Any amps not square?

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Tue May 05, 2009 4:36 am

I'm thinking of doing a bass amplifier for my Senior thesis. My question is, does anyone know of any non-square amplifiers? Not necessarily round, but something other than a box. Also, what is the reason that every amp/cab I have ever seen is a box? Do you get the best sound out of this shape? Is it for electronic housing reasons?

Please educate me. Thank you

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Tue May 05, 2009 4:38 am

circles roll, triangles don't stack too well
i recall a "40s diner" type amp that was bright red and misshaped

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:19 am

One of my favorite designs ever!!!:

http://www.larryjohnmcnally.com/Teisco/checkmate30.html

The Teisco Checkmate 30 Coffee Table amp. Way underpowered, but the speaker faced up and the white cone distributed the sound all over the room. One of the hippest designs ever, IMO.

LimpDickCheney · Post by **LimpDickCheney** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:30 am

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:41 am

LimpDickCheney wrote:

I see this thing at my local music store all the time, it looks soooooooo dumb!

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:58 am

DuoSonicBoy wrote:One of my favorite designs ever!!!:

i have a set of speakers pretty close to that design:

Post by **Mike** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:25 am

Stacking is the answer, plus I think guitarists are weird.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:29 am

I'd say it's so that htey can be stacked into the back of a van handy enough.

Al ot of the speakers we'd see at work are wedge shaped, but there will be chest sized cases for them that might hold anywhere between two to eight speakers, so that when they're packed on to the lorries they're bax shaped.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue May 05, 2009 4:46 pm

Didn't we have a hugeass thread about some amps a dude made that were all like 50's crazy jetson shit/??? JCYCLE WHERE U AT DAWG?

chisa · Post by **chisa** » Tue May 05, 2009 4:57 pm

watkins dominator

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Tue May 05, 2009 6:14 pm

chisa wrote:

watkins dominator

kinda looks like those danelectro amps.

avntzen · Post by **avntzen** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:39 pm

ah yes the electrosonic amps

Website

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:54 pm

^those were the devils i was speaking of

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:20 pm

I posted that thread a while ago, those amps are the tits, but expensive for the budget guitarist.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:32 pm

yay, we found em!

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat May 09, 2009 3:46 pm

Do not want amp rolling/driving away/blasting into orbit during wicked solo.

My only complaint of most square amps is that they throw too many colours into the equation, not enough VU meters, label-maker control markings and knobs as big as a teacup, like Doc Brown's amp. Look at what that thing could do.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:43 pm

boxes, but still interesting:

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:05 pm

paul_ wrote:Do not want amp rolling/driving away/blasting into orbit during wicked solo.

My only complaint of most square amps is that they throw too many colours into the equation, not enough VU meters, label-maker control markings and knobs as big as a teacup, like Doc Brown's amp. Look at what that thing could do.

YAS

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sun May 10, 2009 4:11 am

^ do an riff