Finally racked my axe-fx.Pearson cases rock.

M

marvinx

Inspired
This is the first piece of rack gear i have ever really owned and used so i had no rock. I had the thing sitting on a tv dinner table for the longest time, so i finally decided last week it was time to give the axe a proper home. I also had an awesome Behringer power amp i had been using for bass. The only problem was i didn't have any decent pre-amps so i was using a dano eq and an art mic pre to simulate one and it sounded like ass.

Anyhoo , i went to ebay and found Pearson Cases ( they have website too). I picked up a solid plywood 4 space rack case for about 45 bucks shipped. Can't beat the deal. It got here on monday and i'm very surpised by the quality. Very solid, seems well made. Its not made of metal, but it feels like it should really last. Has no front or back, but it does the job of holding my junk together very well.

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I had never tried the axe into a SS power amp and a real cab. Had no idea what to expect.

At first i was underwhelmed. But then i began tweaking patches as i remembered that direct is a different story form cab and amp.
The axe sounds great now. I will need to create a whole new set of patches for the real guitar cab, but its worth it.





Btw the Behringer Power Amp is a beast. Cost me $240 i think. Buttload of power. If i remember correctly some dudes on another forum tested it to be 450w per channel at 8 ohms, 650 at 4, and a ridiculous 1100 at 2!
~mx~
 
That's cool, nice rack! Although I'm not so sure that the "buttload of power" of the power amp is cool. You only need to exceed the continuous wattage rating of your speaker cab by whatever it is - (50%? - no idea) to minimize power amp distortion when you turn up to the loudest your cabs can handle. More power than that, and you'd be in further danger of "accidentally" blowing your cabs. Not sure I see the benefit in that. Unless you have some freaky cabs that shut themselves off when they're overloaded, like Community speakers.
 
Mmmmm Behringer power amp....
Mmmmm Fur covered, dirt magnet, heavy plywood rack....

Mmmmmmmmmmm
 
It wont blow my speakers, i just don't turn up the amp all the way. I've used one side of the power amp on a 150 watt cabinet for about 6 months and haven't blown it.You can't have too much power really , because you don't have to use it. However the extra power does enable me to use this thing for bass too. No reason to have two amps with this.

Behringer makes some crap and a few gems. Do some research on the ep1500 and youll see its one of the gems. They last forever, put out as much power, and sound as good as the QSC RMX2450 its modeled after (and that's not just an impression, folks have actually done the test to prove it). It almost has a cult following.

I don't really care that the cab is covered with carpet. I just didn't want to spend 120 bucks on something when the only purpose is to keep two rack pieces together. Im not going on a national tour or anything. So for the price yo can't beat pearson cases. The closest thing i saw were MDF racks from musiciansfriend for 70 bucks. I dont trust anything that requires structural integrity to MDF.

~mx~
 
Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Behringer, but I'm not one who dismisses a product just because its cheap. I have their Tuner pedal and for $30 it does what its supposed to do.

BTW, do these racks have a front/back cover or are they always open? Now that I've finished building 2x12 cabs, maybe I'll attempt building my own rack. :)
 
they build them with fronts and backs but this is open. the amp is 36lbs so the whole thing is about 45-50 lbs,... on par with a real amp head.
Definitely sounds as good as one.

~mike~
 
Not sure how much the AxeFx weighs. How much does the Pearson rack weight when empty?

I take it there is no shock absorption in the case of any kind other than the thick carpeting?

I like the prices but it seems to me that you'd have to be even more careful with equipment in one of these as opposed to the regular old plastic case racks (which often have more space inside and the flexible plastic can help absorb the shock if impacted on the sides, etc.) (?)
 
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