Johan Allard
Power User
One of my aims is to keep everything as small and as light as possible.
To keep my Axe Fx 2 safe, I have bought a Gator rack case, specifically the Gator Gr-2s (http://www.gatorcases.com/p/29201-1639/gr-2s). Accordning to the specs, it's not quite supposed to fit the Axe Fx 2 but as reported by a few people it does. But only just.
When investigating stands, there has been a few suggestions to use a guitar stand in reverse so to speak. The problem with the Gator Gr-2s is that it's just a little bit to short. If you look at these pictures you can see that the back of the Axe Fx sticks out just a couple of centimeters, or about an inch. This is not really a problem if you place it on a desk or similar, but if you're planning to place it standing on its back, this is obviously not very good.
Since I'm not flying or doing any other sort of really dangerous things with my equipment, I figured that the best cause of action was actually to cut some holes in the back of the case. Just enough so that I can insert the cables but not enough so that it causes any problems.
Live, I'm only planning to use the power, MFC Ethercon, Output 1 Balanced (FOH) and Output 2 Unbalanced (personal monitor). So that's 4 holes all in all. Here is the back of the Axe Fx. I'll probably going to run it all mono but wanted to have the option of connecting two cables in either output.
To make the holes, I taped masking tape across the back of the case and drew on the tape where the holes needed to go. Here is the drawing on the masked tape of the holes I need.
A couple of drilled holes and some work with my trusted Dremel and here's the finished holes. The drawing of the holes above is actually upside down if you're looking carefully.
Here's the back attached to the rest of the Gator case. The holes actually line up a lot better than what's apparent in this picture.
Here with the cables through the holes.
Here you can see the bottom of the case on the underside while it's being placed on the guitar stand. As you can see the cables sticks out nicely at the bottom, and plenty of space for the stand to be placed around the holes I made.
And here are a couple of pictures of the stand from above. Overall it's very stable and I think this is going to work very well. Easy enough to reach the front panel. Low enough to feel safe that even if it should fall over.
To keep my Axe Fx 2 safe, I have bought a Gator rack case, specifically the Gator Gr-2s (http://www.gatorcases.com/p/29201-1639/gr-2s). Accordning to the specs, it's not quite supposed to fit the Axe Fx 2 but as reported by a few people it does. But only just.
When investigating stands, there has been a few suggestions to use a guitar stand in reverse so to speak. The problem with the Gator Gr-2s is that it's just a little bit to short. If you look at these pictures you can see that the back of the Axe Fx sticks out just a couple of centimeters, or about an inch. This is not really a problem if you place it on a desk or similar, but if you're planning to place it standing on its back, this is obviously not very good.
Since I'm not flying or doing any other sort of really dangerous things with my equipment, I figured that the best cause of action was actually to cut some holes in the back of the case. Just enough so that I can insert the cables but not enough so that it causes any problems.
Live, I'm only planning to use the power, MFC Ethercon, Output 1 Balanced (FOH) and Output 2 Unbalanced (personal monitor). So that's 4 holes all in all. Here is the back of the Axe Fx. I'll probably going to run it all mono but wanted to have the option of connecting two cables in either output.
To make the holes, I taped masking tape across the back of the case and drew on the tape where the holes needed to go. Here is the drawing on the masked tape of the holes I need.
A couple of drilled holes and some work with my trusted Dremel and here's the finished holes. The drawing of the holes above is actually upside down if you're looking carefully.
Here's the back attached to the rest of the Gator case. The holes actually line up a lot better than what's apparent in this picture.
Here with the cables through the holes.
Here you can see the bottom of the case on the underside while it's being placed on the guitar stand. As you can see the cables sticks out nicely at the bottom, and plenty of space for the stand to be placed around the holes I made.
And here are a couple of pictures of the stand from above. Overall it's very stable and I think this is going to work very well. Easy enough to reach the front panel. Low enough to feel safe that even if it should fall over.