Duct tape?

[Christobevii3]

I've noticed a lot of blues guitarists and such live often have duct tape in the middle of the amps speaker grille. Is this to lower the shrillness of the output? And is it for live use or like micing purposes?

And do you do it? And should i do it? I do sit near my amp and it is kinda shrill if right in front of it. Can i use clear packing tape ?

[kmcguitars]

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That's the poorman's beam blocker. SRV was known for using duct tape. It helps deflect some of the spiky high end that can be unpleasant to the ear. I use duct tape in front of my Celestion V30 for this reason.

[Baltar]

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ouch. i would try it myself, if it wouldn't hurt so much to put duct tape over an
engl logo

[WhoFan]

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ouch. i would try it myself, if it wouldn't hurt so much to put duct tape over an
engl logo

ya i see many bands out on the road with black duct tape covering the cabs logo....

[WhoFan]

Re: Duct tape?

That's the poorman's beam blocker. SRV was known for using duct tape. It helps deflect some of the spiky high end that can be unpleasant to the ear. I use duct tape in front of my Celestion V30 for this reason.

how would you place such tape to be a beam blocker?

[Bludave]

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If you use Camoflauge Duct tape nobody will be able to see it. It will be our secret!

[WhoFan]

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If you use Camoflauge Duct tape nobody will be able to see it. It will be our secret!

that would work for me.... someone who owned my JCM 800 head ripped off the black vinyl covering and covered it with army camo.... . must of been a Zak fan.... because they ripped off the covering i got the head for a steal!!!!

[Scott_F]

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ouch. i would try it myself, if it wouldn't hurt so much to put duct tape over an
engl logo

Take off hte speaker and put the tape on the inside of the grill cloth!

[Scott_F]

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how would you place such tape to be a beam blocker?

Are you familiar with the concept of the Weber BeamBlocker?

Well, with the tape, you just put a piece or two of the tape (on the INSIDE) of the speaker cloth. It forces those directional highs to diffuse a bit, rounding off the sound, taking away some of the ice pick through your forehead effect.

[loudriver23]

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If there is a cooler substance on earth than DUCT TAPE I'd love to know about it!!!!!
There are few things that can't be accomplished with Duct Tape, some Twine and a Hammer.

Now I'm giving all my computer repair advice away for free....

[Simon_F]

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There are few things that can't be accomplished with Duct Tape, some Twine and a Hammer.

Just add a can of WD-40 and you have the perfect toolkit for any occasion.

[loudriver23]

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Drat I forgot the WD.....
Stupid glue and some plowers are nice additions too.

[Baltar]

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Take off hte speaker and put the tape on the inside of the grill cloth!

this one was to easy - in that case nobody notices my tuning

but serious .. thx, nice idea - i try it out

[kmcguitars]

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I've met roadie's that call duct tape `ROCK N' ROLL TAPE'!! My Bass player keeps a roll in his Bass case ,And I can't think of a gig we've done without using it to secure P.A. wires, microphones and etc. Drummers even use it to damping their snares and keep the kick drum from walking. It truly is Rock N' Roll Tape.

[loudriver23]

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Also raceday tape.
NHRA approved for use at speeds in excess of 300mph.....
I"M IN !!!!