What is your gigging amp?

[DanTravis62]

Haven't gigged in years but jam with different buddies and even a drummer now and then with this rig.

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I always liked those "blue jean" finish LPs

 

[cobrahead1030]

 

[romanianreaper]

But as a power trio you quite literally have to or else every other original band you play with is going to blow you the fuck out of the water, and your band is going to look like a bunch of hacks that don't know what they are doing.

Yeah it's crazy, almost every band i've been in since 86' has had two guitarists and other than doing a song or two, i've never been a singer.

With this original punk band, we got together in 2000 and were having so much fun that we didn't want to get anyone else in the band. So I volunteered to sing AND play guitar so my riffs are simple enough, which works for punk. At this point I've written a ton of songs and we are having a blast.

My favorite band setup is where one guitarist has the heavier tone and one cleaner, like GnR or the Stones. Sounds killer with that play off each other.

 

[cobrahead1030]

It just amazes me at the sheer volume of three piece bands who don't account for this

They think they can just have everyone play their one instrument and it's going to sound full, and that simply isn't the case.

You need something: maybe a big bass sound, or the bass player is super busy. Maybe the drummer is super hyperactive with fills and that fills up some space? Maybe the drummer is hitting some cues for background keyboards on certain songs to fill out the sound. Maybe (like geddy lee) the bassist is triggering organ with his feet, or hitting midi some other way. Maybe everyone does harmonies on vocals? etc etc etc etc

If you are a full 4, 5, 6 person band you don't need to worry about this as much

But as a power trio you quite literally have to or else every other original band you play with is going to blow you the fuck out of the water, and your band is going to look like a bunch of hacks that don't know what they are doing

The last band I really played out with a lot was a trio, and it really changed my conception of live sound a lot,

I had a PRS that was this massive wall of sound that was borderline muddy, it was the worst guitar for a lot of tones but it fit our line mix perfectly. The bassist started using overdriven tones a lot, which I wasn’t previously a big fan of. Our drummer ended up eventually moving from a 22” kick to a 24 with stupidly huge floor toms.

It took us a solid year or two to really get it dialed in where it worked well, but it was so rewarding when we got there. I enjoyed the simplicity of only having two other guys to deal with.

 

[stephen sawall]

I use a different amp and the rest of the gear all the time. The last few weeks I am using a THD Univalve.

Dan is right about metal being dead in the PNW. It has been gone for decades. When people say they play metal here on the forum I wonder why. It's like playing disco. Music that has been dead for decades. When traveling around the country in the last few years I don't see local bands that play metal anywhere. It's dead.

 

[DanTravis62]

The last band I really played out with a lot was a trio, and it really changed my conception of live sound a lot,

I had a PRS that was this massive wall of sound that was borderline muddy, it was the worst guitar for a lot of tones but it fit our line mix perfectly. The bassist started using overdriven tones a lot, which I wasn’t previously a big fan of. Our drummer ended up eventually moving from a 22” kick to a 24 with stupidly huge floor toms.

It took us a solid year or two to really get it dialed in where it worked well, but it was so rewarding when we got there. I enjoyed the simplicity of only having two other guys to deal with.

I think it's just one of those things that many musicians in bands dont account for

They're too busy playing and not spending any bandwidth actually LISTENING to what they are playing

If you're playing in a trio or four piece with a dedicated vocalist like that, you just have to account for the space that leaves or else it's severely noticeable

 

[DanTravis62]

I use a different amp and the rest of the gear all the time. The last few weeks I am using a THD Univalve.

Dan is right about metal being dead in the PNW. It has been gone for decades. When people say they play metal here on the forum I wonder why. It's like playing disco. Music that has been dead for decades. When traveling around the country in the last few years I don't see local bands that play metal anywhere. It's dead.

Yep. That's why it irritates the shit out of me when people tell me "just start a metal band man"

"What you haven't? Then you aren't trying"

It's like what universe are you guys living in? Can I move there?

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

Yep. That's why it irritates the shit out of me when people tell me "just start a metal band man"

"What you haven't? Then you aren't trying"

It's like what universe are you guys living in? Can I move there?

You can move to Texas. Metal lives here

 

[VonBonfire]

You can move to Texas. Metal lives here

Tampa Bay still has a lot of metal heads too.

 

[stephen sawall]

Yep. That's why it irritates the shit out of me when people tell me "just start a metal band man"

"What you haven't? Then you aren't trying"

It's like what universe are you guys living in? Can I move there?

There is definitely some metal influence in what my band does. But there is as much country, funk, pop, blues, punk, etc influence.

 

[Kelly]

I use a different amp and the rest of the gear all the time. The last few weeks I am using a THD Univalve.

Dan is right about metal being dead in the PNW. It has been gone for decades. When people say they play metal here on the forum I wonder why. It's like playing disco. Music that has been dead for decades. When traveling around the country in the last few years I don't see local bands that play metal anywhere. It's dead.

There are some successful club bands here that play 80s and 90s hard rock/metal, but the stupid font/Chuck Shuldiner screamy vocal crap doesn't make it out of the basement of whoever's playing it.

 

[stephen sawall]

I was in Tampa and Texas last year. Too be honest I wasn't looking for metal music.

 

[VonBonfire]

I was in Tampa and Texas last year. Too be honest I wasn't looking for metal music.

Most of the music around Central Texas is a bad mashup of rock, blues, and country that they call Americana. Talk about bland....

 

[stephen sawall]

Most of the music around Central Texas is a bad mashup of rock, blues, and country that they call Americana. Talk about bland....

I see that type of music here in Seattle often.

When I was living Las Vegas four years ago there was a very small punk scene.
It was mostly tribute bands and magic acts.

 

[romanianreaper]

I use a different amp and the rest of the gear all the time. The last few weeks I am using a THD Univalve.

Dan is right about metal being dead in the PNW. It has been gone for decades. When people say they play metal here on the forum I wonder why. It's like playing disco. Music that has been dead for decades. When traveling around the country in the last few years I don't see local bands that play metal anywhere. It's dead.

It's not like that where I live. Even though we have a lot of punk bands, there are a lot of metal bands.

I'm 56 years old and I can't tell you how many times i've heard people say "metal is dead" or "rock is dead". That music will always surge and go thru waves, etc. Heavier music has a culture to it and is like family.

 

[VonBonfire]

I see that type of music here in Seattle often.

It's a scourge IMO.

When I was living Las Vegas four years ago there was a very small punk scene.
It was mostly tribute bands and magic acts.

I looked into Vegas recently cause I was told there is decent blues scene there and a friend of mine was traveling there frequently for gigs. There seems like there are a few venues for blues that are bolstered by casino gigs but once I looked into the corporate side of things it didn't seem like my cup of tea at all. Dress codes and other retarded stuff is a turn off to me.

 

[DanTravis62]

It's not like that where I live. Even though we have a lot of punk bands, there are a lot of metal bands.

I'm 56 years old and I can't tell you how many times i've heard people say "metal is dead" or "rock is dead". That music will always surge and go thru waves, etc. Heavier music has a culture to it and is like family.

There's tons of punk and indie bands where Steven and I live - that isn't in question. There's hundreds, maybe even thousands.

It's very specifically that there are no local metal bands or a metal scene, in like a 700 mile radius

 

[Greazygeo]

Lots of metal bands here in Ohio. They play out mostly multi band shows. Used to be crowds made up of the other bands. May have changed some by now. Kinda doubt it.

 

[dooredge]

I just this week moved to a Quad Cortex from a Kemper Stage. While the Kemper is great, the QC has a little extra something going for it. Also, much easier to tweak on the fly than the Kemper.

Rather than use the KSR PA-100, I've been running through the return of my 5153 Stealth. Talk about some powah!

I really used to hate the digital platform (s) and said I would never move away from tube amps, but I have. Having any effect or amp I could ever want right in one fancy little foot controlled computer ain't all that bad.

Still have and use the pedalboard @Bob Savage made! \,,/

 

[TheBiggestJerk]

If there a full PA and stage monitors.