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Post subject: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:48 pm
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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:08 am
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Well...have you tried them and come to your own conclusions or what?


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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:44 am
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Rebelsoul wrote:
Well...have you tried them and come to your own conclusions or what?


I tried the donut and it works.

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:05 pm
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I personally know a lot of players that swear by them. Weber makes Beam Blockers. I think they know a couple of things about the science of sound and speakers in general.

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Trying to figure out the purpose of this thread. :?

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
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To figure out if Beam Blockers work with your speakers. My reasoning is if you need them, why did you buy that particular amp or cabinet to start with. I only made the icepick in the forehead tone mistake once on a HRDlx impulse buy. Why buy turd polish? Get a good amp or cabinet to start with. Anyway like I said, I know professional players that use them and swear by them. They are the Eric Johnson tone followers though. :lol:

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:59 am
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bluesky636 wrote:
Trying to figure out the purpose of this thread. :?


Sharing information that I found interesting and useful. Is it really that hard to figure out?

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:03 am
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I personally know a lot of players that swear by them. Weber makes Beam Blockers. I think they know a couple of things about the science of sound and speakers in general.


If that is true then why is Weber saying things about beam blockers that can be shown to be false in lab test? Maybe Jay Mitchell is wrong, but one is trying to sell me something and the other is not.

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:06 am
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To figure out if Beam Blockers work with your speakers. My reasoning is if you need them, why did you buy that particular amp or cabinet to start with. I only made the icepick in the forehead tone mistake once on a HRDlx impulse buy. Why buy turd polish? Get a good amp or cabinet to start with. Anyway like I said, I know professional players that use them and swear by them. They are the Eric Johnson tone followers though. :lol:


You know of a speaker that doesn't 'beam'?

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:18 pm
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bluesky636 wrote:
Trying to figure out the purpose of this thread. :?


Sharing information that I found interesting and useful. Is it really that hard to figure out?


Posting a link to a 60 page thread is not particularly useful. Summing it up and posting your own thoughts would have been more interesting and useful. That's not hard to figure out, either. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:17 pm
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mhowell wrote:
63supro wrote:
To figure out if Beam Blockers work with your speakers. My reasoning is if you need them, why did you buy that particular amp or cabinet to start with. I only made the icepick in the forehead tone mistake once on a HRDlx impulse buy. Why buy turd polish? Get a good amp or cabinet to start with. Anyway like I said, I know professional players that use them and swear by them. They are the Eric Johnson tone followers though. :lol:


You know of a speaker that doesn't 'beam'?

Fact is, if I like the way the rig sounds, I don't give a ratsass. People get way too caught up in technical stuff and forget that the ears are the final say. As long as I'm happy, I don't care whay anyone else says. I'm finally seriously happy with my tone and so are my bandmates. I get no complaint's from my audience either. Nuff said. :wink:

Like I said I know professionals who use them and like them, I don't care. I never bought into the Leo Quan Badass Bridge, locking tuners, Floyd Rose Trems, gold plated tube pins, Cryogenic tubes, and hundred dollar guitar cords. To each his own. IMO, Everything has it's own fan base and there's a sucker born every minute. YMMV

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:26 pm
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bluesky636 wrote:
mhowell wrote:
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Trying to figure out the purpose of this thread. :?


Sharing information that I found interesting and useful. Is it really that hard to figure out?


Posting a link to a 60 page thread is not particularly useful. Summing it up and posting your own thoughts would have been more interesting and useful. That's not hard to figure out, either. :wink:


Good point. I should have said that the first two post in the thread was what I found interesting.

thx,

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:31 pm
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63supro wrote:
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To figure out if Beam Blockers work with your speakers. My reasoning is if you need them, why did you buy that particular amp or cabinet to start with. I only made the icepick in the forehead tone mistake once on a HRDlx impulse buy. Why buy turd polish? Get a good amp or cabinet to start with. Anyway like I said, I know professional players that use them and swear by them. They are the Eric Johnson tone followers though. :lol:


You know of a speaker that doesn't 'beam'?

Fact is, if I like the way the rig sounds, I don't give a ratsass. People get way too caught up in technical stuff and forget that the ears are the final say. As long as I'm happy, I don't care whay anyone else says. I'm finally seriously happy with my tone and so are my bandmates. I get no complaint's from my audience either. Nuff said. :wink:

Like I said I know professionals who use them and like them, I don't care. I never bought into the Leo Quan Badass Bridge, locking tuners, Floyd Rose Trems, gold plated tube pins, Cryogenic tubes, and hundred dollar guitar cords. To each his own. IMO, Everything has it's own fan base and there's a sucker born every minute. YMMV


Don't think I can disagree with you on any of that. However, I do like locking tuners - but not for the usual reasons. I just like the way they simplify string changes.

I remember when everyone was getting brass nuts. Remember brass nuts? :lol:

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:51 pm
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mhowell wrote:

Sharing information that I found interesting and useful. Is it really that hard to figure out?


Posting a link to a 60 page thread is not particularly useful. Summing it up and posting your own thoughts would have been more interesting and useful. That's not hard to figure out, either. :wink:


Good point. I should have said that the first two post in the thread was what I found interesting.

thx,

You're welcome. THAT is useful information.

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Post subject: Re: "Beam Blockers" don't work as advertised
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Remove the words "as advertised" from your thread title, and thats all you need to know.. :wink:

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