Umm...Is that Earl's Hideaway in Sebastian, FL? The place I played my first R&R gig? Or some other Earl's Hideaway?
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Lightweight amp tragedies?
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Umm...Is that Earl's Hideaway in Sebastian, FL? The place I played my first R&R gig? Or some other Earl's Hideaway?
Never had any issues with my Bergantino B Amp vibrating off the top of my Bergantino HDN212, though I've never cranked the input gain and master volume over noon.
As a common practice I Loop and/or velcro tie my cables to the edges and handles of my pedalboard and cabinets for the instances where I get a bit too animated onstage, so any tugs will simply tug at the bulk weight of my board or cab and not pull anything out of an input or damage something.
As a common practice I Loop and/or velcro tie my cables to the edges and handles of my pedalboard and cabinets for the instances where I get a bit too animated onstage, so any tugs will simply tug at the bulk weight of my board or cab and not pull anything out of an input or damage something.
Attach the feet through the bottom of a 2U rack shelf like this. Then just slide the 2U shelf into the rack and secure it with the screws.
Brilliant idea!
My Mb500 stays put on my tilted Carvin cab due to its rubber feet but this would be even safer.
If an amp is going to fall off a cabinet, I'd rather it was a class D amp than an SVT.
(Something about class D amps lacking "heft". Thanks, I'll be here all week.
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(Something about class D amps lacking "heft". Thanks, I'll be here all week.
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Does it have to be a lite beer mouse pad, or beer related? I'm "clean n serene" these days, so I'd prefer fizzy water branded or similar.
Yes, Sebastian, we hadnt played there before, but they had a last minute cancellation. This was this saturday, they want us back. We do classic rock and some new country. We have a gig on the Fla west coast Fri and the interior Sun.
Easily solved by placing a heavy weight atop your lightweight amp head. A 40 lb weight from the gym should do it. Also, you can stop neck dive on your lightweight bass by hanging a few lead fishing weights from the strap button behind the bridge.
No need to thank me.
No need to thank me.
^This stuff works. That, and if you are not using wireless, wrap you cord around something less likely to move, just like you route the other end through your strap so you don't pull the cord out and break a jack or a pickguard. You do route your cord through your strap, don't you?If you're worried about this, just buy a roll of this. It worked for me when I had my Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 that didn't have any feet. It would vibrate all over my cab, but the recent revisions have rubber feet, that stop that issue.
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I had it happen, with both my Markbass F1 and my Genz Benz shuttle 9.0, than I use to duct tape the head to my cab ..no lie.
Now I use my soft carry bag under the head and that seems to do the trick. I have also used the tool box liner and a bungee cord.
Now I use my soft carry bag under the head and that seems to do the trick. I have also used the tool box liner and a bungee cord.
Sir, you are hereby invited to post in one of my favorite threads, Janky Rigs of Doom. We've all posted something there and you are probably more than qualified!
Here's the link:
Janky-A Rigs of Doom
Man, that's nice and clean. Probably have enough rooom for a small shelf for parts too!
I swapped the plastic feet offa my (no longer with me) Ampeg V4BH It had quite tall but very hard plastic feet. .. great size but useless for anything other than fitting INTO the 'top of the cab feet cups' that some Ampeg cabs have/had. ....I can see that it could be a problem.
It hasn't been, for me.
Then again, I have been very aware of cab to head vibrations
since the 60s, when I learned, first hand, that tubes in Fender amps
want to shake loose.
After that, I started always using rubber feet to cut down on that.
I used Bergantino cabs at the time and so. ..just swapped the placcy ones for nice soft, sticky rubber ones.
Yes. ..even 40lb all tube amps can come off in some circumstances
The Berg B-amp has excellent rubber feet. I've not had any problems with this amp budging even a bit.
I STILL loop my instrument lead thru my cab handle before it goes to the amp.
Might make a good stage "trick".....
Coily instrument lead. ... lightweight micro amp. .. run to front of stage, amp springs off top of cab into your hand!!!!
All right, so I played there when I was 16. The band we replaced showed up, and while we played on the concrete floor in front of the giant exhaust fan behind the stage, threw beer at us. All that was missing for the full "Blues Brothers" experience was the chicken wire barrier. A month later there was a brawl that spilled out into the street and the police cleared the place.
Good times!
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Here's what I used - 1) a 4U SKB case 2) a 2U rack shelf with vents on the bottom 3) Attached the Genzler feet through the bottom of the rack shelf after carefully measuring and adjusting. Also had to drill out 2 of the vents just slightly bigger in the rack shelf. 4) Put the 1U rack tuner and power conditioner above the amp. 5) Also, I've been waiting since April for Penn Elcom to build me a custom face plate to put in front of the amp. However, it works just fine without the face plate. There's plenty of space in the back and sides for storing cables, extension cords, you name it. The easier solution is to just buy a Class D amp that offers rack ears like an EICH, GK, or Carvin. I wish someone would build a simple 2U rack shelf solution for the Mesa and Genzler with a magnetic face plate that just snaps in place. The benefits of racking small lightweight class D amps are many.
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