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Re: Bar/Club stage volume level?!?!A couple of suggestions I often have for bands in that situation: 1) Bring as many amps as you want to if you have the need to look cool. You can even turn them all on, but only plug one in. 2) A better option, turn the amp sideways 90 degrees and face it directly at the guitar players ears. Can you hear yourself now? Good. I bet the drummer can hear you now as well and you are not killing the audience. 3) A very cool old school bass amp trick is to put a cabinet facing the floor on a few rubber grommits or rubber blocks an inch or 2 off the floor. Everyone on stage will now hear the bass including the bass player and it can actually be at a lower volume and still pound the players. Physics works for me. 4) If you have the capability delay the mains to the backline roughly 1 millisecond per foot plus 10 as a place to start. It will allow you to add a little tone and clarity to guitars and drums without having to fight the stage slosh for position. Just my .02
Re: Bar/Club stage volume level?!?!
A couple of suggestions I often have for bands in that situation: 1) Bring as many amps as you want to if you have the need to look cool. You can even turn them all on, but only plug one in. 2) A better option, turn the amp sideways 90 degrees and face it directly at the guitar players ears. Can you hear yourself now? Good. I bet the drummer can hear you now as well and you are not killing the audience. 3) A very cool old school bass amp trick is to put a cabinet facing the floor on a few rubber grommits or rubber blocks an inch or 2 off the floor. Everyone on stage will now hear the bass including the bass player and it can actually be at a lower volume and still pound the players. Physics works for me. 4) If you have the capability delay the mains to the backline roughly 1 millisecond per foot plus 10 as a place to start. It will allow you to add a little tone and clarity to guitars and drums without having to fight the stage slosh for position. Just my .02
