Putting Drinks On Bass Bins

[funkymook 0]

If I set up any where I can't put the bins out of the way they invariably end up with pint glasses etc on them - as mine are active I'm a bit worried that one spilt drink will get into the electrics and blow them. I'm thinking of making some sort of plywood pyramid to give the bins an angled top - any other ideas?

[skydj 0]

Hi there and good evening

 

Shards of glass stuck down with glue always does the trick over here in East London LOL

 

Not sure on this on, But I do try to keep an eye on this, and some times get my runner to remove or kindly ask not too

 

Not sure also about the Pryamids if they will work, if they are anything like my bins they would have to be screwed down or they will bounce off

 

Regards

 

J

 

 

[DJ Marky Marc 0]

I put large speakers on my bass bins so no room for glasses...

 

but the ply wood pyramid is a good idea... keep the camera ready for when some drunk punter spends 20 min trying to balance the glass on the pyramid..

[Gary 0]

putting something on the top of the bin, which is difficult/impossible to balance a glass on is the best way forward imo.

 

check out foam rubber packaging, the stuff with 2 or 3 inch curves, or pyramids on, or sound insulation foam with similar ridges etc - or, what one DJ told me of, as his solution...

 

Have you ever seen those Goth chicks walking around with handbags or rucksacks covered with those 2 or 3inch rubber spikes every couple of inches - very fetish-like, sort of makes the handbag look like a world war 2 sea mine....but works a treat for bass bin protection.

[Mattaious 0]

Hi Martin

 

The pyramid idea is good, actually seen this being used, and seems to work effiecently, also the entertainment value of someone trying to rest a glass on there, quiet funny,

 

Another thing, which is rather simple,

A Sign

 

Please Dont Put Glasses on me!

 

You never Know the simpliest of things may be the most effective!

 

Let us know how you get on

 

[djweeble 0]

A simple sign saying....

 

"Any drinks left on here will be removed and drank by the DJ or his roadie"

 

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[Swingcats 0]

A simple sign saying....

 

"Any drinks left on here will be removed and drank by the DJ or his roadie"

 

tongue out icon

 

 

I have a kam case which my mixer deck is in and the little darlings often put drinks on there, not for long as I wisk them away where they can't find um. But yes i have thought about signs and such. :joe:

[rictic 0]

pyramid every time.

Edited August 28, 2007 by Gary

[funkymook 0]

Good suggestions folks - Like the idea of a foam rubber type attachment, lighter than a plywood and easier to pack away...and a drip tray underneath might be a good for the punters who don't notice it's not a flat surface!

[jamminroadshow 0]

Most idiots would see the sign and only see the word Drink and think that it means put on here. I would make something like the pryamid as they can not make a mess of reading it

[Partyprint 0]

I'd go with the foam idea, much lighter and as you said easily squashed and packed away.

[brianmole 0]

Another tip is to find a small table and put it near the disco, that way people do have somewhere to ditch their drink when they feel the need to shake their bootys on the dancefloor instead of trying to balance them on your kit.

[Gary 0]

I'd go with the foam idea, much lighter and as you said easily squashed and packed away.

 

 

The foam rubber helps to soak up any beer or Barcardi that still gets put on the speakers...whooops!!!

[Steve Fernino 0]

It's amazing...

I see common sense and common courtesy is not just in short supply in the US.

 

I am also amazed by how many people get upset that you removed their drink! Especially when it is an open bar.

 

When they don't seem to show any remorse... We ask them for their home address.

They ask... "Why?"

We reply... "So I can come to your house and put a drink on your home stereo speakers!"

It seems to get the point across... LOL

 

[kenny wisdom 0]

I had a bit of an idea, completely untested.

 

If you're placing your top cabs on speaker poles, then some velcro and black material could provide a permanent but removeable "curtain" solution.

 

Run some velcro in a few strategic places around the base of your tops. Get the missus, or yourselves if you're handy at this sort of thing, to put the opposite side of velcro around some good quality dark material which you can hang from the base of the top, filling in all the dead space, down to the bass. With just enough spare material this could hang over the top of the bass - it might need to flare out to create almost a funnel shape. If hemmed nicely at the botton and ruffled a bit, it will look professional but I think it would be enough of a visual barrier to stop people even looking at the bins as a drinks cabinet!

 

Now if someone would like to pop a quiche in the oven, I'll arrange the flowers.... :ads:

[Mattaious 0]

:Thumbup: :nbow:

 

Wkd idea Mr Wisdom !

 

 

[bigMCben 0]

So are you looking for something like this

 

http://www.sbpcc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/foam.jpg

[funkymook 0]

So are you looking for something like this

 

http://www.sbpcc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/foam.jpg

 

That'd work, could put a hole in the middle for speaker pole - where do I get some? Reckon I'd got some bookings for a fetish night as well!

[bigMCben 0]

Just type "acoustic foam" into Google. Being a sponge like material, I'm sure if drink was spilt on it you could just rinse it with cold water, wring it out and then let it dry.

[highslayer 0]

I keep a very close eye on my bass bins and the second anyone puts a drink down I whisk it away and put it on a nearby table right in the middle of a group of drinks.

 

If the person makes a comment I smile and mention that the bass bin vibrates and will knock his drink off, and also that I am sure he appreciates that liquid and electricity dont mix.

 

If he makes anything further of it I suggest politely that he considers his actions of dumping his drinks on someone else's property, when there are dozens of tables around the room specially designed for that task. I even offer to train him in the use of a table if he isnt sure how they work, then offer some pointers to identifying tables as opposed to other items.

 

Even before I became a DJ I would never ever put a drink on someone's equipment - it is ignorant and stupid at the very least.

[pdarnett 0]

before i went all elegant (bose l1), i used to put a roll of gaffa under tth two back feet of my bin tilting it slightly forward and watched with glee as punters drinks would edge themselves closer to the edge before dropping off the end!!

[Andy Westcott 0]

...and then smashing on the floor, splashing drink up the front. smile icon

 

No real way to stop it; People are as ignorant as heck and I hate them!

 

(Give me a nice dry cave, a .22 rimfire with 10,000 rounds and I'd be happy.)

[Dream Catchers 0]

 

(Give me a nice dry cave, a .22 rimfire with 10,000 rounds and I'd be happy.)

The caves are cheap and warm in Spain ;)

 

Jim

[C.S 0]

...and then smashing on the floor, splashing drink up the front. smile icon

 

No real way to stop it; People are as ignorant as heck and I hate them!

 

(Give me a nice dry cave, a .22 rimfire with 10,000 rounds and I'd be happy.)

 

 

Time for a change of career perhaps ?

Edited September 6, 2007 by C.S

[UKHero 0]

Am I missing something here could you not just ask them politely over the mic..

 

If this don't work drinks mysteriously go missing lol

 

 

Nik