Is this some kind of ported cab riser or a sub?

[Snake101st]

Just saw this picture that Steven Wilson posted of his solo tour, and the great Nick Beggs seems to have either a ported cab riser of some sort or maybe a sub under his TC electronic cabs

If that's a ported riser, I wonder what it is? Seems like that'd be an interesting idea, since you'd not only get the speakers closer to your ears, but also possibly some low end extension while still cutting down on potential floor rumble via having the cab directly on the floor?

Or... Maybe I'm just reading too much into it and it really is just a sub of some sort

 

[Element Zero]

It could be just a wooden box.

 

[Pep]

I believe it’s another speaker cab facing to the rear.
I deleted the additional info I added to this post because “agedhorse” pointed out that it was incorrect and probably generated by AI.

 

[agedhorse]

I believe it’s another speaker cab facing to the rear.
A rear-facing subwoofer will produce a deeper and more powerful bass. This will allow it to disperse low-frequency sound more evenly throughout the car's interior. The other suggests facing the front to get more direct sound waves.

Please don’t rely on AI answers, they are often wrong (as in this case there’s an additional *** element added).

 

[agedhorse]

It could be just a wooden box.

It could be, or a bandpass bass box yuck). No way to know what it is without more info.

 

[B Minor Threat]

From The Bass Channel website...

I use various set-ups depending on the situation. But my main back line is the TC Electronic TCRH750 or TCRH450 amps with 2x10 and 2x12 cabs.

So, still a mystery I guess since we see that exact rig in the photo.

 

[Pep]

Please don’t rely on AI answers, they are often wrong (as in this case there’s an additional *** element added).

Sorry. I just assumed that was the case since I’ve seen similar bass set-ups and even some sound companies setting up their subs that way.

 

[Bassic_desires]

I've no idea - but I wonder if it is an empty box with holes with "tuning" the sound of cabs sitting on top?

 

[bassfran]

I’m with @Element Zero- I’d guess it’s simply a riser to get the cabs up off the stage for better dispersion.

 

[Zooberwerx]

I've no idea - but I wonder if it is an empty box with holes with "tuning" the sound of cabs sitting on top?

Plausible. My next door neighbors...and good friends...are patrons of the Virginia Symphony and just dropped $5k into a similar chambered stand for cellist Yo-Yo Ma. I have neither the specs nor pics at the moment....except this one:

 

[dbsfgyd1]

It could be, or a bandpass bass box yuck). No way to know what it is without more info.

Sloppy looking stage too. Better roadies might help…..as for the mystery box, A diffuser for stage fog…

 

[Snake101st]

I'll be at their show in a few weeks and will try to get a closer look from different angles, but a ported box/riser or some kind of other stage gear does seem the most likely

Never saw it as part of his rig on a previous tour, so it caught my eye

 

[agedhorse]

Sorry. I just assumed that was the case since I’ve seen similar bass set-ups and even some sound companies setting up their subs that way.

When a sound company sets up subs that way, it’s to gain a little bit of low frequency pattern control. In general it’s not of much value except for larger systems IME

It certainly has nothing to do with car audio.

 

[agedhorse]

Plausible. My next door neighbors...and good friends...are patrons of the Virginia Symphony and just dropped $5k into a similar chambered stand for cellist Yo-Yo Ma. I have neither the specs nor pics at the moment....except this one:

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I mixed FOH for several of the first few shows of his first Silk Road Project tour. That has to be over 20 years ago by now, great experience.

 

[Hnz]

Might be a wooden box to raise the cabs and add more oomph to the sound.
I once had more or less the same idea for a Peavey/Yamaha stack. In my case the box would also double as a cart.

Nowadays I use a smaller stack and put it on top of the small flight case I transport the Quilter head and all cables and stuff in.

 

[Zooberwerx]

I mixed FOH for several of the first few shows of his first Silk Road Project tour. That has to be over 20 years ago by now, great experience.

This is the great thing about being a premier sponsor: you have virtually unlimited access to the musicians, director, sound & lighting techs, etc. I'll hit-up Garland for the riser pics & deets.

Riis

 

[anderbass]

That dude looks pretty dam tall. Being 6'-6" myself, I can state he certainly wouldn't be the first tall bassist to elevate cabs up higher with whatever is handy & available.

 

[Tim Skaggs]

I used to wear western style boots (taller than average heels) on stage. When I stood on a wooden stage with my amp / cab on the same surface I was standing, the vibration(s) from a lot of lower notes came up through my heels, leg bones, spine, to my skull.

I was wearing silicone earplugs at the time. Those skull vibrations reverberated in my plugged ears, and covered up everything else on stage I needed to hear. Elevating my amp or using any kind of pad would eliminate or reduce the problem, and what I heard coming out of my amp was clear and balanced from low end to high end. Concrete floors were no problem, but wooden floors absolutely required cabinet to floor contact isolation to prevent the phenomenon.

Beggs looks like he’s wearing boots, appears to be standing with both heels on the floor, and is obviously standing in front of his rig. Rig to floor isolation is probably done on every gig…

 

[edwinhurwitz]

I mixed FOH for several of the first few shows of his first Silk Road Project tour. That has to be over 20 years ago by now, great experience.

He's so wonderful. In 1982, when I started at Berklee, I was showing some friends around in Harvard Square and we wandered into Sanders theater and he was rehearsing with the Harvard Chamber Orchestra playing Bach, so we got a nice little concert until security came to escort us out. Not just a fantastic cellist, but a person who exudes musical joy.

 

[agedhorse]

Security never escorts me out, that would be awkward all around!