I sometimes run FOH at my local church. They have a nice system, flown 3-way tops with aux fed subs under the stage. Sounds really good. They have a Thursday night service with just vocals and an acoustic guitar. Last Thursday a new "artist" came in and began to set up. I should have seen the red flags as soon as he brings out a giant pedal board and says he needs phantom power. I still haven't figured out what the phantom power is for, it's pasive DI. Oh well, I turn it on and everything seems to be OK. I started to put a monitor out for him and he says he doesn't need it, "I'll work off the mains." More red flags. Half way through the first song during sound check, he stops and asked if his acoustic guitar is in the subwoofers. I replied that I don't usually put an acoustic in the subs, it's not a bass instrument. The subs are crossed over at 80hz. He says, "I can't feel my guitar unless it's in the subs." I said OK I'll put in a little to warm it up a bit. He kept asking for more and more. So I turned up the aux until it started sounding more like a kick drum. I tried tweeking the eq, and added a comp to keep it from thumping. I finally just had to back it off a bit. Then I hear from the stage, "hey, put my guitar back like you had it. I could feel it through the stage, that's the way I like it." I said it doen't sound good out here though. So after a couple of minutes of back and fourth, we compromised.
Now I get a call from the music Pastor at the church that he came in early today to adjust his giutar the way he wants it and I'm not to change it. I said, "What am I supposed to do if it sounds bad?" I just got a funny look.
