Why You Need Road Worthy Guitar Amp Rigs To keep Your Rig In Solid Working Condition

 If you can't see the picture very well it's an Ampeg Amp head

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By Mark Grove


If your gear isn’t worthy of the road, maybe you should throw it into the garbage with last week’s putrid milk. I seem to be on a bad food kick at the moment, or really crappy Canadian beer.
Most players never think about how to protect their gear properly on the road, and the use and abuse it takes. Alright, is it getting through? If you’re like me it probably isn’t. Yeah, you might be able to afford a highly priced Rivera or Vox head and cab—but they won’t last long or be able to take the heat, literally.

Forget about your tubes not working or strings breaking, they can be replaced easily and cheaply. Just bring extras and put them in a solid protective case—because even those items can be crushed. Don’t use a Velcro like case or I’ll slap you and feed you a case of beer.

Okay, you need amps that will take the road abuse like a champ. Yes, a good old Marshall Half Stack or Full will do the trick. But the best ones now that can take everything except a beer that some loser poured in your amp head, are Ashdown’s, SWR’s and the original road tested and abused as much as the Stanley Cup, Ampeg.

But even your amps need to be protected while being transported. The speaker grill and speaker it's self can be impaled from being pummelled by the transport of your instruments,and literally being strewn around  in your van,truck or bus. So put that amp in a protective case. Yes it costs money,but better than buying a new speaker or electronics for your trusted road amp.

No Hockey Bag’s Please:

Any smart player will never put their accessory gear just piled into a hockey bag your brother used to own, and still smells. Half the gear will end up in the garbage with the putrid milk and your shitty practice amp.

Think about it—you need to use cases that can take a boatload of punishment. Gator Cases are one of the best. www.gatorcases.com  from cases for amp heads to cases for cabs and combo amps. As well Gator has cases for accessory “stuff” like tubes, strings, mics  and stomp boxes. Yes, Gator really has solid cases for accessory gear and it’s worth it--or else get your accessory gear literally destroyed.

I know it’s pricey, but if you want to be a real musician, use top of the line road worthy amps and cases. Here’s a few links to the amp and gear cases that will last many years. Or go back and drink bad milk and beer mixed together. Hmmm, which should you choose?


Mark Grove