Cabinets and Casters

TcRoc

TcRoc

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Any of you pop off your cabinet casters when you play ?
When I set up my 4x12 Marshall when I bought it, it did not have casters when I set up my tones. Than I added Ernie Ball casters for transport. took them off and added nice 3 inch casters that r excellent for rolling that thing around. But I always noticed something different with my tone that can't be nailed down from my head or pedalboard. Popped the casters off and bam.... that was it.
 
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Instead I tip my cabinet on it's side and it accomplishes the same thing (coupling the bass to the floor) without the hassle.

on a slant cab -especially a Marshall TV style I usually take them off in the studio, but not live.

Some stages and floors are better with isolation pads or casters (de-coupling) and some are better with being agains the floor -so it's not an always or never thing.
 
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I actually like to get my 2x12 Marshall combo off the floor. It tightens up the low end. It’s too boomy on the floor.


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DavidRavenMoon said:
I actually like to get my 2x12 Marshall combo off the floor. It tightens up the low end. It’s too boomy on the floor.


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Yep, it's ALL floor/stage style dependent -my old studio had a totally floated 3/4 oak suspended 1" above slab floor -and decoupling the cabinets further by keeping the casters on was usually the way to go.

It's all depending on the floor and the cab together... there is no right or best way without testing both variables.
 
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NegativeEase said:
on a slant cab -especially a Marshall TV style I usually take them off in the studio, but not live.
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I don't ever take them off, but I would probably especially leave them on when recording it to decouple the cab off the floor and avoid phase-y-ness.
 
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This is interesting... I've never taken mine off as I use my Mesa Recto 4x12 for playing live and it would be AWFUL to have to constantly carry it, but might be worth experimenting with in the studio (I go direct live, so not really worth experimenting there).
 
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OMG - stage/floor variation caused me to make the call that EVERYTHING on stage goes direct from now on!!!!!!
 
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