The sound booth at the local bar attached an angled top, think ski lodge roof, for their sound booth walls for the same reason. People would come up and set their drinks on the top of the wall. I think a glass got dumped on one of the mixer boards when the sound guy wasn't there and that's when the "roof" got put on.
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how to avoid drinks & stuff placed over my amp?
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Ah, now I get why both soundboards the bars we play are set nearly straight up. Makes sense.
There is only one time someone put anything on top of my amp. It was like a little tub of mic cords or something. I didn't even like that.
Now I just put my own little bag of cords, VT deluxe and Pitchblack on top of it.
In other words, put your own stuff on your amp......crowd everyone else out.
DiabolusInMusic
Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
The only solution to your problem is to rent where other people are not d****eads, there are places out there without them but they are extremely hard to find, like unicorn rare.
Get yourself a BBQ grill cover (walmart, hardware store, ebay),
They're cheap and they come in a bunch of different shapes and sizes.
Put something weird shaped on top of the cab, cover it and move it
to the least accessible place in the room.
They're cheap and they come in a bunch of different shapes and sizes.
Put something weird shaped on top of the cab, cover it and move it
to the least accessible place in the room.
You need to put something angled on top, so that no one physically can put a drink there.
However, a better approach is to establish a reputation as a total psycho who hates when people put stuff on their equipment. This has worked for me for decades. NO ONE puts drinks, or anything, and I do mean ANYTHING on top of anything belonging to me.
God help them if they do.
And no, I don't need to chill.
A drink poured down into an amp or speaker means I'm out some cash, and I already know you're not going to pay me for it. And I don't want to do the jail time.
So don't do it.
However, a better approach is to establish a reputation as a total psycho who hates when people put stuff on their equipment. This has worked for me for decades. NO ONE puts drinks, or anything, and I do mean ANYTHING on top of anything belonging to me.
God help them if they do.
And no, I don't need to chill.
A drink poured down into an amp or speaker means I'm out some cash, and I already know you're not going to pay me for it. And I don't want to do the jail time.
So don't do it.
If it bothers you, you tell them and don't respect you... get yourselves a a new space to practice.
Seriously, I don't see a reason other bands must use soemthing that does not belong to them, especialy when told beforehand.
If your band does not support you, then... maybe it's not the best band for you. I know that if something like that happened with my band, they would be behind me, just like I'd be behind any of my bandmates in a similar situation.
It's basic respect.
I'd move out or kick the other bands out.
I second the angular top underneath a plastic covering idea, I'm picturing the apex centered over the top like a house - so it's obvious. I think the angled piece on top of the cab without a plastic cover is a bad idea. IME people who are oblivious to common courtesy are usually oblivious to what's going on right IFO their faces, the end result will be some dbag putting his beer carelessly on the angled top and it WILL spill over at least once. Put some serious slant on it!
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I would never leave my gear in a place where other bands are rehearsing. How do you know whether or not they are using it? How do you know it will be there when you go to rehearse?
I'm on the same wavelength as mellowinman with this one. Hide in your rehearsal space and wait for someone to put something on top of your amp. Then jump out screaming "DIE!! DIE!!" and hit them repeatedly in the skull with a clawhammer.
Simple, but effective.
Simple, but effective.
When I was in college and lived in the fraternity house we had to share a refrigerator. Someone started stealing one of the guy's milk. So he decided to urinate in a milk jug with a bit of milk and leave it in there. After a couple weeks he announced during our weekly meeting what he had done. Needless to say no one ever took milk from him again! Moral of the story, pee on your cabinet to mark your territory!
+1 - sometimes the obvious solution is the best.
I was also going to suggest replacing the amp with a balsa wood fake that will collapse when something is placed on top of it, triggering some kind of bomb,
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
Before the rehearsal hire a homeless person to stay near it and constantly blow his nose
you sir would be doing a very wonderful thing for charity and protecting your stuff I see a win win here.
you sir would be doing a very wonderful thing for charity and protecting your stuff I see a win win here.
warnergt said:
+1
I'm not surprised the owner hasn't done anything (that is if you've even contacted him yet) but I am surprised your band hasn't backed you up. In my band no matter what the problem is we always have each other's. That's respect, we see the band as a family
Just cover it up. If you don't want to spring for a cover buy a cheap tarp at the hardware store. That should do enough to protect it from the inevitable spilled drink.
Tarp is a good idea. You could run a chain through the eyelets and padlock it. Are you not concerned someone will hook up a kilowatt micro and see how loud goes?
