Re: You CANNOT rock it out live with a 15 watt amp!

On 2010-03-16, Wrong_Note_Rod <wrongnoterod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

in a Utopian society too. Two guitars will almost always devolve into
volume wars, because one or neither of the players has learned how to back
down when the other guy takes a solo. Bass players never turn down and rock
drummers generally have two speeds... louder and faster.

I've lamented this volume nonsense for decades. When I started
playing back in high school, ya' wrung what you brung. The loudest
kid on the block was a Fender Dual Showman with twin 15" JBLs and
everone else played through piggy back 2x12s like Bandmasters and
Bassmans, Brit bands thru Vox AC30s. This is exactly what was played
thru on the Beach Boys Concert Album (1964) recorded live at the
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, capacity 4,000. One amp per BB! No
one had any trouble hearing or even recording them.

This volume nonsense reached total absurdity when I went to see George
Thorogood and Little Feat at the Concord Pavillion after the sound
system had been rebuilt to include the then new sub-woofer class of
speakers. What at one time was a World class acoustic venue was now a
joke. The walls of amps miked thru the revamped sound system
completely distroyed the best outdoor arena on the West Coast. I am
not exaggerating when I say I could not hear George AT ALL!. Not one
single note. The bass and drums drowned out everything, including,
seemingly, my ability to taste or smell!!. ;)

That was pretty much the end of my attending live concerts. I quit
going to anything but small venues for just the reasons we are
discussing, too much volume. If I want punishing wads of volume, I'll
go listen to an F-4 Phantom jet run up its afterburners. Them suckers
will have you cringing in aural pain from 300 yds away. :|

nb
.

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