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As for "when am I ready?" You'll never be ready. It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it. - pmbomb
Double tracker pedal into two amps?
Power Trios do not sound empty, even during solos because the arrangements are made for that combination of instruments.
The very first thing to do is to make your bassist listen to the best power trios / 3+singer bands. The Who, Cream, Mr Big etc etc.
Then adjust the parts themselves.
There is no need to start adding octave ups or extra drive for the bass, and I say this as a bassist.
If a 2 guitar arrangement usually has the bass playing roots behind the solo then when the 2nd guitar is missing make the bass part more mobile - have a bit of walking in it. Maybe some octaves matching the kick and snare. But don't just do that. Give it variety. Start with just the root, then add some octaves, then make turn those roots into walking parts.
That's all you need.
No tech / pedal can fix and arrangement when there is a primary instrument missing. Fix the arrangement.
But also - enjoy the space. So many bands follow a wall of noise approach that frankly gets damn tiring for every song. Enjoy the space and us it to give the tunes more variety.
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In my solos I aim for simple melodies and use a lot of sliding octaves, they usually end up more tuneful and relevant than my finest fret wankery anyway, so use it to reassess your approach generally.
It can seem like a limitation, but the best thing is that you can control the dynamics of the whole band just using your hands, that's real musical freedom.
Enjoy the space in your sound! Unless the other guitar is playing a key part of a song then you probably need to do less than you think. I often find that bands have too much going on, and dropping an instrument make it much easier to hear the song.
An Em7 is a Gmaj if the bass player hits a G root. A Bm becomes a Gmaj7 if the bass player shifts form B to G
A and C# held over a bass root note of A will create an Amaj chord but if the bass player changes that root to F# then it will sound to the audience that the SPD has shifted to an F#minor chord even though it hasn't. You can use this trick for any relative maj / min keys. There are many tricks you can use like this to make a 3 piece band sound really full. I used to play horn parts with my foot while playing chord changes on the guitar.
For a lot of pop stuff I will play snatches of chord amongst the solo. This gives the listener the chords to follow while the solo is playing. For simple wedding. / pub stuff like Sex on fire / Valerie / Malice I will play both parts at the same time. Hybrid picking is your friend here.
The most important thing of all though if you want to just concentrate on soloing without all the technical stuff ... is to build your solo's so they reference the chord changes on their own. Use chord tones, especially thirds and fifths ... stay away from pentatonic shapes and think about the chords as you are soloing over them so you reference them within the actual solo.
There's other stuff too ... drone strings, pedal points, creative delay, halo reverb set with long decay but low wet mix
Ah, excellent question. Covers; sort of 80s/90s rocky/punky stuff, or pop turned into rocky/punky stuff.
Borrowing his amp and splitting between the two might help to beef up the guitar sound a bit.
As for "when am I ready?" You'll never be ready. It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it. - pmbomb
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No fancy business, just dual mono with two differently voiced dirty ish amps.
If there are solos, tell the bass player to dig on extra hard or hit a fuzz pedal during them to boost their sound level and then back to normal for the vocals.
Works for my band.