On the floor or on a stand?

[bucephylus]

Mine go on the floor / stage.

 

[JRA]

pictures will be highly appreciated for demonstration if you have a special way to do it

this one (by ultimate support) collapses to a handy put-it-in-your-gig-bag-pocket. i use it a lot.

unless:

In the event I don't have adequate PA support and my amp needs to push the room, I may put the amp on the floor. The decision is based on how boomy the room is. Elevating the cab reduce lows which can help with the boom factor.

OP: good luck finding a way to get your cabinet off of the floor!

 

[micguy]

The only gig I do where I have an amp is an "acoustic" one - there is a PA which fills things in a bit for those far from me (the audience is seated around the band), so all I have to do is keep up with an piano acoustically. My cabinet is on the floor in front of me, pointed at my head (think of it as my monitor), so I can hear myself without making any more noise than necessary. The head is on a chair beside me (I play seated for this gig). I have a cabinet stand I made that tilts the cabinet back by either 35 or 55 degrees, depending in which way I orient it. I have a 110 cabinet (it's plenty for this gig), and a 112 if I ever play a slightly louder gig - both are designed (center of gravity, depth, etc. to work with the stand in either position.

 

[Giffro]

Always on the floor/stage. If I encounter a bouncy boomy stage I use an Auralex Iso Mat..I have used it a few times with my 1820 Peavey cab and it really helps take the boom out of a bouncy wooden floor or stage especially, without loss of bass depth.

 

[HardNHeavy]

I tried drilling into the bottom of my hartke 4x10, but the wood is cheap particle board, so i'm using this thing for now.

 

[Kukulkan61]

I use a storage bin or crate that I bought at Walmart for 3.99, it works great and looks good, not tacky like milk crates, but I wouldn’t go any heavier than what I have on it with my stack!!

 

[beans-on-toast]

I like to raise small cabinets such as a 115 up close to ear level. A three foot high base cabinet or table works well.

 

[dalkowski]

Yup! Guitarists; what are you going to do. Notice you don't see my bass just lying around unprotected.

Can't coach speed, can't fix stupid.

 

[Pilgrim]

I sit 'em on the floor. No problem. Omnidirectional bass frequencies don't care.

 

[lz4005]

Milk crate painted matte black for bar gigs with my 2x10.
Amp stand I made out of two pieces of wood that folds flat for jazz gigs with my 1x12.

 

[Lobster11]

Matching pair of 2x10s in a vertical stack.

 

[Biggbass]

I leave my 2x12 on the furniture dolly I roll it in on... no different from leaving it on a road case pan/wheels. sounds just fine

 

[Damaged85]

I use a one or two 1x12s. Most of the time I use a stand. Sounds better than hitting my legs.

 

[topper]

I have a 1-12" cab with a little support/handle thing underneath that tilts it back a few degrees. I usually use it, but I don't think it really does much. Maybe points the sound at my knees instead of my ankles. Bass tends to fill the room though so it rarely matters.

For "big" gigs I put a 2-10" cab under the 12". The 2-10" is designed with the speakers stacked vertically, so it gets everything pretty close to chest level. If I ever need more than that, I'm playing a venue or festival with a full, pro sound system and they can just feed me through my monitor.

 

[bherman]

This. $15 from WalMart. Lives in my car, folds flat.

 

[Stranger Danger]

Vertically stacked 112s. I can hear it fine.

 

[dkelley]

I normally prefer my amp off the ground, for a couple of reasons:
- I like it closer to my ears, because "more me"
- I like it further from the nearest floors/walls because I prefer the sound often, although if needing extra depth I have changed that rule accordingly in the given room
- I generally don't tilt my amp back at all unless it's a combo - because I prefer to put my head on top of my cab for convenience (if I can lodge it safely there)
- Assuming a combo or my head is on my cab, I like the controls closer to my face, for convenience and because I have not great vision with glasses, terrible without glasses

 

[BassNoobTX]

The only cabinet that I would put on the floor would be an 8x10. Every other cabinet (including a 2x15) went on some sort of stand or chair to get it off the floor. YMMV but the places I've played always seemed to have some sort of harmonic resonance only seemed to go away when the cab was disconnected from the floor. FWIW - I always have a 12" collapsable step stool as part of my kit just for that purpose + it gets the sound closer to the ear.

How does it handle the vibration from the amp? Any impact on the sound?

 

[rockinbilly]

I generally use my rig as a stage monitor because we have an excellent PA, I like the clarity of having one of my 112s close to ear level, and it helps me keep my stage volume down. I built this two piece light weight rack to elevate the lower 112 about a foot, and the upper to 4 ft, and have my rack case at an accessible height of 30". Sounds great on stage !!!!! easy to transport !

 

[Tom Baker]

I don't have a pic but I use an old pair of Carvin 1x10 PA cabs stacked vertically. They have rubber feet and the coupling isn't too bad.