Amps are heavy!

[metropolis_4]

Me the past three nights after hauling an amp for the first time in years:

 

[TubeStack]

It sounds macho, but hit the gym, dude.

I started some fitness/weight training 3-4x/week, about six months ago, and it's been life changing after a life of lazy musician non-activity. One of the nice side effects is my Mesa heads seem like nothing now. I lift that weight above my head with one hand repeatedly in these classes.

 

[sleewell]

amps are nothing hahahaha

 

[JiveTurkey]

Gotta find that 40lb and under sweet spot!

 

[metropolis_4]

Gotta find that 40lb and under sweet spot!

I’ve spent the last two days thinking about four things:

1. I can’t believe I used to carry an AC30 everywhere
2. Now I remember why I started to prefer head/cab instead of combos
3. Which hand truck should I buy
4. Any good deals on Tone Master Princetons on Reverb?

 

[sleewell]

It sounds macho, but hit the gym, dude.

I started some fitness/weight training 3-4x/week, about six months ago, and it's been life changing after a life of lazy musician non-activity. One of the nice side effects is my Mesa heads seem like nothing now. I lift that weight above my head with one hand repeatedly in these classes.

 

[metropolis_4]

It sounds macho, but hit the gym, dude.

I started some fitness/weight training 3-4x/week, about six months ago, and it's been life changing after a life of lazy musician non-activity. One of the nice side effects is my Mesa heads seem like nothing now. I lift that weight above my head with one hand repeatedly in these classes.

Honestly, part of me thinks having to carry an amp around might not be the worst thing for me

 

[RaceU4her]

its why i say im ready to plug into my iPhone to FOH. the only thing i want to be lifting at gigs is cold 12oz'ers

 

[OrganicZed]

I’ve spent the last two days thinking about four things:

1. I can’t believe I used to carry an AC30 everywhere
2. Now I remember why I started to prefer head/cab instead of combos
3. Which hand truck should I buy
4. Any good deals on Tone Master Princetons on Reverb?

I use this one:


They do make a model that is a bit more heavy duty, but it is almost 3x the price.

 

[TubeStack]

Honestly, part of me thinks having to carry an amp around might not be the worst thing for me

Haha, yes, exactly! I used to look at it like, "Well if slugging my gear around is the only exercise I'm getting, then it's not really a bad thing to move my head+cab for gigs, practices, etc, overall."

 

[JiveTurkey]

its why i say im ready to plug into my iPhone to FOH. the only thing i want to be lifting at gigs is cold 12oz'ers

 

[newholland]

(sees metro rolling up to stage orchestra rehearsal with an SVT and a coffin) 'hey dudes! where do i plug in?!'

 

[metropolis_4]

its why i say im ready to plug into my iPhone to FOH. the only thing i want to be lifting at gigs is cold 12oz'ers

I’ve done that before. The place where it falls apart for me personally is when I’m blending acoustically with other instruments.

Yesterday at rehearsal I was sitting next to a Steinway D-274. You don’t even want to know how shitty an "FRFR" sounds next to a Steinway concert grand piano

It’s like, imagine you’re listening to a string quartet where three of them are playing acoustically and the fourth one is coming out of a phone speaker

 

[metropolis_4]

(sees metro rolling up to stage orchestra rehearsal with an SVT and a coffin) 'hey dudes! where do i plug in?!'

The key is always make sure the first sound they hear out of your amp is much quieter than they expect. That always disarms any concerns anyone has when they see the amp and I’ll have more freedom to adjust volume from there.

It’s all about perception

 

[la szum]

Sacrifices and penance must be made. The Tone Gods are not easily appeased.

Suffering is good! The Gods are smiling today!

 

[Baba]

its why i say im ready to plug into my iPhone to FOH. the only thing i want to be lifting at gigs is cold 12oz'ers

You and me both brother. I've been actively shrinking, (or trying to), my rig since 1996

 

[Mongillo19]

It sounds macho, but hit the gym, dude.

I started some fitness/weight training 3-4x/week, about six months ago, and it's been life changing after a life of lazy musician non-activity. One of the nice side effects is my Mesa heads seem like nothing now. I lift that weight above my head with one hand repeatedly in these classes.

Hitting the gym or even just a slight increase in your exercise routine (or implementation of one at all) can do wonders!

I will say though that weights are made to be lifted. Some amps, no matter how JACKED you are can be a pain in the ass just with how awkward they are to carry.

Idk about you all but I have trust issues with amp handles and always need to carry it by the physical amp head

 

[KingsXJJ]

The only thing I have that doesn’t move is my half-stack. The rest is pretty manageable.

 

[AFKAEjay(retired)]

Which hand truck should I buy

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[deadpool_25]

This is why I'm loving my Badlander 25 and Mark V:25 so much. And I don't even play outside the house.