Reasons bassists are cool, #476.

That's classy. Very classy.

 

Dean Martin, 21st century.

 

He even has a fan.

 

The straw is classic. I just leave my drink on my amp, and when I get thirsty I use my right hand to grab the drink. My left hand just does hammer-ons and pulls to sound the notes while I casually drink from my glass.

 

My guitarist sometimes does this when he solos live to show off.

 

Drink on top of amp is not a great idea....... I've seen wayyy more spilled drinks than I care to remember. (should see what coffee does to grill cloth). Heck I won't even let anyone put a closed bottled drink on my amp!

Guitar center sells drink holders for microphone stands..... $15 and viola! Safe spot! Well, assuming you don't have a pedal board positioned right under neath where the condensation is dripping....

Guess I'm a little more conservative.......I'd stick that off to the side versus right in front of the band..unless "alcoholic" is the image you're after.

However.......the fan? Front and Center. Fans rock!

 

CLASSIC!!! I gotta get me one of those contraptions!

 

I wonder what it is? A mic stand converted into a cup holder?

 

Drinks and bass rigs at high volume especially don't get along. I had a few drinks bounce off my rig years ago before I quit putting them there. The last straw, as it were, was a freshly opened bottle of beer. I turned around early in that set to see that bottle dancing with the low end vibrations, with about half of the beer already in a foam cascade all over the amp and cabinet.

It was a nice visual effect, and fortunately nothing was permanently damaged. Still, I *was* looking forward to that beer (a Canadian Bradors, IIRC). More to the point, that was a vivid enough image of disaster narrowly dodged that I haven't set (or allowed) a drink on my rig since.

 

Might be a bicycle water-bottle cage mounted to a regular mike stand.
BTW, if you've never had a beer vibrate off your amp, you need to turn up.

 

You can buy 'em that fasten on to your mic stand. Old lead singer used to have a really nice one that her man made for her. Got stolen from a gig...go figure!

Cherie

 

Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you...

The SwirlyGig...

http://www.zzounds.com/item--SWISWIRLY

Cherie

 

Not very professional-looking IMO, but at the same time I had to laugh at the ingenuity and innovation!

 

I believe that The Ox employed a similar setup on stage, I recall seeing him with two bottles attached to his mike stand. Can't say what was in them, but I bet it wasn't milk!
Fishheadjoe

 

What's unprofessional? You can put any kind of drink in those holders. Beer...water...iced tea...Long Island iced tea...

Its what you do with that drink that seperates the pros from the drunk-guys-who-knock-over-the-mic-stand.

Cherie

 

I love it and must have one!

 

They are pretty awesome. Ex-singer's was hand-made. Her hubby had it done in black iron, with one of those glass marble thingies at the bottom, and a small one hanging off the side.

Which, of course, made it a target for theft. But, dang, it sure did look cool!

Cherie

 

Camelbak full of Turkey and Ginger Ale. Come on guys, you are way behind the power curve with this cup thing.

 

Truth.