joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Anyone know of a more scientific way to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proparch Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Not sure, but I suspect that the organic material twixt stand and amp might make the test results a little unreliable. What if it's full of helium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Put a fat guy on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 Not sure, but I suspect that the organic material twixt stand and amp might make the test results a little unreliable. What if it's full of helium? feels more like lead than helium, mostly in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 Put a fat guy on it! I don't know any fat guys, sorry not really, just kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Wunterslausche Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 What are you doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 By the way... Your taste in guitars is remarkably similar to that of EVOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 By the way... Your taste in guitars is remarkably similar to that of EVOL! I'll take that as a compliment, not knowing Evol. my favorite guitar is the Sheraton 2, the one I payed the least for the tele is a close second now that I took the paint job back off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 By the way... Your taste in guitars is remarkably similar to that of EVOL! That SG is very Evol-esque... Hmmmmmmm.... To completely do a weight test, you would have to sacrifice one and find the breaking point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 What are you doing. holding my 1966 reverberocket while doing a pirouette on an amplifier stand with a single space rack unit made of walnut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 That SG is very Evol-esque... Hmmmmmmm.... To completely do a weight test, you would have to sacrifice one and find the breaking point I'd love to know the breaking point, so far I'm well into 200 lbs, but I'm not willing to hurt anyone, I figure with my weight at the ends of the leg spans instead of at the axis where an amp would sit compounds my weight even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne14t? Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Anyone know of a more scientific way to do this? First: Is that a MOP or a very shiny aluminum PG on that SG? I want to say MOP but it looks REALLY shiny, either way looking great. Second: What exactly are you using for wood in your stands, its obviously a hard wood, air or kiln dried? Looks like standard 2" thick so it should be a lot more durable then you might expect. I have a mini coffee table I use as a nightstand that I made out of Red Oak, I made it when I was in grade 9 so like 11 years ago, was air dried (takes longer but less stressful on the wood), made out of 1" thick wood its taken my full weight (6'1" 230ish lbs so by far not a small boy) something like this wow I would betcha you can get over 500lbs on it without too much hassle. Would probably we worried about any hinges or anything breaking first before the wood. Edit: Disregard the question about the wood, I see its already been answered for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 First: Is that a MOP or a very shiny aluminum PG on that SG? I want to say MOP but it looks REALLY shiny, either way looking great. Second: What exactly are you using for wood in your stands, its obviously a hard wood, air or kiln dried? Looks like standard 2" thick so it should be a lot more durable then you might expect. I have a mini coffee table I use as a nightstand that I made out of Red Oak, I made it when I was in grade 9 so like 11 years ago, was air dried (takes longer but less stressful on the wood), made out of 1" thick wood its taken my full weight (6'1" 230ish lbs so by far not a small boy) something like this wow I would betcha you can get over 500lbs on it without too much hassle. Would probably we worried about any hinges or anything breaking first before the wood. Edit: Disregard the question about the wood, I see its already been answered for me! The SG pickguard looks like this,sorta tacky but it reminds me of just how small I am in the universe. http://www.greasygroove.com/proddetail.php?prod=03628-PG-F-S-D-DS We use both kiln and air dried, as long at the MC is less than 12% The wood is 3/4 thick when I get it milled down, that info was left out. I can use 2 inch thick wood, but it gets really expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne14t? Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 The SG pickguard looks like this,sorta tacky but it reminds me of just how small I am in the universe. http://www.greasygro...628-PG-F-S-D-DS We use both kiln and air dried, as long at the MC is less than 12% The wood is 3/4 thick when I get it milled down, that info was left out. I can use 2 inch thick wood, but it gets really expensive. It might be tacky to some, but dude thats a pretty badass pick guard! Sucks they dont have one for my Explorer I think it would be a nifty touch. Anywho I am going to stick to my original guess of 500lbs on one of them stands, and by this second picture here it doesnt appear to have any hardware like hinges, just pressure fits itself together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 It might be tacky to some, but dude thats a pretty badass pick guard! Sucks they dont have one for my Explorer I think it would be a nifty touch. Anywho I am going to stick to my original guess of 500lbs on one of them stands, and by this second picture here it doesnt appear to have any hardware like hinges, just pressure fits itself together? yeah, no hinges. I turn a 1 inch hardwood spindle on the lathe to a .001" tolerance for a perfect fit, the axle is glued into the inside of the outside legs, while the inside legs rotate around it. see below. but we don't do full spindles unless asked because it's a major PITA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Put a fat guy on it! I'm there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Evol is the man so you could definately take that as a compliment. He also has a Sheraton with a Bigsby and a similar looking SG (also with a bigsby). Also.. Your Ampeg is SWEET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I need to find a MIK Sheraton... too sweet. I love their tone and they feel great, MIC doesn't compare Those 1960s Reverbrockets are awesome! Serious GAS man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 I agree 100% the MIK are awesome, agreed as well on the rocket, I put an eminence Cannabis Rex in it and its ultra sweet now. EH Tubes as well, when I turn it up and get it to break it's soooooo rockin, and when I leave some head room it's smokin' sweet jazz tone. pure American tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 I'm there! OK, but I'm takin out the rack tuner first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 If you really want to test it for strength put a plastic or metal 55 gallon drum on the stand and then just fill it with water, you'll get 460 pounds plus the barrel if you can fill it all the way. That would be a pretty impressive photo on your website and you won't break anybodies neck including your own. If it'll hold that you won't find any amp that's going to break it. The nice thing about testing with water is you build the weight slowly so if you do pop something you can figure out how full the barrel was when it popped then you'll know what the breaking point of components is. A stack of 45 lb. olympic weights would probably stack pretty nice on the stand also. Or you could get somebody like me to stand on it at 6'4" and 285 pounds I pretty much already stress test everything I get near. especially those plastic yard chairs always makes me wonder what's gonna happen before I sit down :unsure: I use to make welded wrought iron stands for fishtanks and the barrel of water is what we used to do to prove the strength of welds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 great idea! any info on where I can get a barrel for cheap? I'm guessing you are saying to lay it down sideways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Actually the one we used was plastic and had a lid on it with about a 2 inch opening so it was pretty easy to use. The guy next door to our workspace was kind of a survivalist or something he had four of them sitting full of water so we just borrowed his. I used to buy the metal ones from a scrap place for $13 dollars to make BBQ's but probably just depends on where your at. the one I used looked like this but was white if I remeber correctly he said he bought them at a Co-Op near us to store wheat in and they were about 40 bucks new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Josh, I couldn't help notice that you bought one of ChanMan's Signature guitar stands..... I trust he gave you a discount........ :unsure: ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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