Wheels for an amp

zircona1

I have a big amp with a leather handle that I can carry around if I wish, problem is it's really damn heavy and if I keep doing it I might give myself a hernia.

I've seen people who roll in amps on wheels. Are there things you can buy to put amps on and wheel them in, or can you just take a big piece of wood and nail some wheels to the corners?

Any helpful advice would be great.

ianvomsaal

zircona1 wrote:

I have a big amp with a leather handle that I can carry around if I wish, problem is it's really damn heavy and if I keep doing it I might give myself a hernia.

I've seen people who roll in amps on wheels. Are there things you can buy to put amps on and wheel them in, or can you just take a big piece of wood and nail some wheels to the corners?

Any helpful advice would be great.

Here's some options:

- http://www.zzounds.com/item--ERN6102 (I like these the best since you can probably just replace the existing feet with these).

- http://www.zzounds.com/item--ERN6101

- http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Marshall-MCSN-Caster-and-Socket-Set?sku=482888 (the Ernie Ball's might be better since these have a plastic socket)

- http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Road-Ready-RRWAD-Heavy-Duty-Caster-Kit?sku=541196

Cheers . . .

- Ian

Novawind

Hey Ian, I've heard from a couple sources that if you pop those on a combo amp it can mess with the bass response since the amp is sitting slightly off the floor. Do you think it would make a difference?

ianvomsaal

Novawind wrote:

Hey Ian, I've heard from a couple sources that if you pop those on a combo amp it can mess with the bass response since the amp is sitting slightly off the floor. Do you think it would make a difference?

Mmmmmmm, yeah, sometimes I perceive a small tone loss - I sometimes feel that casters mess with my tone (but just a little, and only with certain
amps - But I also feel that it really depends on how sensitive your ears are, and I honestly don't think that most people can really hear a difference.

When talking about gear and sound and perceived tone loss, I feel that many people are lemmings, and just follow what
everyone else says without really knowing or really listening to anything for themselves (some people say it, so it must
be true - dumb-da-dumb-da-dumb, off the cliff I go). Truthfully, the only real way to know for sure is to use your own
ears and listen. As I said, I only perceive a small tone loss with certain amps on casters (with some amps I hear more
tone loss, with others less, and with some I don't notice any - and it can also depend on the room and what-not).

NOW, take into consideration that if you have pop in casters you can take them out and sit the amp on the floor, easy (or preferably onto something
like a grama) - So perceived or not, the problem is solved - make sense???
Cheers . . .

- Ian

Novawind

Yeah, the pop-in/pop-out casters should pretty much take care of the mobility issue and if there's tone loss well just pop-em out and problem solved.