What to reduce the “ice-pick in the ear” sound coming from your guitar amps speaker? Check out the Soudeflect Flapjack. What the Flapjack does is “shave” the harshness off of the sometimes annoying beam that shoots from the center of guitar amp speakers. The nice thing is that it doesn’t mess with the “nice” sound that you are used to hearing. Standing in front of your amp actually produces the same effect, but who wants to stand RIGHT in front of your amp without moving all night? The Flapjack can help in live situations as well as when recording. Although sound is subjective, most producers and sound engineers will tell you that the best mic’d guitar sound comes from mic’ing a speaker “off-axis,” (when the mic is NOT pointed directly at the center of the speaker). The concept that the Flapjack employs is not a new one – many players have used many different means of blocking the harshness, but the Flapjack makes it extremely easy AND adjustable. You can pop it on, pop it off, move it around, etc. Simple, and effective. The dense but flexible PVC disk provides just the right amount of diffusion and absorption, and won’t vibrate on metal speaker grills. Credit: Soundeflect.