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Crazy small cabinet

#42
thetaxmiser said:
I am looking for a small cab, one that would be appropriate with a couple of acoustic guitars.
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I brought an amp with me from my home planet. It just sat in a box for the first 200 years but I was able to start using it back in the late 40’s (once the first electric guitars started being used. It’s about the size of a quarter but about three times as thick. Most of the size is due to the nuclear battery it uses for power – 300,000 hours of “normal” use is the limit. It basically produces sound by stirring the air via atomic “distortion”. It makes atoms sort of “egg shaped” at whatever frequency it’s producing. Has something to do with distorting the “orbit” of the electron(s).

In the old days I’d just tape it inside a cabinet and people would think it was the cabinet making the sound. Actually, if the speaker was in the wrong proximity it would color the sound somewhat. The device is most effective when activating nitrogen and hydrogen atoms and can get a little confused when dealing with the atoms within the molecules that make up solid objects. It actually works better here than on my home world because there is about 20% more nitrogen in your atmosphere. Of course, it is a challenge to me personally because that 20% is Oxygen on my home world so I’m always just a little out of breath, but I’ve gotten used to it.

But this is all moot because I really don’t want to part with it. If it is any consolation, your tech will be able to produce this sort of thing in about 50 years. Actually, 53 to be exact. It will be “commodity priced” in 2078.

But I guess this post wasn’t all that helpful. Sorry. It is crazy small, though.
 
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Ukiah Bass said:
Ah, you could be right. I had a personal discussion with the OP last year and he said he wanted to play small gigs as a guitarist. So it could be he changed his mind.

I still don't like the B1. Too dark. :D
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First, thanks for all the great suggestions. I have a TC112 that I am messing with for guitar/bass applications. This cab is just to grab and go to play in a very quiet setting with perhaps a couple of guitarists.

The crazy8 sounded amazing and great tune.
 
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Unfortunately cabinets like this are not had used too easily. If you have the means, I'd recommend DIY stuff like Duke's coffeehouse cab that was mentioned earlier - he's a standup guy, and it was a good design. A Jack 10 (which can be bought OR DIY'd) or a fEARless 10 or crazy 8 would definitely get you there as well, but the greenboy stuff will cost you a good amount. I think Euphonic Audio and Schroeder also make good stuff, that isn't quite greenboy priced, but isn't too cheap either.

here's a link to some Euphonic Audio stuff that would be up your alley, i've considered this cabinet myself:
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kesslari said:
...my guitarist is recovering from a stroke.
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I'm sorry to hear that, I hope he recovers quickly, and well.
 
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monsterthompson said:
Music has been huge for my recovery from spinal cord injury. I went to a facility that treated a well known musician for stroke, and he's back to playing.
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I know a guy who had a stroke one afternoon, went to his gig that night and the next. When he complained to us about having these symptoms that were hallmark stroke signifiers (coordination problems slurred speech, etc.) , we told him to get his tail to the hospital ASAP...but he didn't...took a few days. I'm amazed that he's both still alive and a gigging professional.
 
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BurningSkies said:
I know a guy who had a stroke one afternoon, went to his gig that night and the next. When he complained to us about having these symptoms that were hallmark stroke signifiers (coordination problems slurred speech, etc.) , we told him to get his tail to the hospital ASAP...but he didn't...took a few days. I'm amazed that he's both still alive and a gigging professional.
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Ted (my guitarist friend) had his first stroke, a mild one, on the gig. I recognized the signs (mostly that he was playing badly - unusual for him, to say the least). His wife got him to the hospital and he recovered quickly and pretty well. He was gigging again in less than a month.
The second stroke was a whole different animal. 3 weeks in a coma, full paralysis of the right side of his body, he is very slowly getting the ability to speak back, getting words out (I don't know if it's finding the words or getting his mouth to say them) is still incredibly difficult five months later.

Music helps.
 
#57
ashtray said:
I bought the 8" cabinet when I got my Shuttle 3.0 combo. Its tiny. Its light. Its not loud. Could it keep up with some acoustic guitars? Probably - if you put it on the floor, near a wall. That gave it the most bass response.

While I feel that cab is practically worthless, at the same time I'd never part with it...

I'll have to dig it out and crank the Shuttle up through it and see what she can do when pushed. :)

As for options for you - Epifani made a 110UL (ultra light). Not sure how much it weighs or how it sounds, but its gotta have more output than my Shuttle 8".
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I have the Shuttle 8 cabinet and really like it. I find it to be plenty loud for coffeehouse and reasonable-volume jazz gigs, even with a drummer. I tried it on a rock gig with a drummer -- it wasn't up to the task, but it didn't die on me. Obviously they're hard to find now. (They were hard to find then.)
 
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