SimonDreyer
Inspired
Hi Folks
I have almost finished building a new rack case for the Axe-ll so thought I might share a couple of ideas I have come up with. Firstly I wanted a case exactly suited to my requirements and could not find a commercial solution. I have bought a Gator bag but it is really not quite deep enough and any inadvertent bump on the rear would be on the connectors, not acceptable. I bought an anti-vibration commercial 4U rack, but it is enormous and weighs 20kg just for the case. I want a light, small rack that I can easily carry and set up.
I designed a 2U rack using Google Sketchup and built it using normal rack hardware but ultralight Alluminium honeycomb panel (Ayres Composite Panels) instead of plywood.
The only other device I use In my rack is a Brace Audio DWG-1000 Wireless system that needs a 3V power supply. I couldn't find a place to put the power pack so had a quick look inside the Axe and found a suitable spot for it inside. I wont go into too many detail now but basically I put the power pack inside the axe, wired it to the secondary side of the power switch and ran the 3V back out through the midi phantom power connector.
The wireless unit is velcroed to the back of the axe and power is fed from the phantom power socket.
I will put a connector plate at the back of the axe, so that I am not constantly using the axe's connectors, with short patch leads.
I will publish the original drawings of the rack case with all dimensions if anyone is interested.
Cheers Simon
I have almost finished building a new rack case for the Axe-ll so thought I might share a couple of ideas I have come up with. Firstly I wanted a case exactly suited to my requirements and could not find a commercial solution. I have bought a Gator bag but it is really not quite deep enough and any inadvertent bump on the rear would be on the connectors, not acceptable. I bought an anti-vibration commercial 4U rack, but it is enormous and weighs 20kg just for the case. I want a light, small rack that I can easily carry and set up.
I designed a 2U rack using Google Sketchup and built it using normal rack hardware but ultralight Alluminium honeycomb panel (Ayres Composite Panels) instead of plywood.
The only other device I use In my rack is a Brace Audio DWG-1000 Wireless system that needs a 3V power supply. I couldn't find a place to put the power pack so had a quick look inside the Axe and found a suitable spot for it inside. I wont go into too many detail now but basically I put the power pack inside the axe, wired it to the secondary side of the power switch and ran the 3V back out through the midi phantom power connector.
The wireless unit is velcroed to the back of the axe and power is fed from the phantom power socket.
I will put a connector plate at the back of the axe, so that I am not constantly using the axe's connectors, with short patch leads.
I will publish the original drawings of the rack case with all dimensions if anyone is interested.
Cheers Simon