Oct 16, 2003 07:49 am Nice trick... rock on. :)
I once turned a 4x12 bass cabinet into a camoflauged grow box for, um, tomatoes. (cough, cough)
More rock, less suck
Posted on Oct 16, 2003 06:43 am
Johnny Hero
Member Since: Apr 26, 2002
So I took the back off my marshall 4x12 cab yesterday, and just for the hell of it, glued (well caluked really) egg cartons to the inside of the back cover. When I put it back on, the result was... well I can't really describe what happened aside from saying more rock, less suck. So yeah, now I have more rock.
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Oct 16, 2003 07:49 am Nice trick... rock on. :)
I once turned a 4x12 bass cabinet into a camoflauged grow box for, um, tomatoes. (cough, cough)
Oct 16, 2003 10:13 am "Nice trick... rock on. :)
I once turned a 4x12 bass cabinet into a camoflauged grow box for, um, tomatoes. (cough, cough)"
Yes, yes, but how did it SOUND?
Oct 16, 2003 10:25 am well it had a constant slight hum...
Oct 16, 2003 01:23 pm Enough...
Cool idea on adding the egg carton to the cab though, if I weren't so afraid of messing up my cab I'd try it.
Oct 16, 2003 02:56 pm Yeah but it's the inside, so you can't really mess it up. If you don't like it just take the cartons off... it's not THAT hard to remove caulk... cualk... ok well it's not as hard as spelling it anyway...
Oct 16, 2003 07:01 pm yeah, well what does it do to the cab? I'd imagine it would muffle it a little, kind of like how putting foam in a kick drum muffles the kick a little bit
Oct 16, 2003 07:36 pm Well Loki, it increases the rock, and decreases the suck.
Actually I've noticed my cab sounds louder and projects better.
Oct 16, 2003 09:54 pm I have to wonder how it would sound if it had a sound-reflecting surface in there instead of an absorbing one, or something to actually resonate the sound, like a wooden box or something? just musing. I dunno, the thought ocurred to me.
Oct 17, 2003 02:34 am its things like this.. that lead to some unique sounds and people listening going.. how the hell did he get that sound out of that 'fill in the blank'?
Oct 17, 2003 07:54 am ...or (yes, I'm still thinking about this) what if there were hanging strips or hollow tubes of metal in front of it that would resonate with the various tones, maybe tinkling together, like a couple of sets of metal windchimes? OK, yes, I'm getting pretty far out here.... again, just curious. Does anyone have any experience "altering" their instruments or hardware? The composer John Cage used to compose pieces for an altered piano of his own design, I've heard a couple pieces like that and they were really wild.
Oct 17, 2003 10:41 am lol those ideas are starting to approach the level of einsturzende neubauten.
ive thought about doing things like that to instruments.. but until i have the cash flow to replace what i mess up.. im not touching them.
Oct 17, 2003 10:53 am nevah hoid of 'em. einzahoozit, neubawhatnow? I looked at their website, but I'm still scratching my poor befuddled head... I will smile politely and nod. :)
I looked for sample tracks on their site but I didn't find any. Are they an experimental music group?
Oct 17, 2003 11:15 am Actullly, I think I've figured out how to describe the way my cab sounds now.
It's sounds less like a Marshall, and more like a Mesa Boogie. Rock!
Oct 17, 2003 02:06 pm einsturzende neubauten are/were one of the early industrial/experimental bands back in the early to mid-70s.
and theyre still breaking new ground now.
Oct 17, 2003 02:24 pm if you put a paperclip around the strings right at the bridge, you get really strange overtones, sounds quite out of tune, but is pretty cool for certain uses
Oct 17, 2003 02:25 pm now that sounds just weird enough to try. I think I'll take home a handful of paperclips from the office... shh, don't tell anyone :)
Oct 18, 2003 02:09 am einsturzende neubauten
I love German. Its fun to almost understand it.... but not quite.
Nov 19, 2003 09:55 pm E N were a very big influance on my getting into sampling and creating new sounds. They aong with several others. Do a big search for them you will probably find some audio to listen to. If I find a link to some audio, I will post it in this thread. I have miced just about anything I could think of and even tried some of their ideas. They were huge into sticking a piezo or some kind of pickup on anything, rocks, railroad tracks, the side of a house or whatever. then wacking it with hammers, mallets, sticks, jack hammers. They have a track that contains large and small fires burning, and recorded and altered the sound of the flames to make new samples. They truly were inovaters, and as collapse said, still are. I got to see them live and it is pretty intense. They were an insperation to many groups, like BlueMan Group. And if you havent heard of them I do suggest looking to there site. their latest offering is very kool to say the least. There is a very kool version of Jefferson Airplanes White Rabbit and also a very tweaked out version of Donna Summers I feel Luv.
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