While my boyfriend is on the road this week, I'm redecorating some of the house and the front room has been bothering me for some time now. It's cluttered with guitars and some amps (not to mention a couple of huge fish tanks that can't be moved). My question is do the amps have to be stacked??? The are these really big "Marshall JCM Lead-1960" and I think they would look better if they were on opposite ends of the room with the guitars over there, blah, blah, blah. I just don't want him to come home and say "What the Fuck woman, they can't be placed apart like that!!!!"
Does anyone out there know?
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Stacking Amps I need your advice
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Posted 03 October 2005 - 06:29 PM
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Posted 03 October 2005 - 06:32 PM
QUOTE(amyindallas @ Oct 3 2005, 08:29 PM)
While my boyfriend is on the road this week, I'm redecorating some of the house and the front room has been bothering me for some time now. It's cluttered with guitars and some amps (not to mention a couple of huge fish tanks that can't be moved). My question is do the amps have to be stacked??? The are these really big "Marshall JCM Lead-1960" and I think they would look better if they were on opposite ends of the room with the guitars over there, blah, blah, blah. I just don't want him to come home and say "What the Fuck woman, they can't be placed apart like that!!!!"
Does anyone out there know?
Does anyone out there know?
If he has them stacked, I wouldn't touch them if I were you.
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Posted 04 October 2005 - 08:17 AM
Holy Shit... they ARE heavy. I mean they are on wheels and I can't even get these fuckers to roll. He'll come home and find me dead underneath one of them.
Maybe I can put a ficus tree next to them or something.
Maybe I can put a ficus tree next to them or something.
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Posted 04 October 2005 - 12:06 PM
QUOTE(Nergal @ Oct 4 2005, 11:56 AM)
stacking amps does actually have a purpose... but you may not be a musician so its okay that you're dumb.
hahaha yeah right. I happen to be an accomplished musician. so enlighten me what's its purpose other then for looks and for "self monitoring" your sound? which is a total load of crap cuz if you have ever played on any huge stage (which I have) then you will know that you wont hear that other cabinet...you will hear your monitors and thats about it.
there is no reason to do it. so don't try to bullshit your way out of it.
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Posted 04 October 2005 - 12:09 PM
an accomplished musician you say? right.
the reason for stacking amps is 1) to conserve room (the most ridiculous of reasons but still!) 2) to better project your sound and 3) to give a better tone control IN that projection
so eat shit "accomplished" boy. and by the way - if you're talking about being on a "big stage" and monitors and bullshit, its because they've miced your amps and therefore there would be no reason to have anything more than a small combo to begin with. so under your logic, cabinets are all together superfluous.
p.s. the real reason for stacking is because back when they were created, artists needed more volume and so they created 8x12 monster cabinets and figured out that they were too clumsy and big, so they created 2 4x12 cabinets instead. this is where it truly comes from and why they are classically "stacked" together.
the reason for stacking amps is 1) to conserve room (the most ridiculous of reasons but still!) 2) to better project your sound and 3) to give a better tone control IN that projection
so eat shit "accomplished" boy. and by the way - if you're talking about being on a "big stage" and monitors and bullshit, its because they've miced your amps and therefore there would be no reason to have anything more than a small combo to begin with. so under your logic, cabinets are all together superfluous.
p.s. the real reason for stacking is because back when they were created, artists needed more volume and so they created 8x12 monster cabinets and figured out that they were too clumsy and big, so they created 2 4x12 cabinets instead. this is where it truly comes from and why they are classically "stacked" together.
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Posted 04 October 2005 - 01:04 PM
I take it back--you arent a complete dumbass because you knew why the 4x12 was created. which is good. but look ive been on some big stages...you never go unmiced anymore! so your post was irrelevant to the time that we are in now! we arent back in the 1960s!
I would agree with your statements about the whole "better project your sound" and direction of projection comments if this was still the case but it IS not.
to put it this as well...lets say you are a small band--and you dont get miced---well then there is no reason why you need two speakers stacked if you are playing that shitty of a club that you don;t run through the PA. there? does that explain it better? and no cabinets are NOT superflous! because if you knew anything about speaker enclosures then you would know that different woods, different sizes, etc. all effect the sound.
I would agree with your statements about the whole "better project your sound" and direction of projection comments if this was still the case but it IS not.
to put it this as well...lets say you are a small band--and you dont get miced---well then there is no reason why you need two speakers stacked if you are playing that shitty of a club that you don;t run through the PA. there? does that explain it better? and no cabinets are NOT superflous! because if you knew anything about speaker enclosures then you would know that different woods, different sizes, etc. all effect the sound.
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Posted 04 October 2005 - 02:18 PM
Dumb Ass is two words.
Carry on.....
Carry on.....
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Posted 04 October 2005 - 09:39 PM
It sounds like that in this instance, they are stacked to conserve space.
And it also sounds like they've been in that room for a while.
He probably just jams for himself.
So I don't think it really matters if it looks "stupid" in a home setting.
Whatev's.
And it also sounds like they've been in that room for a while.
He probably just jams for himself.
So I don't think it really matters if it looks "stupid" in a home setting.
Whatev's.
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Posted 05 October 2005 - 12:32 AM
this could carry on for a while... but its already totally pointless. since i think we both have relevant points to true gearheadedness... only spron is saying anything relevant to the thread..and when spron is the only relevant one... there is a problem.
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