Pimp My Rig: II

[Thunderbroom]

I put some lights on my cabinet:

 

 

It's those chaser lights. I'm still undecided if I like it or not, but my son thinks it's cool.

[greenshag]

something I always thought would be cool for a bass rig is to have the lights controlled by notes you play.

 

In high school, a buddy of mine hooked up some xmas lights to his power amp in his truck, so whenever the beat pulsed, so did the lights...was kinda cool listening to reggae with pulsing xmas lights in a lowrider truck:D

[fretless]

ooooooooh pretty , but won't they rattle like mad .

[Thunderbroom]

 

Originally posted by fretless ooooooooh pretty , but won't they rattle like mad .

 

 

Nope.

 

After I set it up last night, I rocked it for about an hour while practicing songs for our gig on Saturday. No problems. It's just one of those rope lights. I used the plastic electrical tie straps to connect them to the grill of my cabinet.

[fretless]

[Thunderbroom]

 

Originally posted by greenshag something I always thought would be cool for a bass rig is to have the lights controlled by notes you play. In high school, a buddy of mine hooked up some xmas lights to his power amp in his truck, so whenever the beat pulsed, so did the lights...was kinda cool listening to reggae with pulsing xmas lights in a lowrider truck:D

 

 

Not exactly what you're talking about, but close.

 

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[basshunter]

Pimp-tastic!!!!

[Thumper]

Or you can go low-tech....

 

Lava lamps

Green glow-in-the-dark-Pastic Jesus

Gnomes

Fuzzy dice (or fuzzy anything)

Bobble-heads

 

Your options are only limited by your imagination and taste (or lack there of...).

[Zeromus-X]

Sorry. Not my style.

[Rowka]

 

Originally posted by Zeromus-X Sorry. Not my style.

 

 

Didn't you used to have neon rings around some 10's?

[Zeromus-X]

Yep, but it went along with the rest of the stage setup, too, and looked tidy. If you can cut that ropelight to only use one strand of it, that might look cooler, IMO... or shove it in the port at the bottom and make the cabinet glow.

 

Or, keep it the way it is -- it's not my cabinet!

[Rowka]

I liked the neon rings. I gotta say though, Jeff. This does kinda look like a hack-job.

[LanEvo]

That's pretty pimped-out. We once put electric blue shag carpeting (the REALLY long 1970's style) on a buddy's Peavey bass amp. It looked pretty cool on stage. Still sounded like crap, though

 

Emre

[Thunderbroom]

 

Originally posted by Rowka This does kinda look like a hack-job.

 

 

Agreed.

 

It was just something to try. Only set me back $10 and I can use the lights during the holidays.

[fastplant]

Have you thought about winding the lights around the perimeter of the cab, not just the speakers? Looks way off center the way it is.

[DerekDRP]

Thank's to T-Broom I am getting that chemelon lightbeam for $14.95 lol.

 

 

Anways T-broom why did you put lights on your cabs? for the holloween event?

[Jumpy]

Kewl:cool:

[Thunderbroom]

Originally posted by fastplant Have you thought about winding the lights around the perimeter of the cab, not just the speakers? Looks way off center the way it is.

 

I chose to connect the lights on the cabinet's grill instead of screwing the clips into the cabinet body (for what I hope is an obvious reason). If I were to turn the cabinet horizontal (the way most folks would set it up), it wouldn't look as strange. The cabinet is front ported.

 

As far as the reason Derek? Just because! I thought it would be fun. I do want to actually do a more professional pimp job (got some ideas brewin') but this will have to do for the time being.

[82Daion]

Well, it's not your RIG exactly, but Simms makes an LED set that responds to the way you play. That's pimp.

[Thunderbroom]

I'm thinking about getting some cheapy items from here:

 

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[jarros]

Those are paper cones, right? Stick some halogen lights in the cab behind the cones and the light will shine right through the speakers. You could try putting some cellophane around the halogens (not ON them, that'll melt) to get a different color. Those lights get pretty hot, so maybe you want to put a mirror (or tin foil) on the back of the magnets so you don't cook the voice coils.

 

I haven't done this personally, but I have seen a set of PA speakers with a lightbulb fuse pushed hard enough for the bulb to kick in, and the cones were glowing quite nicely!

[phatster]

I think your headed for the black light vibe,go ahead and give in!

[Clatter]

Hey, Jeff, I thought you should know that we used rope lights in our house; just a long strand that lay on a shelf that ran around the top of the room. We started noticing that some sections were a different color than others, and when we climbed a ladder to investigate we discovered that something was going awry and they were burning black spots in the plastic and discoloring the sleeve. We took it in to Home Depot, where we'd bought it, and the people there were mortified and said it looked like a definite fire hazard.

 

So just keep an eye on any of the lights you use; I would hate for your nice equipment to get damaged by some faulty lights!! We're glad we didn't burn the house down!!

[Thunderbroom]

Originally posted by Clatter Hey, Jeff, I thought you should know that we used rope lights in our house; just a long strand that lay on a shelf that ran around the top of the room. We started noticing that some sections were a different color than others, and when we climbed a ladder to investigate we discovered that something was going awry and they were burning black spots in the plastic and discoloring the sleeve. We took it in to Home Depot, where we'd bought it, and the people there were mortified and said it looked like a definite fire hazard. So just keep an eye on any of the lights you use; I would hate for your nice equipment to get damaged by some faulty lights!! We're glad we didn't burn the house down!!

 

Thanks for the heads-up Amy!

 

I'm actually thinking of going with some of these:

 

 

...and centering them over the speaker cones.

[Clatter]

Whoa! Those are crazy!!!