What does the Tilt-A-Speaker do?

It sits between your 12-inch speaker and the baffle board inside your amp or cabinet and angles the speaker up, so the sound reaches your ears while the amp stays flat on the floor. No stands, tilt-back legs or milk crates.

Will the Tilt-A-Speaker fit my amp?

It fits most rear-loaded cabinets and many combo amps with 12-inch speakers. You need about 2 1/4 inches of clearance behind the speaker, with no transformer, tubes, low chassis or handles in the way.

No. Amps use different screws, so grab the right ones at a hardware store. Most installs need two 2 1/2 inch screws and two 1 3/4 inch screws.

What is Ron Gilmartin's book about?

When One Is Too Many And One Thousand Isn't Enough is a conversational memoir about Ron's years of addiction, how he got sober through meditation, the spiritual path since, and his lifelong love of guitars.

Ron Gilmartin holding his guitar outdoors

Author · Guitar lifer · Inventor

A guitar at fifteen. A long fight. An honest book.

Q: Is there an audiobook?

Yes. The audiobook is narrated by Jack de Golia and runs about five hours.

Ron Gilmartin's grandmother handed him his first guitar, and music has been the one constant ever since. He wrote a memoir about getting sober, and invented a fix every guitar player didn't know they needed.

Read Ron's story The Tilt-A-Speaker

The memoirWhen One Is Too Many The inventionTilt-A-Speaker · $24.99 The tradeGuitars bought & traded

The memoir

When one is too many and one thousand isn't enough.

During one of his first meditations, Ron got a clear message: write a book. He'd never had the thought before. What came out is a straight-talking memoir about the years of addiction, what finally worked, and the spiritual path since, with guitars all the way through.

Pages139

PublishedOct 2020

Audiobook5 hr 4 min

NarratorJack de Golia

“A memoir that pulls up a chair and sits with you.”
Goodreads reader review the idea came to him in a meditation

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Ron's story

Music was the one thing that never left.

The first guitar

His grandmother bought it for him when he was fifteen. Guitars and gear have been part of every day since.

Ron Gilmartin with his guitar — fifteen & still going

The hard years

Years of fighting addiction, the kind where one is too many and a thousand never does it. Ron doesn't dress any of it up.

Quiet

Meditation is what finally got him sober. In one of those first sits, the idea to write it all down showed up out of nowhere.

Ron Gilmartin looking out over the water — the quiet part

The book

Out in 2020 on Kindle and audiobook. For anyone in the fight, and anyone who loves someone who is.

The invention

Years of buying, trading and playing gear showed him a problem nobody had fixed. So he fixed it.

Tilt-A-Speaker

The Tilt-A-Speaker

Tilt the speaker. Not the amp.

Most amps fire sound at knee height, so players lean them on walls, prop them on milk crates or crank them until the front row suffers. Ron's fix goes inside the box: a simple angled ring between the speaker and the baffle board. The amp stays flat on the floor, where it sounds best.

Tilt-A-Speaker adapter ring with its packaging — Made in the U.S.A. · Patent pending

Where your sound goes

drag the slider ↓

Tilt

Aimed at your knees

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12″Fits most 12-inch speaker cabinets and many combos

2¼″Clearance you need behind the speaker

0Stands, legs, crates or blocks of wood to haul

L·RClock speakers sideways for a wider stereo spread

Will it fit my amp?

Pop the back panel and check four things.

It's a 12-inch speaker you can reach from the back About 2¼ inches of room behind it No transformer, tubes, low chassis or handles in the way You'll grab screws: usually two 2½″ and two 1¾″ (amps vary, so they're not included)

Check all four and you're set.

See it in action

Installs with common hand tools, and you don't have to unwire your speaker. Not sure about your amp? Send Ron the model and he'll tell you.

Tilt A's Gear Garage · Brick, NJ

Ron buys, trades and talks gear.

Guitars and amps have been Ron's trade for years. Got something to sell, or hunting for something specific? He'll tell you straight whether it's worth it.

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Reviews

Read it? Played it? Say so.

A review helps the next reader find the book and the next player find the fix. Ron reads every one.

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Know someone who needs this?

A friend in recovery who'd get something out of Ron's story, or a buddy whose amp is leaning on the wall. Send it their way.

Questions

Good questions.

What does the Tilt-A-Speaker actually do?

It mounts between your 12-inch speaker and the baffle board inside your amp or cab and angles the speaker up. The amp stays flat on the floor, where it sounds best and can't tip over, and the sound comes up to your ears instead of your knees.

Will it fit my amp?

Most rear-loaded cabinets and lots of combos with 12-inch speakers, yes. You need about 2¼ inches of room behind the speaker with no transformer, tubes, low chassis or handles in the way. Not sure? Send Ron the model and he'll tell you.

Are screws included?

No, because every brand uses something different. Most installs need two 2½-inch and two 1¾-inch screws, a couple bucks at any hardware store. Just make sure they don't poke through the grille cloth.

Can I aim speakers left and right?

Yes. You can "clock" speakers sideways for a wider stereo spread, or tilt the bottom pair in a 4x12 up so you can actually hear them.

What's Ron's book about?

When One Is Too Many And One Thousand Isn't Enough is a conversational memoir about Ron's years of addiction, getting sober through meditation, the spiritual path since, and the guitars that stayed with him the whole way.

Is there an audiobook?

Yes, narrated by Jack de Golia and about five hours long. It's on Audible.

Say hello

Talk books, gear or both.

Book clubs, recovery groups, dealer orders, a guitar you want gone. Ron answers his own phone.

732-861-2226 Call rongilmartinauthor@gmail.com Email

A guitar at fifteen. A long fight. An honest book.

When one is too many and one thousand isn't enough.

Music was the one thing that never left.

The first guitar

The hard years

Quiet

The book

The invention

Tilt the speaker. Not the amp.

Where your sound goes

Tilt-A-Speaker

Will it fit my amp?

See it in action

Ron buys, trades and talks gear.

In the garage.

Read it? Played it? Say so.

Leave a review

Know someone who needs this?

Good questions.

Talk books, gear or both.

Send Ron a note