Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

[everdrone]

Hi Guys, which amp stand should I get? I want to hear myself at practice and get told to "turn down" less. I run an Orange Thunderverb 50 into an Orange 212PPC closed back cab. The cab weighs 62 pounds. I figure because of the tilt that the amp head will just go on the floor.

I narrowed my selection down to this one because of the tilt, adjustable height, and 150 pound weight capacity, and price at $40:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/on-stage-stands-rs7000-tiltback-amp-stand?pfm=sp

I was thinking about an open back cab mixed in, but I am a heavy rock guy and just dont play open back cabs. I may buy another 212 Orange closed back cab and stack them on their sides so they are super tall, but I do not like lifting these gigantic bulky heavy cabs, so that cab might just be for big shows. I may buy a 112 Orange closed back cab in the future for practices because it is lightweight.

Any thoughts, suggestions, or comments (jokes too) at all are much appreciated, thank you :beerchug:

 

[Rockstar216]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/ultimate-support-amp-150-genesis-amp-stand?pfm=sp

This is the one I have and I've had it for maybe a year. I chose this one out of the larger ones because it's portable and folds up easily and can fit in a back pack or small bag. The bigger ones may be more durable BUT may take up more space and aren't as portable.

Also I can set it up in front of me like you would a monitor since the stand is so small.

 

[everdrone]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/ultimate-support-amp-150-genesis-amp-stand?pfm=sp

This is the one I have and I've had it for maybe a year. I chose this one out of the larger ones because it's portable and folds up easily and can fit in a back pack or small bag. The bigger ones may be more durable BUT may take up more space and aren't as portable.

Also I can set it up in front of me like you would a monitor since the stand is so small.

thanks for your insights, I bet you got a good one! You probably have the right amp/cab and heaviness/weight for it as well. The reviews are really bad but there may be a bunch of lemons in a shipment?

with these features:

Holds up to 75 lbs.
3 tilt angles

I am thinking the 75 pounds is optimistic as almost all capacity ratings are; I am thinking with my 62 pound amp that the most tilted of the three angles would be right for my height, but wrong for the weight of my cab.

Thank you for your thoughts, any other insights on this stand or other stands are appreciated, cheers

 

[Rockstar216]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

Well I run a 1x12 combo and I don't gig that heavily as a true pro would but for $30 it does what I expect it to. The biggest pro for me was portability and it was the smallest yet most durable stand I saw at the time. Also I bought it in person at the store and took it out the box before I handed over my cash.

For a 2x12 I'm guessing a easily portable stand isn't the highest on the list so you might want to go with a bigger stand.
I'd recommend this as it's low profile and small but holds up to 100lbs
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/quik-lok-double-brace-low-profile-amp-stand

 

[everdrone]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

That recommendation looks perfect! Ill prolly get that one. thank you

funny how they advertize "for small amps" and then later on "for large amps" on MF and GC

the advertized pic of that 212 5150 combo is perfect, as that is the same dimensions and closed back specs of my amp for the most part except heavier

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

If you're being told to "turn down", your cabinet must be tearing your shins apart while the guy across from you is probably going deaf from it. I had that problem in a band once. I was going deaf from the other guitarist's cab while not hearing mine, and he was not hearing his, but all mine. We ended up in Volume Wars.

Try moving the cab farther away from you so you can hear it.

Or stand the 2x12 on its side.

 

[everdrone]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

ya you are right! I do not understand the science of how soundwaves bounce off which walls and how someone can hear one thing but not another, but I do know I like to turn up and others tell me to turn down I put the 212 on its side and moving the cab is definitely the cats pajamas, that may just be all I need if I am not too fussy, cheers :beerchug:

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

I have the one in the original post. It's perfectly designed. Not much more you can say.

It's so versatile, I use it for 212 amps, and my kid uses it to display his BMX bike on a coffee table.
LOL

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

I have that same stand, or one very similar to it.
Works fine.

 

[everdrone]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

lol at Gearjonser, thanks for the little window into your daily life lolerz :banana: j/k thank you for the recommendation

Do you like how it folds up? do you like the angle and does it make the guitar louder at practice for you, do you think it would handle a 212 at the high setting? Thank you

I have that same stand, or one very similar to it.
Works fine.

The amp stand in my original post? Do you like how it folds up? do you like the angle and does it make the guitar louder at practice for you, do you think it would handle a 212 at the high setting? Thank you

 

[Masta' C]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

I'm 6'4" and I have used an On Stage RS7500 with all my 2x12 combos, including some heavy ones, with good results. Well constructed, nicely priced and reasonably portable: LINK

I have also used the Ultimate Support AMP-150 that Rockstar216 posted above. To be blatantly honest, it's a hunk of junk! There's a reason why the average review is 2/5 stars. The locking mechanism is a great IDEA, but it's a terribly faulty design that lets an otherwise well built stand down. When it fails (and it will), the stand is useless. Customer support is crap, as well. Hundreds of reviews reporting the same issues, but the company always blames the user. My first one broke the very first time I unlocked it and shipping for a warranty repair cost as much as a new stand. Even if it was reliable, I wouldn't trust it with heavier cabs/combos. Steer clear of that one.

 

[Rockstar216]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

I'm 6'4" and I have used an On Stage RS7500 with all my 2x12 combos, including some heavy ones, with good results. Well constructed, nicely priced and reasonably portable: LINK

I have also used the Ultimate Support AMP-150 that Rockstar216 posted above. To be blatantly honest, it's a hunk of junk! There's a reason why the average review is 2/5 stars. The locking mechanism is a great IDEA, but it's a terribly faulty design that lets an otherwise well built stand down. When it fails (and it will), the stand is useless. Customer support is crap, as well. Hundreds of reviews reporting the same issues, but the company always blames the user. My first one broke the very first time I unlocked it and shipping for a warranty repair cost as much as a new stand. Even if it was reliable, I wouldn't trust it with heavier cabs/combos. Steer clear of that one.

Yea I wouldn't advise the one I have for the heavier combos. But I do think a amp stand is better than putting the amp on it's side.

The one in the link looks like what I might choose if the one I have does end up crapping out and I might get the mic stand boom arm package as well.

 

[everdrone]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

I'm 6'4" and I have used an On Stage RS7500 with all my 2x12 combos, including some heavy ones, with good results. Well constructed, nicely priced and reasonably portable: LINK
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cool! that one looks perfect actually, 5 tilt positions and the design is awesome as you stated! this recommendation is now my fav, glad it works with your 212 combos

 

[ErikH]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

I have one of those on-stage RS7000 stands and recently got one of the RS7500's as posted. I like that it has a mount for a boom arm when needing to mic it up. Great little stand.

 

[CTN]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

The correct answer is:

Get a 4x12 to put your 2x12 and amp head on.

Then proceed to kill your neighbors with decibels.

 

[everdrone]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

lol at CTN! that will kill them I do still want tons of more speaker cabs as I have a speaker pile that I hoard at home for my speaker farm. I just farm and tend the crops.

I want a bunch that I cant bring myself to pull the trigger on; another Orange 212PPC closed back would be perfect and I could stack em horizontally for the tallest "full stack" evah, like these but stack em sidewayz:



I see ErikH and masta'c's recommendation gets mad love on teh amazonz reviewerz: http://www.amazon.com/Stage-RS7500-...FRW/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?showViewpoints=1

I think this is the one! Amazing how such a cheap product can stop the horrible volume wars

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

Yea I wouldn't advise the one I have for the heavier combos. But I do think a amp stand is better than putting the amp on it's side.

No harm in standing a 2x12 CAB on its side. For a combo, yeah, I can see how that'd look a bit strange.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

The amp stand in my original post?

Yes

Do you like how it folds up?

Yes

do you like the angle

Yes

and does it make the guitar louder at practice for you,

No, but it makes my amplifier cabinet louder

do you think it would handle a 212 at the high setting? Thank you

Yes. I use mine for rehearsals, gigs, and recording.

 

[everdrone]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

thanks everybody! thanks Twilight for the rundown

Gearjoneser, Twilight Oddessy and ErikH have the On-Stage Stands RS7000 and have gigged a ton so it is hard to disagree with that

looks sturdy as hell and I hate when dancers/moshers/musicians hit my gear in a frenzy, no matter what

 

[MetalManiac]

Re: Which Amp Stand? I am 6'2" tall and have a 212 closed back 62 pound cab.

I do not understand the science of how soundwaves bounce off which walls and how someone can hear one thing but not another...

Here you go;



:fingersx:

I don't like the tube stands; they aren't very sturdy. I like the flat angle iron stands. Carvin has the best cheapest one that I could find.I have the Carvin Angle iron stand. Its very sturdy...it is slightly angled up; I took it to a welder and had him fix it for angled flat, but it doesn't sit quite right...there isn't enough room on the flat part for the amp because its supposed to have the amp leaning back, which killed my ears.
I might get an extansion welded on to the flat part where the amp sits on . A lot of trouble.