Thoughts on a mic stand case

[Chris Greco]

Dabbling on thoughts of stepping away from the cable trunk mic stand case idea for a couple of reasons, disassembly & ease of put away and take out. Think of a rectangle or square platform with the round bases staggered around the perimeter and in the center pvc tubes for the tripods with booms.

Pros:
1) easier to take out and put away
2) stands last longer due to not being thrown around and dis-assembled

Cons
1) Not able to stack anything on top of for truck packs
2)

Anybody have clever ideas or thoughts on a workable solution?

 

[Duane Massey]

Re: Thoughts on a mic stand case

Built a case many years ago (back when tripod stands were a rarity) that worked quite well. The mic stands alternated up/down instead of all upright. Heavy sumbitch, but rolled quite nicely.

 

[Art Welter]

Re: Thoughts on a mic stand case

This design holds 8 tall MS10 style round base boom, 6 short round base boom, and 8 tall tripod stands (behind the other stands, a pair of bungy cords hold them upright) all with the clips on. Size is 11.25" x 45" x 45", expanding the footprint to 45 x 22.5 doubles the round base count.

The 22 (or 28) stands can be loaded in a few minutes, saves a lot of time compared to screwing on bases and clips.

Art

 

[Chris Greco]

Re: Thoughts on a mic stand case

This design holds 8 tall MS10 style round base boom, 6 short round base boom, and 8 tall tripod stands (behind the other stands, a pair of bungy cords hold them upright) all with the clips on. Size is 11.25" x 45" x 45", expanding the footprint to 45 x 22.5 doubles the round base count.

The 22 (or 28) stands can be loaded in a few minutes, saves a lot of time compared to screwing on bases and clips.

Art

I have my first summer series show tomorrow. I'll do a count and see how many stands I actually g
have and see maybe that will do the trick. Is the front open or is there a pair o doors? Never did get around to building that modified double 15 into a AW special (what was the name of that box?) but happy to say I was able to get the front baffle out. Funny time just seems to be less and less available this time of year. Soon enough .....

 

[Brian Adams]

Re: Thoughts on a mic stand case

Here's my stand case. It has slots for 25 tall K&M tripod boom stands on the left, 25 short tripod booms on the right, and 8 straight stands in the center. I'll probably add 4 more straight stands at some point, there's plenty of room. I spin off the round bases for the straight stands and the bases go in the big drawer, extra clips, spare booms and other stuff go in the small drawer. I like it because I can see what clip every stand has on it, so it makes setting up much faster. It's 22.5" x 45", so it packs perfectly with my other stuff. It's heavy as hell though.

 

[Riley Casey]

Re: Thoughts on a mic stand case

If you or your crew pack it yes, otherwise the time wasted supervising local hands in packing or repacking and repacking adds up. Its also a lot of cubic volume for a small amount of storage. My case like that never leaves the shop.

This design holds 8 tall MS10 style round base boom, 6 short round base boom, and 8 tall tripod stands (behind the other stands, a pair of bungy cords hold them upright) all with the clips on. Size is 11.25" x 45" x 45", expanding the footprint to 45 x 22.5 doubles the round base count.

The 22 (or 28) stands can be loaded in a few minutes, saves a lot of time compared to screwing on bases and clips.

Art

 

[Chris Greco]

Gig from Hell

That's an impressive case but probably waaaay over the top for my needs. I too used to keep mic clips on my stands but found in my current mic stand case config clips were getting broken so I moved to removing the clips with the mics. I went so far as to putting quick releases on all of them but I am finding that my crew feels differently about the quick releases and are removing them.

I did say yesterday that I was going to do a count of my mic stands but today my truck never made it to my gig today due to a nasty accident on the George Washington bridge. My driver was on the road @ 4:30a for a 6:30 am load in but at 7 he was locked in traffic and literally didn't move for hours. At 10 I cut my losses and was able to locate a Stage Line stage and a Sound Co to cover my ass and kept my fingers crossed until things started to arrive. Long story short all the pieces fell into place around 2 and the gig went off, late but went off nun the less. Needless to say I didn't get a chance to count my mic stands. Maybe next week as the gear sits in a truck somewhere in the swamps of jersey till the next one. Today was one of those days that I really need to put behind me and learn from but in this situation, I really feel I did the right thing by cutting my losses and betting on sure things. Did I make anything on this one, hard to tell until all the cards fall where they may but one things for sure, I'm glad I'm home and its over.

 

[Glenn Adams]

Re: Thoughts on a mic stand case

If you or your crew pack it yes, otherwise the time wasted supervising local hands in packing or repacking and repacking adds up. Its also a lot of cubic volume for a small amount of storage. My case like that never leaves the shop.

This isn't pro but I use them and love it. I put about 12 folding stands and 4 boat anchor base stands and a few smaller ones on each and they are still going strong. It isn't a case but I strap the handle to the side of the trailer and it has never moved. I've made a few mods to it. My stands don't get trashed like my old case. And there is room for my mic case in front. Being able to drag it to where you need it make setup and tear down very fast.

I leave the clips on and have never broken one in transit.

OK, here it is. Don't laugh, hard.

http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/page.aspx?cat=2,44457&p=70656

 

[Jason Raboin]

Re: Thoughts on a mic stand case

Here's my stand case. It has slots for 25 tall K&M tripod boom stands on the left, 25 short tripod booms on the right, and 8 straight stands in the center. I'll probably add 4 more straight stands at some point, there's plenty of room. I spin off the round bases for the straight stands and the bases go in the big drawer, extra clips, spare booms and other stuff go in the small drawer. I like it because I can see what clip every stand has on it, so it makes setting up much faster. It's 22.5" x 45", so it packs perfectly with my other stuff. It's heavy as hell though.

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What do you use to attach the coroplast dividers?

 

[Brian Adams]

Re: Thoughts on a mic stand case

What do you use to attach the coroplast dividers?

They're just slotted together. There are no brackets or rivets or anything holding the dividers in place, since I didn't want anything in there to catch or scratch the stands.

There's a slotted plywood surround in each of the big compartments to hold the edges, including the bottom, then the plastic sheets are slotted together, with the top slot being shorter to maximize strength at the top. I'm not sure exactly what the plastic is, it's kind of like Coroplast but it seems stronger.

I bought this case from Wilson Case. The dividers are made of whatever they use for their lightweight cases, and the outside is standard 1/2" laminate.

It took some serious design work to fit this many stands in this small of a footprint, but it works very well for me.

 

[Art Welter]

Re: Thoughts on a mic stand case

Is the front open or is there a pair o doors? Never did get around to building that modified double 15 into a AW special (what was the name of that box?)

The sub you were considering converting your box to is called the Keystone.
The mic stand case uses a single slide in door, right angle metal on each side forms the slide.