Author Topic: QSC buzz (Read 533 times)

dannobasso · « **Reply #15 on:** April 24, 2004, 10:12:20 AM »

I used to use a 10sp case in case rack for my rig when I was using midi bass pedals and 2 modules, wireless etc. It was just too much to bring to NYC gigs. I've since dropped the pedals I've gone to 2 6 sp road ready, calzone racks. One for stage, one as a spare rig. If the club has chairs, you just saved on a stand for your head!
Danno

811952 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 24, 2004, 03:31:33 PM »

Danno,
I used to use a Calzone case-in-case, which was tall enough to stand by itself next to my speakers. That was a great setup, but totally unmanageable for me to lug around these days. I used Taurus pedals those days. Oh how the floor would shake...

Sam,
I try to use chairs or empty cases if I can. I might build something a little more elegant.

Reid,
I play just enough upright to be really average. I envision acoustic jazz to be more a part of my life as I age and am surrounded by serious jazzhead friends and family (which I already am). Until then, though, I will be rattling...
John

rraymond · « **Reply #17 on:** April 24, 2004, 04:17:41 PM »

Hey John,

Sounds like you and I are in the same ballpark regarding the upright. I really dig playing it, but right now it's more of a specialty thing. I don't actually have a doghouse bass, I use a Zeta Crossover, it's pretty cool and it gets the job done well-enough! I never used the Taurus pedals, but I've still got an old Moog Rogue sitting around, definitely a floor-shaker! I read elsewhere on the boards about the floor-shaking capability of the SF-2, now I want one! It never ends, does it?

rraymond · « **Reply #18 on:** April 24, 2004, 04:59:02 PM »

Yoiks, I almost forgot! Hey Sam, your question about setting the amp on a stand is absolutely valid, but the manufacturer of my cabs recommends placing the amp on top of the cab to help it couple to the floor. They are Acmes and they really shake floor! :-0 I'm trying to imagine the goodness an SF-2 would add...

Take it easy,

Reid

dnburgess · « **Reply #19 on:** April 24, 2004, 05:47:57 PM »

Acme recommends placing the amp on top of the cab from the point of view that weight on the cab will further reduce cabinet vibration that might otherwise muddy your sound. I find that, in practice, the rattles and shakes in my rack outweigh the benefit and I always place my rack on the floor near to my Acmes.

David B.

David Houck · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2004, 06:22:27 AM »

Speaking of floors. I rehearsed Friday night at a house with a deep carpet that seemed to really eat up my speaker output. I'm wondering if getting my speakers off the floor would have helped significantly. Any one have any suggestions? How far off the floor would make a significant difference?

son_of_magni · « **Reply #21 on:** April 25, 2004, 09:21:47 AM »

I had a cab that developed a buzz and I spent many hours trying to get rid of it. If I pushed my knee hard against the back it wouldn't buzz so I threw out all the old screws and replaced them with longer screws and added a bunch more. Still buzzed. The cab sat for years unused because of this problem. It was at the house where I grew up. I had kept it there because we still have jams there a few times a year. Finally I brought it home to try to fix it. Turns out it doesn't buzz now. Must have been something else in the room all along.

rraymond · « **Reply #22 on:** April 25, 2004, 10:58:38 AM »

Hi David B., Thanks for the clarification re:amp placement on the Acmes. I went back to the manual and realized that I had remembered the first sentence of the paragraph detailing amp placement, the where, but I had forgotten the why. Out of curiosity, do you stack yours end-to-end as a column, or on their sides? I've got a B2 that I use on small/mid-sized gigs, and a B4 for bigger gigs and I have never had the need to pair them up. They sure are great cabinets!

Reid

dnburgess · « **Reply #23 on:** April 25, 2004, 03:01:45 PM »

I have used the B2 horizontally on top of the B4 - with the Spyder. Now thats a nice sounding set up.

I am just playing in a B2W which I look forward to using with the B2 in horizontal vs vertical configurations. A very busy Sydney player just bought a B2 and will probably add a B2 or B2W - so soon I'll have plenty of horizontal vs vertical experience to report.