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Permalink Reply by J.D. on July 6, 2017 at 2:16am

Oh ,okay Ron I see what your talking about now that I went to the link again. I was thinking "just a stand to angel&raise your amp ,but this one in the pic has ""port holes". I've never tried anything like that in order to get more sound or a different tone. Like I was saying When playing gigs we have all our amps run threw a board and personal monitors ,but I would like to hear how much of a effect these have on a amp ,but be more to carry to a gig is the only downside if you already have plenty of gear to load ,unload ,set up & break down to load everything back up ....lol So we try minimizing if you know what I mean ,but if your not carrying too much equipment already ,,,"may be worth the added load"? I get what your saying Tho and would like to see a video w maybe using a small amp.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on July 6, 2017 at 11:40am

Here ya go:

https://youtu.be/WLcZN4Sa-bA

And yeah, if you have lots of gear, thi coulbe just one more thing to carry. Harold Smith has been working on a lightweight foldable model to combat that problem...

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on July 2, 2017 at 11:10am

This is a good idea. The materials used and the dimensions can play a big part on the tone and volume. It's like a big acoustic box for the amp.

Some people like a closed back amp over a open backed amp. I have 2 small closed back practice amps that have a great tone to them.

One thing that you could do with a closed back amp is to make a port that can be opened/closed, either on the back to use this device or in the front (behind the grill cloth if you have one) like the 3-way stereo speakers have.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on July 2, 2017 at 11:25am

Materials used can definitely make a difference in tone.

Example: I have a 1965 Silvertone Tube Amp that I found on the side of the road. It worked once I put a cord on it, but the original cabinet wasn't in good shape. It had a cabinet made of what seemed to be pressed fiberboard.

I was going to make a nice wood cab for it, but ran low on funds. I had a couple of 3-way stereo speaker cabs made of pressed sawdust. The speakers were no good, but the cab was big enough for the 12" guitar speaker and amp so I transplanted the guts over to the speaker cab.

I'm so glad I did that. The tone from the original amp cab was kind of thin and too high. Now the amp has more lows and mids and sounds great. Doesn't look great and it's heavy, but that doesn't matter compared to sound. Had to use the back of the cab for the front of this amp, so the back has some open spots.

So materials and dimensions can make a difference in the resulting tone and volume.

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