Amp shield / screen - anyone use one?

newi123

Any experience here for gigging?

ecc83

Do you mean a Perspex screen to block some of the sound? No, no experience of that but at the last Labour club open night I was at I would have LOVED to put the drummer in a Plexiglass box! (actually, out in the car park as well. We would still have heard him!)

Dave.

newi123

That's exactly what I mean.

Boxes for drummers is an awesome idea - let's go into business...........

ecc83

newi123 said:

That's exactly what I mean.

Boxes for drummers is an awesome idea - let's go into business...........

Ha! To be fair it was mainly just the snare that kept hitting way over the rest of the band in the DAW I was using to record the night. He seemed to be trying to kill the fucking thing!

I am also pretty sure that a sheet of Perspex about 1by 0.5mtrs and 6mm thick would have stopped a goodly amount of the "crack" reaching the mics (co-I pair 2mtrs FOH) .

Perspex is not an ideal material, cracks easily, ESPECIALLY when you try to drill the fekker! Polycarbonate is vastly stronger but also vastly more expensive. There is a transparent plastic called "PEEK" I understand about 1/2 way for strength and cost?

But then, do we really need to SEE drummers? !!

Dave.

Musicwolf

newi123 said:

That's exactly what I mean.

Boxes for drummers is an awesome idea - let's go into business...........

ecc83

Ooops! Thinking of "PET" But 6mm Polycarbonate isn't quite as expensive as I thought? 1220mm x 610mm about fifty quid. Not that bad when you consider it will last for years, will stop a beer can or bottle, even a bullet probably!

Dave.

jpfamps

PEEK is expensive.

It very chemically inert and solvent resistant, so is often used in chemically aggressive environments (cue comments about drummers and personal hygiene)

hywelg

I made one from 6mm perspex/acrylic sheet based on the Clearsonic ones. Mine is a 4 section so it forms a W in front of the cab. I have heard that the cheaper versions that are 3 sided U can suffer from reflections that cause audio/tone problems. I modelled mine on Matt Schofields one as he has dog ears and if he thinks they sound good then they do.

I got the acrylic online at place that does cut to size. You can buy the clearsound hinge material on its own from Thomann or Studio Spares, its a 1.6m length. You will need to route a small v-groove to get it to lock into place.

newi123

hywelg said:

I made one from 6mm perspex/acrylic sheet based on the Clearsonic ones. Mine is a 4 section so it forms a W in front of the cab. I have heard that the cheaper versions that are 3 sided U can suffer from reflections that cause audio/tone problems. I modelled mine on Matt Schofields one as he has dog ears and if he thinks they sound good then they do.

I got the acrylic online at place that does cut to size. You can buy the clearsound hinge material on its own from Thomann or Studio Spares, its a 1.6m length. You will need to route a small v-groove to get it to lock into place.

Cheers - And how do you find using it? Does it do the job you expected? 

hywelg

For live volumes it helps disperse the sound and for jamming in a studio it means no one gets in the line of fire. 

ESBlonde

As well as the screens there is the Doughnut for sound dispersion.

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/118131/mitchell-donut-foam

hywelg

Yes they work too, Got them in most of my cabinets.