May 05 2025
This post documents the May 2025, Little Bass Heads Big Sound System – The LBH BSS.
The BSS is designed by Michael Hatt and Ulan McKnight. In 2013, Mike designed a sound system for Ulan to bring up to Burning Man. In 2015, Ulan experienced a Klipch system deployed by Smashwolf Production and tuned by Mike …
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Jul 19 2024
Scotty wanted a flat-pack DJ booth. He bought a design from playatech.com. I modified it. (Thank you Hanna for the help with tabs and dowels!) Here are the results.
24-07-19 – DJ Booth (Download link) 24-07-19 – DJ Booth (File download)
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Jul 15 2024
TLDR: We got started with very large speakers. They weighed too much and were difficult to use. We now build smaller speakers with lots of bracing that are (relatively) light and easy to use.
When designing new speaker cabinets, we employ three engineering constraints for all of our boxes:
1) All cabinets must …
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Jun 14 2024
Scotty wants to build a Playatech DJ booth. I asked him to send me his plans so I can take a look. He gave me this file (DJ-Dope-Assy)
I spent a few hours in Fusion and came up with the following. I only needed 13 variables.
The DJ booth uses two sheets of 1/2″ …
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May 26 2024
I sent Mike this link I got from Deon Brown about Friendly Pressure over in England. I included the following note:
“I would like to hear your thoughts on what he is building.
3D printing the tweeter waveguide is not something I had considered. There is no reason we can’t print our own horns! …
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Nov 13 2023
She’s got it.
What can we build?
And so does he.
Radical Thinker
Some things are always wrong. Always. Period.
Apartheid is wrong!
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Oct 30 2023
A major tenant of Little Bass Heads Sound Systems (LBH Sound) is education. We design and build custom sound systems for specific clients in specific situations. We are guided by a few core design ideas:
1) Everything should be easy to cut and assemble.
This means that we use standard sized and cheap plywood and …
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Jul 14 2023
The Juke Joint gets a new floor, new crew members join, tickets arrive, we build a new platform for the subs and she makes her first sound run of the year. The Burning Man push has truly begun. Great things are happening!
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Jul 11 2023
What: Drag Storytime
Where: Freemont Main Library 2400 Stevenson Blvd Fremont, Ca. 94538
When: Saturday, July 22, 2023. 10:30am
Description Come join us for some songs, stories, and fabulous fun! Drag Storytime is an excellent way to introduce children to LGBTQ+ role models and help them learn about gender and inclusivity. We will have a …
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Jul 10 2023
Yeah!! The Juke Joint is home again from Max’s Auto.
We will be deciding what to build on her this week. Please let me know if you are interested in helping us plan out her immediate future.
The goal is to be finished with all construction by August 1st.
Let’s go!
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