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<blockquote data-quote="Caleb Dueck" data-source="post: 146264" data-attributes="member: 60">Re: Do guitar players really need guitar in their own stage wedge?As a musician, why would I want to hear something different than the audience?&nbsp; Personally I want the audience to hear what I hear.I&#039;ve started using the term &quot;stage wash&quot; more often, as a catch all for the bad sound that fights with the PA system.&nbsp; This is a performance, not a practice session for only the musicians.&nbsp; With any solid PA system, the guitar amp creates tone, while the PA conveys that tone as accurately as possible to the audience.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just like the sound tech shouldn&#039;t degrade the tone, the guitar player shouldn&#039;t degrade the transfer to the audience.&nbsp; This is an area where more church system installs, at least in our area, get it and focus on lowering stage&nbsp; wash to improve overall sound.&nbsp;&nbsp; Insistence on high levels of stage wash in my experience is 98% ego or &quot;but that&#039;s how we got the dinosaurs to dance, why change now?&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Caleb Dueck, post: 146264, member: 60"] Re: Do guitar players really need guitar in their own stage wedge? As a musician, why would I want to hear something different than the audience? Personally I want the audience to hear what I hear. I've started using the term "stage wash" more often, as a catch all for the bad sound that fights with the PA system. This is a performance, not a practice session for only the musicians. With any solid PA system, the guitar amp creates tone, while the PA conveys that tone as accurately as possible to the audience. Just like the sound tech shouldn't degrade the tone, the guitar player shouldn't degrade the transfer to the audience. This is an area where more church system installs, at least in our area, get it and focus on lowering stage wash to improve overall sound. Insistence on high levels of stage wash in my experience is 98% ego or "but that's how we got the dinosaurs to dance, why change now?". [/QUOTE]

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