Great news, GP, and a hearty congrats on all your future gigging at the county club! Will there ever be a need for the R200 at this venue? If not, I found an online blueprint that would turn your combo into a neat playhouse for the wee ones...
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Great news, GP, and a hearty congrats on all your future gigging at the county club! Will there ever be a need for the R200 at this venue? If not, I found an online blueprint that would turn your combo into a neat playhouse for the wee ones...
Great news, GP, and a hearty congrats on all your future gigging at the county club! Will there ever be a need for the R200 at this venue? If not, I found an online blueprint that would turn your combo into a neat playhouse for the wee ones...
. You devil...!
Hey, I'm entering teacher-mode and was thinking of the new preschoolers. Size-wise, it'd be perfect!
iagtrplyr, thank you for the acceptance and admission into such a prestigious group! Understand the delay as there are priorities.
Now that I'm a new member, I do have a question and this may have been addressed already. Those that gig with combos, do you leave them flat on the stage or do you prefer some form of a stand whether a DIY project, crate or something bought online? Just curious.
I prefer to have them on the floor, but I decouple the amp from the stage by putting it on a chair if I find the sound too boomy or hard to hear.
I'm thinking a stand myself. I understand it sounds a bit different coupled with the stage but gigging with a combo? I think I would rather hear the rig a bit better with slight elevation and give the back of my legs a break. Especially if you have good a PA that properly supports the bottom end.
If it was me and only a combo, without a stage, I would raise it up and/or tilt it back so the sound is directed into the room rather than at the feet and legs.
On a stage and/or with an additional speaker cab (to make a stack), I would leave it as is. I would however, consider foam or some other anti-coupling material to prevent booming. Or, my preference would be to have an adjustable HPF.
I like that the new guy is already testing the club to see, 1) if anyone responds, and 2) to see if anyone can offer decent advice. You hit the jackpot, RS, with a couple of our veteran club members, answering., and now I'll throw my two cents in.
As the others mentioned, a big wooden stage can indeed cause problems, but so can anywhere you're not hearing your amp clearly. For small places in which I'm not using a mega-rig, I like a stand as pictured below with my Markbass. But, for the larger combo that needs the stage to support it though a stand may still fit here too),I like using an Auralex Gramma to de-couple from the stage and a nifty wedge to prop up the speakers so they're closer to me than my ankles, see pic two. Now if I'm rocking the two-cab super rig then I put the whole thing on the floor and notify Russia I'll be playing soon!
You're idea sounds as if it'll work just fine for you.
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Thank you iagtiplyr. I do like talking bass and getting different perspectives. Nice set ups by the way. I do like the stand you have for the larger rig. Now I know what is making my pups jumpy when there isn't a thunderstorm in sight. LOL....
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When I gigged my 1x15 Peavey TNT combo + 115 cab back in the Second Elder Age, we were lucky to have a floor to couple to. We were lucky there were walls left standing
Yes, as @iagtrplyr says, those hollow wooden stages can be a real problem. So can a stage in front of drapes. Or glass. If there's a straight answer, it's not in my bag of tricks.
The design of my Phil Jones BG-400 combo calls for floor coupling for optimal bass response. It's also front-ported. Best suited for a corner, if I can find one. Roll the dice on finding a corner. Roll the dice on finding a stage that's large enough for the drummer and a close friend.
The combo doesn't reach my knee. My knees don't hear so well without prosthetics, soooo ... good to find a way to point it up at my ears and keep the amp coupled.
With the C4 extension cab, it's possible to couple the C4 Right. Behind. The. Drummer
:: drummer snoopy dance ::
and point my combo at my ears with one of those store-bought stands. Tame any boom with the HPF, and EQ to the room
That's all I got
Yes, as @iagtrplyr says, those hollow wooden stages can be a real problem. So can a stage in front of drapes. Or glass. If there's a straight answer, it's not in my bag of tricks.
The design of my Phil Jones BG-400 combo calls for floor coupling for optimal bass response. It's also front-ported. Best suited for a corner, if I can find one. Roll the dice on finding a corner. Roll the dice on finding a stage that's large enough for the drummer and a close friend.
The combo doesn't reach my knee. My knees don't hear so well without prosthetics, soooo ... good to find a way to point it up at my ears and keep the amp coupled. With the C4 extension cab, it's possible to couple the C4 Right. Behind. The. Drummer
:: drummer snoopy dance ::
and point my combo at my ears with one of those store-bought stands. Tame any boom with the HPF, and EQ to the room
That's all I got
The only way the 200c would work for this room would be to run all 3 instruments into a mixer then to the input. At a very low VOLUME.Great news, GP, and a hearty congrats on all your future gigging at the county club! Will there ever be a need for the R200 at this venue? If not, I found an online blueprint that would turn your combo into a neat playhouse for the wee ones...
I have these plus a MudStand. I usually use the one on the right (OnStage RS4000).
MudStand:
Good choices. I have seen the ones on the right online a decent price. One of those deals if not pleased with it, I can pass it on to another player I know that's just starting out.
The MudStand(mini)is my least used but on a 3-4 foot high hollow wood stage it really cuts the 'boom'. Here's a coupla more pics of it with the R40 and the R200c. No problem with the weight of the 200c.
R40:
R200c:
That Mud stand is interesting. Gonna go look it up.
