What do you play when amp is on 11 ?

57Deluxe · June 2014

I spend most of my time preparing classes or practising at low volumes so as not to upset everybody BUT on the odd chance to let rip I suddenly realise that when all that volume and harmonics are released then playing style has to adapt massively.

For a start diddly didly and fiddly fiddly don't cut it as anyone in a half mile radius can probably hear. All those harmonics need reigning-in and precise strumming and picking is massively important. It is almost as if I feel the need to produce great grinding riffs in pre-formed song-ettes..

I really need to concentrate on suitable riff sets for this ultra volume playing ~ 40w +

What do you bang out?? I find ZZ Top inspired riffs seem to fit-in quite nicely... (must learn some then!)

guitarfishbay · June 2014

Metallica - Sad But True, Killswitch's version of Holy Diver

monquixote · June 2014

Summer song by satch

not_the_dj · June 2014

Iron Maiden "2 Minutes to Midnight"

Kebabkid · June 2014

"Still of the night" - Whitesnake

PolarityMan · June 2014

I don't like playing on 11 the noise and hum fucks with all the stops and articulations and the inevitably required noise gate chops note tails off. If drums could be turned down then I'd play on like 6 or 7, that's fairly loud so it sounds good but not enough that the volume interferes with the performance.

Sadly our drummer is mentally loud so I play on 11 alot.

relic245 · June 2014

Doesn't matter what I play. It always sounds amazing at that volume

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viz · June 2014

All Night Long (by Rainbow

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IanSavage · June 2014

Stone'enge.

mike_l · June 2014

My entire knowledge of songs.

Both of them.

RocknRollDave · June 2014

The riff to I Am The Law by Anthrax. Just a big, chunky riff. I'm not especially keen on the song, or even that incarnation of the band (John Bush era only, for me) but still...