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Harp Amp stand
Harp Amp stand
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LSB
67 posts
Oct 31, 2011
10:54 AM
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NIce!
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LSC
101 posts
Oct 31, 2011
2:22 PM
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Market value is what someone is willing to pay. If someone has the money and that is what they want, more power to them. Why dis someone because you think otherwise? It's there damn money. The average person would think spending $100-$200 for a harmonica rather insane.
Personally, I think the stands are pretty amazing bits of furniture. I can't afford one and probably wouldn't buy one if I could. I wouldn't buy a Ferrari either, even if I could afford one. They are without question amazing cars but with that sort of money I'd personally,"personally" being the operative word, open a blues bar, hire someone to manage it, and book as many great blues players as I could muster without giving a shit if I made money. And I wouldn't even have to worry about being divorced. My Mrs. would just say "Cool" from her beach house in Hawaii.
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LSC
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joshatatlasstands
19 posts
Nov 01, 2011
6:44 AM
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There is no substitute for great tone. You can have the nicest equipment in the world and use it in a way that chokes out it's ability to sound its absolute best. You can also have mediocre gear and have it set up to sound amazing. In my experience operating a recording studio, as well as on live stage, musicians perform better when they are comfortable and at ease, having a good time, and not struggling to get something out of their gear/sound that they are missing. What an amp stand does is helps a musician hear themselves primarily, and then they can adjust their physical position to precisely mix the secondary sound coming from any of their fellow musicians and for a perfect sound stage experience. An amp stand is a vital and integral piece of gear facilitating the best performances, It's also my experience that every time an artist uses an amp stand they perform better because they can hear what they are playing better and fine tune their style, dynamics, and dial in the perfect tone. You can buy a Ferrari, but if you put it on steel wheels with worn out tires (like pointing your speaker at your knees) you've wasted your money. Likewise with buying a Yugo and putting it on 22 inch aluminum mags (pointing your speaker at your ears). The most important part of tone is where the rubber meats the road (ear canal, eardrums, hammers, stapes, cochleas, nervous system and brain). How do you get the best tone to your ears, you put you speaker on a device that points it at your head so that the sound you hear has absolutely no phase cancellation, comb filtering, or combined additive and subtractive waves in it's initial contact with your ears, defined, and withing a few milliseconds prior to the first reflected wave that follows. Only then will you truly hear what is coming out of your amp in all it's clarity. Anything else is like trying to mix down a record from the next room, you can try all you want and never get it right because it is all guess work.
All the dialog about price is interesting, especially since each of my builds has a different cost depending on several variables. I've even given away a free amp stand each month this year (two more to give away before i stop for a few months). I do my part to help my brothers out. IMHO there is no substitute for great tone, and an amp stand is a huge part of great tone. Some would disagree, which is fine, just sayin'.
Any amp stand is better than none at all, this coming from a professional sound man with a degree in record production and tech. who happens to like fine woodworking building custom amplifier stands for those who like stuff like that. A recording studio is half about the gear and resources, and half about aesthetics of the room and making the recording artist comfortable so that they perform at their best, a no stress environment and nice atmosphere truly brings out the best performances, and you can hear the difference in the music when they artist is relaxed and feeling safe and taken care of, capturing the magic while they feel good about what they are doing, where they are, what they are using, and how well they can hear all the definition in their sound.
My amp stands serve both purposes, combining timeless beauty with timeless function, and since they are hardwood(who would have thought to use wood instead of metal to resonate the best sounds) they sound far superior to the wal mart priced amp stands that you find in a corporate catalog somewhere. I build the best amp stands in the world, hands down, period, and I ask for fair compensation for building them, as well as I give them away for free. What i do shouldn't cause ripples in the fabric of those who would disapprove, they can simple change the station (if they have not misplaced the remote)
Kind regards, Hope y'all are safe and well,
Josh
Hope you all had a great Halloween. Time for a reese cup:)
Last Edited by on Nov 01, 2011 6:59 AM
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LSC
102 posts
Nov 01, 2011
10:46 AM
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Although tone is a product of the elements of the chain, the chain starts with the player. The truly gifted players will sound good with two cups and a piece of string, pointed at ears or knees. To really over use the Ferrari analogy, Michael Shumacher in a Yugo will kick your ass on a road course no matter what tires are on your Ferrari.
I was not attacking your product. On the contrary I complimented the item. I merely said, for a variety of reasons, it was not something I would choose to buy. My opinion on my choice is just as valid as yours irrespective of your degree. But then I only have 45 years of live performance experience across several countries, 18 months as asst. engineer in what the BBC described as the best demo studio in London, three critically praised solo CDs and two EPs which I produced or co-produced, and I don't know how many sessions for other people. But whose counting? I'm sure all that pales in comparison to many on this forum.
It is probably natural that you react like an overprotective mother when anyone says anything other than, "My God, this man's stands are the most fabulous things in the history of the universe." My friend, many here have praised your product. You make quite an exceptional stand. They are beautiful and seem cleverly designed. You have every right to be proud. There is no need to be defensive and go all snide just because someone says they wouldn't buy it. Allow me to offer,let the product speak for itself, which it does well, and be done with.
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LSC
Last Edited by on Nov 01, 2011 10:47 AM
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joshatatlasstands
20 posts
Nov 01, 2011
1:50 PM
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LSC, I think we misunderstand each other, and i am grateful for your support. It is quite easy to read too far into a written post, where ones voice inflection and tone cannot be accurately portrayed. If you thought I was in rebuttal for anything you posted them my apologies for being unclear. I was not trying to rebut anything, just explaining my motivations to anyone who might be interested. I never for a moment felt attacked by you. Nothing you wrote caused any emotional upheaval within me. My post was not in response to anything you wrote.
Your track record is quite impressive, kudos and I wish you many more fruitful years in the industry.
I agree that the chain starts with the player's physical ability to play well, interestingly it also ends with the players ability to identify tonal qualities. For critical listeners we are cursed with the never ending quest for perfect tone, for others its not a big deal. I fall in the former category obviously.
If I came across as snide it was not my intention, in fact I appreciate your earlier post and found it quite supportive. My post was not in response to what you wrote, though I can see how you could have taken it that way. I will try to be more clear next time. I had no intention of rocking any boats of making anyone feel attacked, and I'm sure you didn't either
Peace.
Kind regards,
Josh
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HawkeyeKane
355 posts
Nov 01, 2011
2:18 PM
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Josh,
I hadn't ever responded to this one before now because my office blocks image hosters so I could never see what everyone was fired up about. I gotta say...bang on job buddy! I just got a Kalamazoo Deuce off of Greg not too long ago and a cheap musiciansgear stand on MF. Makes me wish I'd saved my money and gotten one of yours! Believe you me, if I could find some way of justifying the purchase to the missus, you'd have me onboard in a heartbeat. But I guess that's kinda what savings accounts are for. Again, fantastic work!!!
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Hawkeye Kane
Last Edited by on Nov 01, 2011 2:19 PM
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joshatatlasstands
21 posts
Nov 01, 2011
4:52 PM
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Hi HawkeyeKane, ty for the support. I still have yet to hear a Kalamazoo in person, they look great though. I do have a MF stand though too but it sorta got pushed to the back of the class, lol.
Last Edited by on Nov 02, 2011 11:55 AM
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joshatatlasstands
22 posts
Nov 02, 2011
11:53 AM
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I just finished this today for Kurt at KW Cabs
Last Edited by on Nov 07, 2011 4:46 PM
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