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its difficult to be prescriptive because it very much depends on the type of music you play and the dynamics of the song
i play heavy rock in a 4 piece and I'll rock the volume up for solos or wee key phrases
You don't want to crowd just hear it, you want it punch them in face.
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I also like a *lot* more gain for lead tones than rhythm, so I just use the drive channel on my amp for solos and the crunch channel maxed out for rhythm stuff.
Added to that I sometimes ride my post OD/distortion swell pedal for fine adjustments. Sometimes I add boost with overdrive and back off the guitar volume for lighter rhythm crunch sounds.
Actually vying for top spot is setting one pickup up for lead sound and on the other pickup (assuming 2 volumes, because this is the best setup ;-) ) set for rhythm
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
That said, I need total volume control from the loop, which gives me enough range to have everything from a loud, cleanish solo to a quiet, distorted outro passage underneath a final vocal chorus.
I reckon I'm probably boosting or cutting around 6-8dB either side of my average guitar volume to achieve that live.
I'm a firm believer that the reason I get loads of paid gigs is that no singer has to fight me - if I can't hear the words during a gig it's not because there's a guitarist's ego in the way.
When mixing bands myself that have 2 guitars I dip one and boost the other for solo's, that's more effective than simply boosting one guitar. More experienced players tend to do this to a certain extent themselves to make the space for the guy doing the solo, but that's easier in some genes of music than others
Particularly if the other guitarist has a limited grasp of band dynamics. I use a Blackstar LT Boost after whatever drive pedal I'm favouring as not only does it give a volume hike, it also adds a hair of dirt too Not to mention having a very usable EQ. One thing I will add is that a solo boost of any kind can leave you looking a tit if your boost works a treat for your big moment, but your technique lets the side down.
The other band was a pretty raucous classic rock band and for that one I that needed a fair volume lift, more gain and an mid boost to cut through as the other guitarist, though a decent musician, didn't really have enough experience in that type of band to play sympathetically when a solo came up. Also the drummer took it upon himself to hit harder, the bass player really dug in and the singer often stuck a few adlibs in during the solo. It sounds awful but i bloody loved that band and we got invited back every place we went (even though I thought we were often too loud).
I'm in a three pice now and whilst I don't boost the volume, I do boost the mids slightly and add some gain, just to make it obvious to the audience that there's a solo happening. For fills during teh rest of the song, I tend not to do that though.
Which has always been my issue with multi channel amps, the 'solo' channel is always over gained compared to the 'rhythm' channel.