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I use an ego boost for my guest raps, does that count?
I definitely see it as a weapon of last resort. You should be able to get around the need for it with EQ and arrangement most of the time, but there's always the exception that proves the rule.
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I've depped and been asked to turn my amp up when to me it was already silly loud.
Ive never been in a band where I haven't needed a solo volume boost of some sort, I mean what's the point in playing a solo unless it's as loud as the lead vocal?
Might as well not bother half the bands I see with their inaudible noodling....
grow a pair and get loud ffs.
professorben said:
+1
Of course you need a boost for solos. If you don't, you're too f*cking loud during the rhythm part when people should be able to hear the vocals clearly!
EQ, gain,volume, or some combination of those.
As has been said, what's the point of playing it if it's not as loud as the lead vocal and can't be heard over the rest of the band.
Lost count of the number of bands I've seen where the solos were just way to quiet....no impact or drama, it's awful.
What you need is a proper amp, like 100W, or preferably 120.
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I'd say 50w is a minimum, I have a 120w power amp which will do 50w per side stereo @8ohms.
Im looking for a Mesa 2:90 but it's a way off yet
but then you run a Trem o Verb so I reckon you know all about thump!
you need a difference between the volume of your solos and your rhythm - either rhythms too loud or solos too quiet. Surely in the name of getting a balanced sound you need it. Angus might just flip his guitar vol down to eight for the rhythm parts but then he has a pa of several 1000 watts to make the volume change for him.
few understand that the sound wave of bass instruments ( bass guitar and kick drum) are much longer than higher frequency, meaning what cuts through onstage, is drowned out by the time it reaches the first row of MAB's ( mobile acoustic baffle aka.....audience) which soak up the low energy treble frequencies anyway.
Yeah but again, he would still have had a full-time sound engineer on duty to adjust his volume as required.
I've seen the sliders moving on a motorised desk during solos, and at one gig in particular I remember (Journey at Manchester Apollo) I was happily transfixed watching the pre-programmed changes during each song, and you could see the words 'guitar solo' appear at frequent intervals on the engineer's laptop.
Given that much control, you could also take the levels of the rest of the band down during a solo. Try that at a pub gig!
Even with a small small amp I get away with this. Admittedly, this works because I am putting a mic on the amp.
Its all about context I think.
Two guitars in the band and the music we play is along the lines of Kasabian/The Raconteurs.
Both of the guitars use under 20 watts but we have very different styles and sounds. I favour a much cleaner (60's British blues) tone and the other guitarist goes in for a Dave Grohl crunch tone.
He plays Tele's and I play a les Paul or Sheraton.
I make an effort to try to not play the same thing as not to occupy the same sonic space which is why I can get away with ridding my guitars volume a little.