Who keeps their heads in shelving units?

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Who keeps their heads in shelving units?

WOW! I didn't have a clue that you could do that with a regular patch bay. Makes sense though! That's something worth looking into as well. Any recommends on a solid patch bay to work with?

I have a cheap one made by AP. In the rack could be a power conditioner, patch bay, and FX unit. Then, you've got a complete guitar rig no wider than a rack, all the way up to the ceiling, and it would be like a demo booth at a car stereo store. Kind of a cool idea.

I'd have to take all my old cables apart and cut them to length, to supply all the cabling for FX loops.

 

[Mr 9finger]

Re: Who keeps their heads in shelving units?

I have a cheap one made by AP. In the rack could be a power conditioner, patch bay, and FX unit. Then, you've got a complete guitar rig no wider than a rack, all the way up to the ceiling, and it would be like a demo booth at a car stereo store. Kind of a cool idea.

I'd have to take all my old cables apart and cut them to length, to supply all the cabling for FX loops.

Yeah, definitely have to look further into them. As it stands, there are plans of adding at least 3 more amps over the course of the year.

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: Who keeps their heads in shelving units?

I'm SO glad you posted this!!!

I've thought about doing the same thing but wasn't sure it would actually work...I think i'm off to Home Depot!!!!

If you don't find what you're looking for at Home Depot try Nexel shelves. which you can buy online. I installed some last Monday for pantry shelving in a fire station and they were super nice.

 

[aleclee]

Re: Who keeps their heads in shelving units?

I'm talking about a studio patch bay, where you label everything, so you know by looking at a 2 foot cable which amp is active, and that it's plugged into the cab input on the patch bay.

Are you sure the patch bay can handle the current an amp puts out? If something fries in the patch bay, there's a fair chance it'll take the amp with it.

 

[Wattage]

Re: Who keeps their heads in shelving units?

I don't have pics of it and I don't have the rack setup right now but I used to have a bunch of gear setup on a wire rack units and it worked great. I would suggest the style with HD casters so you can move it easily from personal experience that is a nice option.

I don't like the wood shelf idea. Not enough airflow for my tastes, too much dust build up and too hard to run cables around.

 

[Kam]

Re: Who keeps their heads in shelving units?

Dude, it's the only way to roll...

I use these wire racks - they're super stable, hold a lot of weight, don't rattle, and are easily customizable. I live in eathquake country too, and one of the nice side benefits is that the feet of the cabs or heads kind of 'lock' into the wire grid which keeps them from sliding around. Use the leveling feet to slightly tilt the whole thing backwards towards the wall and it shouldn't really need any additional bracing.

That guitar's freakin' awesome. What is it?

 

[LesStrat]

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...or here:

 

[KoreanGuitarMan]

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Are you sure the patch bay can handle the current an amp puts out? If something fries in the patch bay, there's a fair chance it'll take the amp with it.

A patch bay built for line level signal might be all 22 or 24 gauge wire internally. Might not be quite that thin, but whatever chassis wire it is wired with wont be optimal for speaker level signal. I realize that some cabs use relatively thin wire internally and it's a short distance, but still.

You're thinking about multiple amps into one cab, yeah? If you use the patchbay as a switchboard and plug the cab speaker wire into the appropriate jack for whatever amp you're playing each time, that would be fine.

You don't want speaker level signal pumping into the back of the other amps though, so hooking the amps up to the cab permanently isn't a good idea.

 

[erksin]

Re: Who keeps their heads in shelving units?

That guitar's freakin' awesome. What is it?

Thanks! I made it myself. I've since refurbed it with a new Warmoth neck and new Glendale bridge and Lollar Special T pickup, and remade the pickguard. It's my main player.

 

[tone4days]

Re: Who keeps their heads in shelving units?

sounds risky to me if you arent super vigilant about turning the amps off before disconnecting the load when you want to use the cab with a different head