Grateful Dead Music Forum

Had my first up close experience with the dust cap on my JBL K120 yesterday. Sound check was fine. Started playing 1st set and was getting just an awful high-end brittle tone from the rig. Thought maybe something had changed on the board to mess things up. When I looked down at the speaker cab I saw that the mic had been knocked out of place - it was sitting dead center over the dust cap. Had always heard the dust cap was very trebbly and brittle - but man - this was so bad it was hurting my ears. Moved it back to the edge of the speaker and back came a much nicer tone.

Amazing what a huge difference this made. Night and day. Just goes to show once again how every piece of a setup makes a difference. It's not just what you buy, or how you play, but where you put it too.