From k2mojo@groovedaddies.com Tue Jan 28 00:36:51 2003
Subject:RE: Best way to use rack item

I play standing and because I have to change patches on my PC2R, fiddle with
my mixer, and set my Guinness somewhere, my rack has to be within arm's
reach. All my rack gear lives in a 12-space Anvil and to get it up high
enough I built a simple plywood "X" stand. I'll try to draw you a picture
with words (this should be fun). The stand is two 3' x 2' sheets of 3/8"
plywood with an 18" notch or slice(?) cut out of each board. Placing the
boards standing straight up on edge with the short (2') side on the ground,
a 1/2" wide notch is cut into both boards, with the notch starting at the
center of the bottom (12" in from the edge) and extending straight up half
way (18"). Invert one of the boards (with the notch starting at the top
edge and extending towards the middle) and place the notch of the first
board into it so the boards are now perpendicular and you've created a very
strong X stand. Paint it black and set a big rack case on top and you've
got kind of an imposing Kubrickesque monolith goin' on. If you're having
trouble visualizing this (I know I would be if I were you), imagine a
standard keyboard folding X-type stand laying on it's side, but each one of
the two aluminum braces is a plywood board instead. Anyway, it holds A LOT
of weight, it assembles and disassembles in 15 seconds, it's easy to carry,
takes up no room in the trailer and it cost $10 to make.
I searched for a decent picture of my rack stand, but unfortunately our
rather "large" lead singer is standing in the way of my rack in nearly every
picture I could find. I just downloaded to the CWSG Yahoo!Groups website
the only picture I could find that kind of shows what I'm talking about
(cleverly labeled "Ed's plywood X stand"). I will try to remember to get a
better picture taken this weekend to replace this one.

Ed Fliege
k2mojo@groovedaddies.com
www.groovedaddies.com

> One reason I don't use rack stuff live much is there is never any
> good place
> to put it to use it "hands on". A V5 can be velcroed on. If you
> have a EMU B3
> or an electro rack that you have to fiddle with, what do you guys
> do? If you
> sit down when you play, I imagine a Snare drum stand positioned
> to your right
> can hold a platform that you could set something on. If a stand
> had a stable
> bottom and the rack piece wasn't too heavy, you could use a boom
> to bring it
> in right over the top of a keyboard. An A-FRAME type stand could
> be cut off
> from the bottoms ( if you sit down ) and the rack piece could be
> adjusted to
> the top left of your controller.
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