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Dennis N Brown
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Arkansas, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2016 5:19 pm |
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| gents tell me is there anything to gain by putting your amp offof the floor in a standor rack, or is this just some more junk to haul around dennis brown |
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Edward Rhea
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Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2016 6:19 pm
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Hey Dennis, yes...more crap to haul around! Haha.
Some guys like having their amp more at an ear level. I must admit, it looks "professional"...but you can probably gain just as much by tilting the speaker cab, towards your head/ear, in my opinion. Do yourself a favor, don't get caught up in the accessory collecting thing...it gets expensive and seems to never end, in my limited experience. Good luck! |
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Darrell Owens
From:
California, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2016 7:12 pm Amp stand ?!
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If you want to get critical, the amp will always sound better sitting flat on the floor, but whether or not a human can actually hear the difference is debatable, depending on the human. If he has big floppy ears or is sitting behind a mixing console, don't bother debating it.
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Kevin Raymer
From:
Chalybeate, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2016 2:52 am
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I like mine on a stand.
Seems I can hear it better to me.
Tone wise I don't think it matters.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 16 Jun 2016 4:54 am
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Raising the amp (or speaker) minimizes playing too loud. If its sitting on the floor I see a lot of players that tend to play loud as the sound is going "underneath" them. By having it raised, if nothing else, it tends to minimize this.
If you are being miked and only hear the mix then its not an issue. |
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Dick Chapple Sr
From:
Hardin Montana, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2016 7:14 am amp stands
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It is an extra piece to haul around for the pros out there moving around. I thought I heard others say over the years that tilting the amp will project the sound up and out into the audience better?? I don"t know. I bought stands for my amps for one good reason for me, that is to keep me or anyone else from kicking the front of the amp as they are set very close to me. Not much room in my practice rooms. Besides, I need to be close enough to it to adjust while I am seated at the guitar. I do see where many use small amps as monitor speakers and tilt them, isn't that where a stand comes in handy? I'm happy with mine.
When moving from one place to another for performances, less stuff and less weight is King I'm sure. |
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Ben Turner
From:
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA (deceased)
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Posted 16 Jun 2016 11:30 am
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I've done both, I prefer to have the amp on the floor. I've always heard a difference in tone between stand and floor. I like to feel the rumble of the low notes, which I don't feel when it's on a stand. Also, Mostly playing in un-miced gigs I think it helps the overall volume level when your amp is further away, if it's directly behind you or on a stand directed at your ears you won't play as loud, and what may sound loud to you probably isn't being heard as clearly out front.
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Patrick Huey
From:
Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2016 11:09 am
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I prefer a stand with slight tilt just because the amp knobs are much easier to see that way.
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