Do you use an amp stand?

[Luckydog]

I find it essential to tilt the cab at an angle toward my head. Adding a cab doesnt do that...instead of blowing at my legs, it just blows at my back. Of course a fridge is at a nice level, but i hardly ever do that anymore.

Many years ago i saw on the grand ole opry a fantastic looking bass amp stand, and havent found it since. It was a rack that held the entire amp and cab in a metal frame. That metal frame was hinged in the middle and sat inside another frame which sat on the floor. So you could loosen the knobs on the side, push the top of the whole amp and cab backwards, then lock the knobs. Looked great. When i saw it, it was used with an svt and a 410 but i think it would accomodate a fridge as well. Wish i could find a pic of it. Concept is sort of like a floor fan that sits in a frame, but you can loosen the fan cage to tilt it.

I use a few different devices. Simplest for me is a triangle shaped rubber chunk that i set under the cab, to tilt it backwards. My micro head has hooks on the side which grab the front of the cab fram so the head doesnt end up on the floor. Also have couple of different cab stands that tilt at an angle, but my simple approach works best for me.

 

[Syco_bass]

I had these guys build me one about a year ago. http://www.atlas-stands.com/

Now that I don't use a cab much anymore, I don't use it, but when I do, I don't leave home without it. Light, strong, ez to setup and carry and looks good too. Getting my "sound" up and closer to my ears helped a lot.

However, they are not cheap.

Cheers.

 

[Downunderwonder]

If your stand doesn't raise the cab more than 2ft you're free and clear of losing lows in the room. So long as the ceiling isn't about to bang your head it isn't going to change the room response either.

For personal monitoring I tip a 2x10 back and my amp in briefcase sleeve stands up next to it. To kill troublesome lows on stage, which cause my DB to feed back, I raise it sky high on a folding table.

 

[Lichtaffen]

I had these guys build me one about a year ago. http://www.atlas-stands.com/

However, they are not cheap.

Those are gorgeous. They look much nicer than my cab too.

 

[WoodyG3]

Just get one of these. It folds up and takes almost no room in a gig bag.

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[Sid Fang]

Playing a full stack will of course get more sound to your ear, but it's a pretty bulky and inefficient way to deal with a small rehearsal space. As others have noted, putting a bass amp/cab up more than a couple of feet off the floor is usually disastrous for bass response, but I find that putting my rehearsal combo up on a ~1ft stool makes it much easier to hear up-close, gives better dispersion in a large room, and weighs/packs/costs a whole lot less than another cab. Given that I'm 6'3", elevating the drivers by a mere 10-12 inches doesn't seem like it's going to make much difference in what I hear, but for whatever combination of reflection/dispersion reasons, it does.

 

[Chef]

GK Neo112: 29lbs.

2xGK Neo112: hardly heavier than carrying a stand

 

[Lichtaffen]

GK Neo112: 29lbs.

2xGK Neo112: hardly heavier than carrying a stand

But it only raises the cab another foot or so and does't tilt it up.

Even so, I'll probably go that route.

 

[Chef]

"Vertical Stack"

Way taller.

 

[nojj]

I have an old Welt safelock stand that can take the weight.
Usually bring it with when I don't want my rack system on top of the stack.

 

[nojj]

Many years ago i saw on the grand ole opry a fantastic looking bass amp stand, and havent found it since. It was a rack that held the entire amp and cab in a metal frame. That metal frame was hinged in the middle and sat inside another frame which sat on the floor. So you could loosen the knobs on the side, push the top of the whole amp and cab backwards, then lock the knobs. Looked great. When i saw it, it was used with an svt and a 410 but i think it would accomodate a fridge as well.

Sounds a little like a Vox Super Beatle stand,
or maybe one of those old keystone ric amps?

 

[MrBonex]

I still use a milk crate! Tacky, I know. But it works well and it's the right height. I also use it to load in miscellaneous stuff.

 

[Downunderwonder]

You need to preface that with an advisory message to JimmyM to avert eyes.

 

[Russell L]

Nothing wrong with a milk crate, IMO. If ya like it, use it.

I've tried a tilt-back stand, but my Markbass cab(s) and combo are too deep to fit on it safely. I also felt that the stand was too high. Nowadays I just tilt the cab back from the floor position. Or not.

 

[JimmyM]

Nothing wrong with a milk crate, IMO. If ya like it, use it.

Oh Russell!! Please man, I try so hard to get bass players to have some professionalism about themselves!

 

[seang15]

Oh Russell!! Please man, I try so hard to get bass players to have some professionalism about themselves!

Yeah, Russell! Put an AMPEG on that crate!!

 

[G On Bass]

I still use a milk crate! Tacky, I know. But it works well and it's the right height. I also use it to load in miscellaneous stuff.

Nothing wrong with a milk crate, IMO. If ya like it, use it.

Oh Russell!! Please man, I try so hard to get bass players to have some professionalism about themselves!

I at least cover my milk crate with my amp cover...but it is the perfect, multi-functional gig accessory.

 

[JimmyM]

Every time a musician uses a milk crate to stack an amp, God kills a puppy.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Don't call it a milk crate, call it a high density polyethylene engineered amp platform.

 

[Downunderwonder]

Don't call it a milk crate, call it a high density polyethylene engineered amp platform.

Actually it's a stolen milk crate.