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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Kirby" data-source="post: 146224" data-attributes="member: 9411">Re: Do guitar players really need guitar in their own stage wedge?&nbsp;Do you play guitar?&nbsp; There are some who don&#039;t connect their hands to their tone who can deal with the unnatural closer range sound of these stupid things, just as some folks can mentally compensate for the muffled sound of their amp on the floor.&nbsp; I can not think of any guitarist who&#039;s tone and control of tone that I admire who points their amp at their head.&nbsp; In my book it&#039;s a clueless, no-playing (to use one of Miles&#039; terms) soundman thing.&nbsp; If there&#039;s too much sound coming off the stage, get plexi baffles.&nbsp; In a pinch I&#039;ve put guitar cases opened up in front of amps or standing up opened as baffles between the amp and a drummer or keyboard player.&nbsp; I actually have a plexi baffle that comes halfway up the top speaker in my 2-12 cabinet.&nbsp; It&#039;s great.&nbsp; Just enough natural sound leaks over the top so that the audience can hear a true representation of the amp and it also funnels some sound up so that it&#039;s easier to hear on a short stage.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also used it with a 1-12 when I&#039;ve had to stand right on top of the amp and then mic the amp for the audience.&nbsp; By changing the distance from the speaker to the baffle, you can kind of tune the sound so that it sounds good to the musician.The closest you can get on a short stage to the sound that an amp has out in the room is to put it flat about hip high.&nbsp; The old chair thing works perfectly, albeit not so pro looking.&nbsp; A road case such as you&#039;d find for a Fender combo (except the taller Super Reverbs) is excellent and just about the right height.&nbsp; Although putting the road case behind an open back amp helps give a consistent stage sound to the musician instead of unknown distance, open space, or drapes.&nbsp; I also carry around a small folding canvas sling camp stool.&nbsp; It&#039;s also a great height.&nbsp; And with a small combo you can slightly lean the amp back on the sling so it hits you in the hip on a short stage.Try to &quot;train&quot; me, or any number of great guitarists I know, and you will get an ear full alright.&nbsp; You better be able to take that guitar and make it sing or pro guitarists will just chalk you up as just another controlling amateur who&#039;s read too much internet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve Kirby, post: 146224, member: 9411"] Re: Do guitar players really need guitar in their own stage wedge? Do you play guitar? There are some who don't connect their hands to their tone who can deal with the unnatural closer range sound of these stupid things, just as some folks can mentally compensate for the muffled sound of their amp on the floor. I can not think of any guitarist who's tone and control of tone that I admire who points their amp at their head. In my book it's a clueless, no-playing (to use one of Miles' terms) soundman thing. If there's too much sound coming off the stage, get plexi baffles. In a pinch I've put guitar cases opened up in front of amps or standing up opened as baffles between the amp and a drummer or keyboard player. I actually have a plexi baffle that comes halfway up the top speaker in my 2-12 cabinet. It's great. Just enough natural sound leaks over the top so that the audience can hear a true representation of the amp and it also funnels some sound up so that it's easier to hear on a short stage. I've also used it with a 1-12 when I've had to stand right on top of the amp and then mic the amp for the audience. By changing the distance from the speaker to the baffle, you can kind of tune the sound so that it sounds good to the musician. The closest you can get on a short stage to the sound that an amp has out in the room is to put it flat about hip high. The old chair thing works perfectly, albeit not so pro looking. A road case such as you'd find for a Fender combo (except the taller Super Reverbs) is excellent and just about the right height. Although putting the road case behind an open back amp helps give a consistent stage sound to the musician instead of unknown distance, open space, or drapes. I also carry around a small folding canvas sling camp stool. It's also a great height. And with a small combo you can slightly lean the amp back on the sling so it hits you in the hip on a short stage. Try to "train" me, or any number of great guitarists I know, and you will get an ear full alright. You better be able to take that guitar and make it sing or pro guitarists will just chalk you up as just another controlling amateur who's read too much internet. [/QUOTE]

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