Topic: Best Onstage Stand

[Gutbucket]

Nice Louie! looks nice and light, good for your rig but i need the extra weight for the 414's.

Ted, Is that thing screwed down or somethin'?  I can't imagine just the weighted foot is keeping that upright.

Can you figure anyway to re-position the clamp that will get the mics closer to the stand pole?  One of the reasons I fab'ed that vert bar for my TLs was to get the mics closer to the center line of the stand and make it much less tip prone vs using Windtec C clamps [edit- like most people position them, not like Brian has done with the photo he posted, see how the clamp body is mostly behind the stand with the mics in close?].  Not a big deal down low on this stand, but certainly helps when up at 8'.

Brian posted while I was typing and may have suggested the same thing..

[edit after seeing Brian's photo]

[rowjimmytour]

Nice Louie! looks nice and light, good for your rig but i need the extra weight for the 414's.

FWIW, no extra weight needed for the 414s (or other LDs) if clamped directly to a lightweight stand, like this:



I went to this clamp method when using my 414s with a Bogen 3373, since the other options always pushed the mics away from the stand's vertical axis and made things a little unstable.  $0.02

I used the same method w/ my TL's extended 9' and 4' stage lip

[tgakidis]

Louie, excellent point, well taken.

Brian, excellent point as well.  My design works well when you have multiple mics on the stand.  Those 414's take up alot of realestate!

[cfox]

42 inches isn't high enough at all.  You all sure run awfully low onstage.  4 feet is usually my limit.  I'll stick with my 3373.   

I personally think 4' is too high, and could be to intrusive to the artist...~2' to 30" is ideal...
2' to 30" is plenty of height to pick up all the onstage sounds, plus mix sbd for vocals...

[kennedy]

42 inches isn't high enough at all.  You all sure run awfully low onstage.  4 feet is usually my limit.  I'll stick with my 3373.   

I personally think 4' is too high, and could be to intrusive to the artist...~2' to 30" is ideal...
2' to 30" is plenty of height to pick up all the onstage sounds, plus mix sbd for vocals...

i use the bogen 3373 also, 3>4' is ideal imo...

[rastasean]

42 inches isn't high enough at all.  You all sure run awfully low onstage.  4 feet is usually my limit.  I'll stick with my 3373.   

i use the bogen 3373 also, 3>4' is ideal imo..

That bogen does look attractive since collapsed its damn near 20" but can get higher than 6 feet. How sturdy do you find it?

[kennedy]

42 inches isn't high enough at all.  You all sure run awfully low onstage.  4 feet is usually my limit.  I'll stick with my 3373.   

i use the bogen 3373 also, 3>4' is ideal imo..

That bogen does look attractive since collapsed its damn near 20" but can get higher than 6 feet. How sturdy do you find it?

when the foot print is completely expanded its quite sturdy imo. great for low pro FOB action and maxes out around 7ft. i also have another bogen (model # escapes me now) that maxes out at 4ft and is great for onstage when there isnt much room or sight lines are an issue.