For small places where volume is a issue I give the sound guy a direct out off my AxeII then bring up my cab a little to fill out the monitor mix.
bigger places I give the sound guy a choice of my AxeII or the 609 that's permanently mounted in my cab road case, they usually run a mix of both and it sounds great in FOH.
Our singer usually goes out in the crowd area during sound check to make sure our stage volume is even across me the other guitar player and bass dood..........all this has been working pretty good for us, YMMV