Newbie question about beam blockers, tone bra, fizzy lifters

[Maury]

I'm late to this party but I just had to chime in.

I ordered the McMaster Carr foam over the weekend and received it today. I don't mean to sound like a cliche, and I don't want to admit that this solution seemed too good to be true but THIS WORKS WONDERFULLY! Now I can dial in my tone the way I always have, but if I sit down on the floor and put my ears in the direct laser beam path of my amp the sound is the same as it was when I was standing in front of the amp, and even off to the side a little bit.

This really changes the game for those gigs I do when the amp is not mic'd and it's the sole source of my tone for myself and the audience. I'm converted.

 

[halfdriven]

I use 2 bean blockers in my 4x12 top right, bottom left to get a nice mix. really helped with the v30s in the mesa cab, did not need them with the 5150 cab