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Any amps not square?
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 4:36 am
by roachello
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
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 4:38 am
by Haze
circles roll, triangles don't stack too well
i recall a "40s diner" type amp that was bright red and misshaped
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 5:19 am
by Will
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.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 5:30 am
by LimpDickCheney
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 5:41 am
by the isaac eaton
LimpDickCheney wrote:
I see this thing at my local music store all the time, it looks soooooooo dumb!
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 5:58 am
by hotrodperlmutter
DuoSonicBoy wrote:One of my favorite designs ever!!!:
i have a set of speakers pretty close to that design:
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:25 am
by Mike
Stacking is the answer, plus I think guitarists are weird.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 9:29 am
by Bacchus
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.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 4:46 pm
by Sloan
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?
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 4:57 pm
by chisa
watkins dominator
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 6:14 pm
by the isaac eaton
chisa wrote:
watkins dominator
kinda looks like those danelectro amps.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:39 pm
by avntzen
ah yes the electrosonic amps
Website
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:54 pm
by Haze
^those were the devils i was speaking of
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 8:20 pm
by Josh
I posted that thread a while ago, those amps are the tits, but expensive for the budget guitarist.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 8:32 pm
by Sloan
yay, we found em!
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 3:46 pm
by paul_
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.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 7:43 pm
by Mages
boxes, but still interesting:
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:05 pm
by Will
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
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:11 am
by Sloan
^ do an riff