never come into the room when I'm playing. It would be nice to have them around though. Animals rule.
I used to have a cat that would regularly crawl out of my front-ported 15 after I had been playing for twenty minutes. Her eyes would uncross twenty minutes after that. She would still come running when she heard me plug in though. That cat rocked.
She does not look huge to me! VBG!
Since I have my Accugroove Tri-115 (carpet) covered and a rack case on top my cat can't get to it. I'm using a TecAmp S-212 (tolex) with the amp inaccessible to her - and she no longer sleeps there. No carpet/amp warmth - no cat?
Dan K.
. Very difficult to get a biting clawing struggling kitten out of that port while trying not to damage the speakers.......
Actually, the best way is to either turn up and start slapping
or start at a low volume and gradually turn up. Personally, I used the low volume/turn up route and then set the cab tight enough up to the wall so I did not have a repeat. Dan K.
I had cat (Fred) for 18 years who loved music. He didn't like it, he loved it. Whenever I started to practice, plugged or unplugged, he was there within seconds and purred the whole time. I was looking for him one day, and found him sitting a foot from the neighbors grand daughter, looking up with undivided attention, while she practiced her violin. I even once tried a musical experiment with him. I have the Dish Network 250 pkg, that has tons of music channels on it. One day as he lay in my lap, I went from station to station to see what his reaction was. He was most at ease and purred the loudest when I played old soul music. He hated metal and rap. Now I know he couldn't really distinguish what was going on, but the smoother sound seemed to relax him the most. After much trial and error, his overall favorite was Simon and Garfunkel. I would play their "Old Friends" tour DVD and he would run, even with those old bones, to sit and listen. When he reached his end, and his old tired body was giving up on him, we sat down for one last listen of that DVD before he passed.
That's a cool story dude.
I think my cats are defective. None of them like, nor want to be near any of my equipment. My 19 month old, on the other hand, wants to play with my toys more than I do.
Yep, cool story by Jerry. Nice to hear.
I have two cats - one of them loves to sleep on my laptop when I close the lid. And both of them love to dance. When I have music playing, they'll run over to be picked up, and if I start swaying to the beat they are content. If I don't, they look at me as if to say "What - you don't like this groove?".
I have two cats - one of them loves to sleep on my laptop when I close the lid. And both of them love to dance. When I have music playing, they'll run over to be picked up, and if I start swaying to the beat they are content. If I don't, they look at me as if to say "What - you don't like this groove?".
My cats don't like music (although they seem to enjoy making random noise). My band practices in my basement, and often when we are playing, one of the cats will push the door at the top of the stairs shut. He only does this when we are playing down there. Sheesh, everyone's a critic!
