I’ve been interested in trying this for some time and back in the summer finally bought a splitter (bright onion).
I’ve gigged with the wet/dry set up twice since. First time using my MJW and DRRI and second time with an Egnater Tweaker 15 and the DRRI.
It sounded great both times (well, to me anyway). Rich, full but defined and clear. Very pleasing to the point that I thought it made me play better than I normally do.
The down side is of course, lifting two amps/cabs about is a bit of a pain (in the back) and you need a bit of space. Not all that practical for the average pub gig.
Anyone else have any experience/thoughts on this?
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Do you need a guitar with stereo outputs? Or is there a splitter gizmo thingy that can do it?
In 2016 I played 12 gigs, of those, for 10 of them I was forced to plug my pedalboard into the venues own amp. Which was usually a Fender Hot Rod Deville or a Marshall Valvestate. I'd love to gig wet/dry. I did once try it in rehearsals years ago and I sounded huge. But on a 5 band bill?
There’s a few splitters on the market, I went for the Bright Onion one which allows you to flip the signal phase on one output if your two amps are normally out of phase. Works a treat.
Plus points - The sound, it’s up there with the best live sound that I’ve had. Really clear and articulate for my effects and for my driven sounds (I used one clean amp and one overdriving amp with the delays and modulation going to the clean, the drive pedals and filters going to both).
Its always great to have a back up amp on stage
It helps get the sound dispersed as I used too combos.
Down sides - Obviously the load in.
Space on stage
sound guys hate you (if you are doing multi band nights)
more equipment means more potential to go wrong/take longer to fix. If you rely on your twin set up for certain songs and something goes wrong, rejigging your set up mid set is not going to happen.
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He plays w/d rather than stereo because in his view:
He might have some more commentary on his view on his website or discussion forum....
Then I presume he has his wet and dry cabs right next to each other? Otherwise, as @Gassage said earlier, I really can't see the point, as having a cab spewing out dry on one side of the stage and another doing wet on the other side would surely cause just as many problems as the audience's placement in a stereo field?