Stage volume Q / Sanity check

Danny1969

I would use the Matchless and leave the Tonmaster at home .. always wanted one of those amps

stickyfiddle

Danny1969 said:

I would use the Matchless and leave the Tonmaster at home .. always wanted one of those amps

BUT MAH SWIRLIES!!! 

(srsly though this will be the plan a lot of the time going forward, esp anywhere smaller)

maltingsaudio

stickyfiddle said:

We have the room from about 2pm so can do a lot of work getting eveything right. The in-house PA is plenty. I’ve been to gigs in there before and heard it sound great. I dot know if the stereo swirl will be noticeable in the room but it will be in my IEMs and that’s all that matters

And as I say, it’s at least 33% about the visual…

@icbm yeah that’s pretty much the plan i think. Both definitely on a chunky riser and hopefully slightly upward-tilted. Bear in mind this Matchless is the slightly-fender-flavoured  one so not quite as chunky sounding as most others but still way more mid than my DR. 

Cool just worried about the main speakers seem to be behind where the singer would be .

Ps What is the club in Dubai? Have a mate out there

stickyfiddle

maltingsaudio said:

stickyfiddle said:

We have the room from about 2pm so can do a lot of work getting eveything right. The in-house PA is plenty. I’ve been to gigs in there before and heard it sound great. I dot know if the stereo swirl will be noticeable in the room but it will be in my IEMs and that’s all that matters

And as I say, it’s at least 33% about the visual…

@icbm yeah that’s pretty much the plan i think. Both definitely on a chunky riser and hopefully slightly upward-tilted. Bear in mind this Matchless is the slightly-fender-flavoured  one so not quite as chunky sounding as most others but still way more mid than my DR. 

Cool just worried about the main speakers seem to be behind where the singer would be .

Ps What is the club in Dubai? Have a mate out there

No, the main rig is subs under the stage and some mains on the ceiling - should be no issue.

Gig is at The Club in Abu Dhabi, but we’re sold out!! 

Good news is we’re expecting to do it again in Dubai in the next couple of months - will let you know  

maltingsaudio

Excellant will let my mate James know when the Dubai gig is

Ps he thinks he’s a bassist but don’t let him anywhere near one!

stickyfiddle

Aaand just like clockwork... the soundguy is immensely experienced with quiet stages and asking if I need an amp on stage at all...

maltingsaudio

Fantastic glad it went well

stickyfiddle

All good. Everything is sore today. 

We had the inevitable conversation of "holy shit why do you need 2 amps" and yeah maybe I can't be arsed with it in future, but it sounded and looked amazing. 

In soundcheck there was basically no guitar going through the PA but it still sounded great all the way to the back of the room but once the room filled up I think he upped all the volume a little bit and put some guitars in the FOH mix as well.  

I said it a lot and I'll keep saying it. A rock & roll show is meant to be loud. Not uncomfortable, but loud and exciting and a little bit raucous. Job done  

roberty

Looks ace man. And 2x12 speakers is not excessive by any means. Did the gig go well?

stickyfiddle

roberty said:

Looks ace man. And 2x12 speakers is not excessive by any means. Did the gig go well?

https://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/288686/new-band-who-dis-first-gig-report#latest 

flying_pie

Glad to hear all went well @stickyfiddle ;

More amps looks cool. End of discussion 

stickyfiddle

flying_pie said:

Glad to hear all went well @stickyfiddle ;

More amps looks cool. End of discussion 

Big wis. There was a suggestion at one point of "can we point them to the back, or cover them with something?" and I was like NO BECAUSE THAT WILL LOOK SHIT! People watch with their eyes and some musos get it, and some don't, but that doesn't mean it's not true... 

I had the TM on 1W or maybe even 0.5W and the Matchless with the Master virtually as low as possible. More volume would have been fine and would've meant I could do more feedback stuff which again is part of the show

Anyway, gig went very well, so I think I've got everyone on side