I mean, even the tepid, watered down, white, suburban, vapid blues guy is talking
about amps being too loud, and turning down.
If that doesn't scare the fuck out of you, what will?
It’s kind of bizarre really. I’m not that old, but growing up guitar was never considered a silent endeavor. Everyone owned big ass amps. Nobody had an attenuator. The attenuator was when it got dark out you knew to turn down. Once you got old enough or in a serious enough band you rented a rehearsal space toget highpractice in. To listen to some you’d wonder how guitar ever managed to thrive with amps and a lack of total obsession over volume control.
I have an anti-amp/volume - pro-dork, computer nerd takeover theory, but I’ll keep that to myself lololol
I was that band Friday night. Small gig in a new venue, unknown PA quality. Both us guitarists decide on tube amps, first time gigging real amps in this project.Went and saw a 4 band lineup Saturday with a friend. 1st band had some bangers
and the vocals were totally buried in the FOH of mix. Like couldn't hear them at
all until the rest oof the band stopped playing for any a capella sections.
It was BAD! Like worse than I ever imagined it could be bad. I could hear the occasional
feedback so I know the FOH engineer was trying to pump them up.
After their set, I went and talked to him---as I tend to hang out by the FOH guys
at any shows I go to. He was livid! "I told them fuckers their stage volume was too
loud."
Then he storms off and hustles the stage to chew some ass I reckon.
It was one guitar, drums, and bass with a lead singer. They were using real amps.
The end is nigh people. None of these new generation of FOH engineers knows
how to properly mix a band using actual amps anymore. It's only going to get
worse.
This reminds me of the time I realized, mashed potatoes are just Irish guacamole.I mean, even the tepid, watered down, white, suburban, vapid blues guy is talking
about amps being too loud, and turning down.
If that doesn't scare the fuck out of you, what will?
I was that band Friday night. Small gig in a new venue, unknown PA quality. Both us guitarists decide on tube amps, first time gigging real amps in this project.
We weren’t using big amps - a Budda SD18 and a 2204 clone through an oversized 1x12 cab each. We experienced feedback through large portions of our set. Played great too. We were frustrated to say the least.
Yeah keep that feedback ambalancedFOH guy should have a couple paramedic EQs
Went and saw a 4 band lineup Saturday with a friend. 1st band had some bangers
and the vocals were totally buried in the FOH of mix. Like couldn't hear them at
all until the rest oof the band stopped playing for any a capella sections.
It was BAD! Like worse than I ever imagined it could be bad. I could hear the occasional
feedback so I know the FOH engineer was trying to pump them up.
After their set, I went and talked to him---as I tend to hang out by the FOH guys
at any shows I go to. He was livid! "I told them fuckers their stage volume was too
loud."
Then he storms off and hustles the stage to chew some ass I reckon.
It was one guitar, drums, and bass with a lead singer. They were using real amps.
The end is nigh people. None of these new generation of FOH engineers knows
how to properly mix a band using actual amps anymore. It's only going to get
worse.
Unpopular opinion: FOH guy is usually right. Unless you don't want people to hear your vocalist, or for some reason you want their mic to feedback and make the crowd go to the next bar. Then go ahead and crank those amps for the amazing tone that only you will notice.
Old-school opinion:
FOH guy should have a couple paramedic EQs to notch out offending frequencies in monitors and mains to minimize potential feedback. I guess it's becoming a lost art.