Thordenucci
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I usually have the volume at 9:30-10:00.
playdosboogies said:...tend to fall apart sound-wise at supercranked levels.
That really depends on the size venue. A typical small club setting that holds up to 250 people, you shouldn't even use a 4x12... I have a Boogie 2x12 for that, and the master volume is around 10:00. Sometimes I use the 4x12 in a room this size and I'm lucky if the volume gets up to 10:00 -- this is on a Road King II, which I mostly run in 2x6L6 mode for 50W operation.
Note that regardless of your search for tone goodness, if you're in a small room with a small stage, and your cabinet is being miked for the PA system, you want to have the lowest possible stage volume for overall best sound and mixing. Too many young guitar players make the mistake of turning up their stage volume too loud -- it then competes with the PA and the engineer can't properly mix the band, and the whole group comes off sounding like crap.
Of course I don't know anything about your specific case, just offering some tips here Smile.
You typically don't get the master volume past 12:00 until you're on a stage the size of your house.
yeah but then you dont get the stereo guitar effect! I cant stand when guitarists have both amps on the same side, honestly. Im a huge fan of L and R guitars, bass and drums center. Unless your cab is miced, if you turn cab sideways the audience wont get the full defined tone.jab said:+1 on the placement of amp/cabs on the side of the stage. Both guitarists in my band place them side by side on the side of the stage, facing in across the stage. It's easier for everyone in the band to hear it, and the side by side placement means one guitarist can't blow away the other one. It's easy to set our volumes at the same level.
PUH-LEASE!!!!dean69 said:... if you think its too loud you are getting too old for it ...
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