Amps are heavy!

[Frodebro]

At around 55 lbs I don't see the argument in the RK head being too heavy, but the Roadster or RK combos are where I draw the line. At least with a head and cab they're separate. The combo is wildly inconvenient with how heavy it is. I think the Mesa single rec combo is about the heaviest I'd possibly go.

IIRC, the RK combo is something like 104lbs.

 

[Desertdweller]

IIRC, the RK combo is something like 104lbs.

Yeah that's just ridiculous. That's about the weight of the 4x12!

 

[laxu]

I fully agree and this is an totally an excuse not trying to sound like an excuse lol but man there's only so many hrs in day! I wanna work out bc it would make a lot of things way better but between family, work, band stuff, kids sports stuff, running this venue, and everything else I just struggle to find the time but I should find it.

Working a little less would be sweet but will probably never happen. I need to though, I think I def moved around better at shows when I was working out.

I started going to the gym regularly at the start of the year and it's done wonders for me. Even if you go just once a week, that's still going to help.

 

[la szum]

Just a bunch of pampered, pansy-asses up in here.

 

[Byrdman]

I started going to the gym regularly at the start of the year and it's done wonders for me. Even if you go just once a week, that's still going to help.

Me too and it makes me feel a lot better, I try to go 3x a week. some weeks are better than others, YMMV...

BTW, the heaviest amp head I have is a DSL100H. Coming in around 55 lbs, its not too bad, but the weight is not centered so one side always dips due to the transformers. I love gigging and practicing with my Marshall Studio 800 and my 212 stays at our practice shed.

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[Whizzinby]

 

[Baba]

Right now, I’m going in the opposite of going to the gym, and working on this:

Just that and a 1x12 cab, and, done

 

[Eagle]

Right now, I’m going in the opposite of going to the gym, and working on this:

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Just that and a 1x12 cab, and, done

That’s about as much fun as playing though a toaster. In fact that would be more fun.

 

[Baba]

That’s about as much fun as playing though a toaster. In fact that would be more fun.

Dude, what happened to you? Seriously.

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

Modeller owners:

 

[AutomationBias]

I fully agree and this is an totally an excuse not trying to sound like an excuse lol but man there's only so many hrs in day! I wanna work out bc it would make a lot of things way better but between family, work, band stuff, kids sports stuff, running this venue, and everything else I just struggle to find the time but I should find it.

Working a little less would be sweet but will probably never happen. I need to though, I think I def moved around better at shows when I was working out.

It's just a thing you have to decide to do and prioritize. I started running when I was about 40 (10+ years ago). It sounds hard until you start doing it for a couple of weeks, and then you'll find that you get cranky if you don't do it. I'll get up and go for a run an hour or so before my family is awake.

 

[laxu]

It's just a thing you have to decide to do and prioritize. I started running when I was about 40 (10+ years ago). It sounds hard until you start doing it for a couple of weeks, and then you'll find that you get cranky if you don't do it. I'll get up and go for a run an hour or so before my family is awake.

The start is the absolute worst though. In my mid-20s I went from being barely able to run a few kilometers to running about 10 km almost every day. Not in that kind of shape anymore, but it's much easier to get back into it than it is to get started.

And yeah, you definitely do get "well I should go for a run" or "well, I should go to the gym" after some time if you stick to it.

 

[sleewell]

It's just a thing you have to decide to do and prioritize. I started running when I was about 40 (10+ years ago). It sounds hard until you start doing it for a couple of weeks, and then you'll find that you get cranky if you don't do it. I'll get up and go for a run an hour or so before my family is awake.

yea i get all that. i was working out a lot a couple years ago and will get back into it. having 4 kids in sports, working full time, and playing shows is a lot for anyone but im about to be 43 so i gotta get back into it. we booked studio time for late june. right now im just trying to write a few more songs which is basically what i do with the very limited amount of free time i get. our youngest 3 had a lacrosse tournament this last weekend and my oldest also had a soccer game which was getting up at 5am both days lol. sometimes its just too much stuff going on and not enough hours in the day.

 

[AFKAEjay(retired)]

Modeller owners:

It’s a generational thing

 

[Desertdweller]

That’s about as much fun as playing though a toaster. In fact that would be more fun.
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Playing a modeler through an "FRFR" cab just seems to me like we’re reinventing the wheel. Just give me a dual rec and a 4x12 and I’ll be happy.

 

[Whizzinby]

It's just a thing you have to decide to do and prioritize. I started running when I was about 40 (10+ years ago). It sounds hard until you start doing it for a couple of weeks, and then you'll find that you get cranky if you don't do it. I'll get up and go for a run an hour or so before my family is awake.

Nothing beats the early morning solitude of a run before the fam gets up. Running becomes its own addiction. My boss urged me to do the local 5k about a decade ago. I did the Couch To 5K training thing which was all the rage at the time. First week absolutely sucked (RIP calves) but the body adapts pretty well from there. I kept at it after doing the 5k just to see how far I could take it and fast forward two years I did a marathon and peak volume was around 70 miles a week. I loved throwing on some tunes or an audio book and just hitting the pavement. I was sort of hooked on it, checking my Strava and Garmin data 17 times a day. Funnily enough as I was in final prep for the marathon I started to plot out Ultra Marathon ambitions, but when I crossed the finish line my first thought was “I’m never fucking running again. Ever.” At that was it. Done. lol

I’ve been back weight lifting since last November. Much more my speed now. God bless the yoga pant!!!

 

[Frodebro]

Playing a modeler through an ""FRFR"" cab just seems to me like we’re reinventing the wheel. Just give me a dual rec and a 4x12 and I’ll be happy.

The Kemper Kab isn’t an "FRFR", it’s a proprietary Celestion that only works correctly with the software in the Kemper, and emulates different speakers. Similar in concept to the Line6 Power Cabs, but I personally think the Kemper does a better job. The biggest difference between the Kemper system and standard IRs is that IRs include the mic in the finished result, the Kemper system excludes the microphone.

 

[AutomationBias]

Nothing beats the early morning solitude before the fam gets up. Running becomes its own addiction. My boss urged me to do the local 5k about a decade ago. I did the Couch To 5K training thing which was all the rage at the time. First week absolutely sucked (RIP calves) but the body adapts pretty well from there. I kept at it after doing the 5k just to see how far I could take it and fast forward two years I did a marathon and peak volume was around 70 miles a week. I loved throwing on some tunes or an audio book and just hitting the pavement. I was sort of hooked on it, checking my Strava and Garmin data 17 times a day. Funnily enough as I was in final prep for the marathon I started to plot out Ultra Marathon ambitions, but when I crossed the finish line my first thought was “I’m never fucking running again. Ever.” At that was it. Done. lol

I’ve been back weight lifting since last November. Much more my speed now. God bless the yoga pant!!!

That's awesome. I did my first ultra in the fall and got kind of burned out from all of the programmed/scheduled running. I pared it down to 10-15 miles a week over the winter and have just started ramping up again. I don't plan to do any races this year, I just want to find the fun in it again.

 

[maguchi]

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

^^^Trufe dat. Horses for courses.