Topic: bogen 3373- small enough for on-stage?

[caymanreview]

i will only have one schepz a20s shock and a kwon bar with actives on it, think that will be too large? i still have my old on stage stad. i may keep it once i get my 3373 and i can tell what the height difference is

[Tim]

I hacked my 3373 with a hacksaw - it works great for onstage as well as FOB.

I would recommend this as well

[Mic D]

Great stand, perfect for stage lip recordings and fob work, but imho too tall/bulky for onstage stuff.

Agreed.

[Simp-Dawg]

I hacked my 3373 with a hacksaw - it works great for onstage as well as FOB.

did mine that way too...works great!  smaller fotprint, still sturdy enough for me, great for onstage, and it folds up easier because the legs are shorter and there's not so much extra leg flying around

[caymanreview]

how much did you guys hack off?

[Tim]

fold the stand up, you see how the legs overhang the rest of the stand... cut most of that off. when you're running fob then you can run the stand flat on the ground without having a huge footprint, it also keeps you from running so high that you get busted.

I guess it depends on what kind of fob work you're doing, if you can use the height then don't but if you're running in a lowprofile fob situation I prefer the smaller footprint and shorter stand.

[caymanreview]

im not yet sure exacly what all shows il be running fob. the main concern i had was being able to run fob here at the canopy club... the "section" has always been FOB, but my TL's up there interfered with the video and sightline of all the sound guys.

im sure the more i get into it, i will try to go FOB alot more. maybe il hold off on hacking mine

[ChrisV]

I buddy of mine here uses this desk stand from Radioshack for onstage work.   It is dirt cheap and does the job and he has C1000's so I am pretty sure it could support pretty much any other set of mics too.

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=33-370

Maybe that is what you already had, but just in case other people are interested in cheap options I wanted to post it.  I am gonna pick one up next time I am at Ratshack I think.   With my vert bar should be perfect height.

[silverbullet]

ditto on the RatShack device. Little story, I was taping at this gig and there really was no room for me to tape from. Thought I was screwed. But across the street was a mall and I ran to RS to see what they had. I plopped down a few bucks, ran back to the venue and set up this little stand around the soundboard area on top of some equipment. The base is nice and heavy and since it's so small you can usually find a pocket in your gear bag if you remember to bring it 'just in case'

[kskreider]

I hacked my 3373 with a hacksaw - it works great for onstage as well as FOB.

qft

[caymanreview]

nice option on the rat shack setup

i kep my old on stage stand just in case. looks like il just hang onto it for good