How do I keep my head from vibrating off my cab?

[/\/\3phist0]

This stuff cheap, foldable, thin, invisible when cut to size.
Has served me well for 15 years.

 

[Lo-E]

While some internet experts suggest that the cause is always inadequate bracing, that’s not often the case. It can also be due to sympathetic vibrations between the two objects coupled not mechanically but through the acoustic energy causing the movement.

It’s unwise to rule out the ever-present possibility that the OP’s head is just haunted.

 

[groovaholic]

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BONUS: You have a Mesa Subway combo now.

A cargo strap would be overkill (and was probably intended as a joke).

But bungee cords would work the same way.
The added benefit is they're a little more user-friendly, and also useful for keeping your cabinet on the dolly when loading in and out.

 

[punchclock]

Slight derail — and by no means intended to offend anyone or any brand, just genuine curiosity.

I hate it when cab vibrations make my amp fall off. After years of searching (and getting rid of cabs because they even made my tube amps fall off), I finally came across a cabinet that didn’t budge — no matter what.

Isn’t cab vibration something that should be considered when designing a cab?

I has some really bad Ampegs that rattled and shook. Aguilars have been very solid for me.

 

[JazznFunk]

I've always had rat fur covered cabs so it hasn't ever been an issue for me - BUT - stuff on TOP of the amp (like other small preamps or pedals) definitely move around. I solved it by buying a bunch of little stick-on rubber feet (often called 'self stick bumper pads) and putting them on the bottom of things that sit on my amp's top. That being said, my MarkBass amp heads stay in the bag/cover during use, and the velcro from the flipped-down open ends holds everything on my cab easily now.

Rubber Bumpers/Feet

 

[wjcstp]

That is one nice thing about a rat fur cover, a little velcro will hold all kinds of things on there. I velcroed a dolly with casters on the bottom of my combo, easy to roll around and easy to remove if i need to stack it on something else.

 

[Pings Bass]

Perennial TB topic, here's my perennial solution for a small amp on a tilt-back cabinet

Long wide hook and loop strap, holds amp to cab and rig to the stand. Bonus you can velcro pedals on top of your amp.

 

[Aussie Player]

Hello all!
I recently picked up a Mesa D800+ w/ a Subway 410 cab. If you know, then you know, this amp head is ridiculously light and the cab is ridiculously thunderous. At my first practice w/ it, our drummer quickly pointed out that the head was vibrating off the cab.
I'm curious to know what creative solutions ya'll have for this dilemma?
(the head isn't rack mountable, without some aftermarket nonsense)
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Bet it sounds terrific.......

 

[CharlieFla]

If you want to rack mount your Mesa, there’s a simple and relatively inexpensive method:



I’ve had a D800 racked this way for years. Works great.

 

[BruceG68]

I had a Mesa Bass 400+ on top of a pair of homemade 210 cabs that were polyurethane coated making them kinda smooth and slick..The Bass 400+ had hard plastic feet and it would move around.I found a close out on sorbothane feet intended for high end audio gear.The sorbothane feet mounted right up where the hard plastic ones were on the 400+.Worked perfectly and absorbed a lot of vibration as well.

 

[Pep]

Hello all!
I recently picked up a Mesa D800+ w/ a Subway 410 cab. If you know, then you know, this amp head is ridiculously light and the cab is ridiculously thunderous. At my first practice w/ it, our drummer quickly pointed out that the head was vibrating off the cab.
I'm curious to know what creative solutions ya'll have for this dilemma?
(the head isn't rack mountable, without some aftermarket nonsense)
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[Clark Westfield]

Bar mat with your favorite logo

 

[DJ Bebop]

My head stays in place.

I guess I’m not playing loud enough

 

[getBAK]

It’s unwise to rule out the ever-present possibility that the OP’s head is just haunted.

Come-on rookie - everyone knows only heads with tubes can be haunted. How you gonna fit a ghost inside a transistor?

They teach you that on the first day of Amplifier Exorcism. That and not to use post 2017 Carvin stuff due to it being a result of a deal with the devil.

 

[Harpo61]

I picked up this bar mat on Amazon it works great

 

[bucephylus]

First, @agedhorse is quite correct that cabinet vibration is NOT an indication of inadequate bracing. Even the most well made bass cabs have vibrational patterns on their top surface.

Second, the tool drawer liner will indeed keep the head in place. Two layers of it will measurably reduce the vibration imposed on the head; though that shouldn’t be a concern with a well made SS head, such as the D800+. Heads with preamp tubes are another matter and worth the additional protection.

 

[agedhorse]

The tubes in the WD and TT are well enough isolated that vibration isn’t an issue.

 

[Wicked G]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this. What about the felt pads that come with the Subway heads? They work great and I use them on all of my amps. Mouse Pads work well also, but I haven't used them anymore since I got the felt pads with the TT800 and WD800.

 

[getBAK]

I guess the WD or TT could be haunted. But if ghosts tend to prefer the power amp circuit.

 

[Balog]

The tubes in the WD and TT are well enough isolated that vibration isn’t an issue.

What about the preamp tube in the Shuttle 9.2? Any cause for concern there?