Thread: Rack Mounting a pair of Bricks anyone, Kev?

I bought a rack shelf @ GC. I used a longer screw to attach a Brick & a Ditto to the rack shelf using the same screw holes that are used for the units' rubber feet. Keeping the rubber feet on allows room to breathe & cool & adds a little bit of a shock mount, but the feets make the racked unit a little taller. With both units installed, with the rubber feet left on, Its a little taller than 2u, but, I think that this is a good thing! This forces me to leave a little space in my rack for cooling. The shelf has an open top, back & front. ...plenty 0 room to cool here. Right now I have The Brick & a Ditto on the shelf....Im sure I would have room for at least one more Brick or maby two & still allow plenty of room for heat dissapation. The rack shelf cost me about $20.00... Low Tech & Affordable!!!

That sounds like a great idea. I've got to try it.

i did that with an old zoom guitar modler, though i didnt think i even used it after the mod.

somthing else you should do as i would probably be real simple is add a phase switch. i think i will do that on mine just the way they are. am i the only one who likes the form factor of the brick?

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sorry but I've had trouble getting on the forum over the past few days

Simple shelf mounting is a good idea and doesn't disturp the box.
.... so when you say racking, I think you might mean rebuilding.
It is all do-able but this will probably void the warranty.
... obviously
Yes a PHASE and PAD could be added.
and any other ideas yu may have.

these added things may make it worth the effort ... could be a cool entry into DIY in general.

If the construction is modular then it could be easy.
Power supplies ... unless you make a new power supply it is likely you will have 4 PS's in the box ....
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two units per single rack box ... ??
this will depend on the size of some of the internals like transfomers etc.

I'd like to see the inside of a brick before I give a definative answer.

Yeah can anyone post a picture?
I was thinking about ripping the whole damn brick apart and putting it back in maybe something like a 2 space rackmount enclosure.
I think Radial dot com sells them. Maybe also Redco dot com.
But, it can't be that hard.

The only thing about permanently mounting them is that I really love being able to take them around where I need them, especially when using them as a DI. Also, the Brick is just about indestructible in its current housing.

Originally Posted by JBsound

I really love being able to take them around where I need them, especially when using them as a DI.

What instruments do you use them as a DI on?
Just trying to justify buying more than one.

I use them mainly on bass and also on acoustic guitar (mostly live use on the acoustic). I haven't had the chance to really test them a lot on keyboard but they aren't too shabby in that department.

I think it's most advantageous to have the non-rackmount feature in a live setting. Even when using it as a pre on vocals its nice to be able to drop it up there on stage by the mic stand or something and just tweak the level back at the board. A lot of live setups aren't using something as nice as the Brick on very many channels.

When I'm tracking a band, I'm usually using up all of my outboard pre's on other stuff, so I can send a brick out to where the bass player or a guitar player who is going direct is playing. No separate DI to preamp, etc. Also, the 'instrument thru' feature allows you to take a nice DI signal off of a guitar/bass and record a track that you can use later for reamping. This can be a good thing, especially when doing something live or with the whole band at once. I don't have to worry about getting the perfect amp sound b/c I can always reamp it and tweak the amp in a more isolated setup later.