Class D amp head decides to go on walkabout whilst playing

[jj.833]

I'm using shoelace from my sneakers. Strong enough, elastic enough.

Sometimes, I tie my whole rig to a chair. My whole big gig rig - preamp, amp, 6" and 8" boxes - is about 10 kg and likes to walk.

 

[NortyFiner]

I use a hand towel, folded under the amp.

Double benefit: you always know where your towel is.

 

[LowActionHero]

Set your old heavy amp on top to weigh it down.

 

[murphy]

blobs of blu-tak

OMG...You must be English....I grew up with Blue Tak holding all my posters up....Until I later discovered over time it leaves an oil mark on the wall !!!

 

[murphy]

If it's tolex a couple of blobs of blu-tak have worked for me. Have reverted to heavy old amps nowadays.

Please share why? and from which amp to which amp now?

 

[murphy]

Rat fur cabs for the win. I run an MB500 which is ridiculously light and it doesn’t move, as the cab is rat fur.

I can easily see how that could happen with a tolex cabinet.

Truck load of Likes....I love my Rat Fur!!!

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Shelf liner material will serve this purpose well.

Dirk

 

[Bassdirty]

…. causing the amp to decide to go on walkabout.

Mesa, on walkabout?
Is this a setup for a joke somehow?

T$

 

[rtslinger]

I used a rubber mouse pad on top of the cabinet works great

 

[Ewo]

Interesting. My WD800 has never moved on top of my Subway 1x15.
There have been some good suggestions above

Likewise. I usually run a stacked pair of the 1-15 cabs with the WD800 on top--and gotten pretty loud sometimes. The amp's not skated around even then.

Maybe I missed it in the discussion above. Is the cabinet tilted back at all? I could understand the amp moving in that condition!

 

[Plain Old Barry]

Bar mat from Amazon. Perfect View attachment 4003867

They're handy things! A pair of the skinny versions used by bartenders above the well might fit even better.

I just ask for them at my favorite establishment. They had a pile of unused mats in storage provided by vendors. Same with handy-dandy Crown Royal bags...

 

[chandman1004]

A different day but the same mat. It sits perfectly on the top of my Subway 212. View attachment 4003987

Now that looks perfectly aligned. I really do have neatness issues

 

[Flying B]

Double benefit: you always know where your towel is.

Now there's a frood who knows where his towel is!

 

[chandman1004]

No worries mate .. rubberized shelf liner .. nothing slides. Behold
View attachment 4003889

Nice setup with the cart and all

 

[2112]

 

[daveman50]

I used a rubber mouse pad on top of the cabinet works great

My rat fur ate my mouse pad.

 

[rtslinger]

My rat fur ate my mouse pad.

? did that really happen daveman or are you kidding no

 

[daveman50]

? did that really happen daveman or are you kidding no

[By the way, rat fur is never a win... nasty smelly ugly stuff... even if it's ridiculously practical for soaking up beer and being shoved into trucks.]

 

[bucephylus]

Likewise. I usually run a stacked pair of the 1-15 cabs with the WD800 on top--and gotten pretty loud sometimes. The amp's not skated around even then.

Maybe I missed it in the discussion above. Is the cabinet tilted back at all? I could understand the amp moving in that condition!

Steve, are you still using your pad? Just curious.

 

[Ewo]

Steve, are you still using your pad? Just curious.

Howdy! Yep, most of the time, to cut down on the vibration the amp head feels. Sometimes when there's a quick changeover on stage I'll go without it. And as you'd expect, the amp won't move at all with the Link Removed under it.

I was thinking of the occasions when I didn't use it. The amp still didn't wander appreciably.