Re: House mix solution for electric guitar


Scott Fraser wrote:
<<3) Set my volume pedal so it swings within a volume range.
Force the
volume to be between say, 40-80%, not 0-100%. We haven't tested this
yet. >>

This will mean not getting the level into your amp which will saturate
to taste. Have you tried playing through a smaller amp? A 15 watter
will break up at a lower level & allow less stage volume. The
difference can be made up in the monitors. Better yet would be finding
a clean playing level that is the same as your overdrive, but rolled
back on the guitar a couple numbers. You should be able to find the
fine line between clean yet fairly loud, & pushed into overdriven but
not a huge amount louder, & that fine line can often be just the
difference between 9 & 10 on the guitar, with everything else staying
the same.

From the peanut gallery...
This is why people are building "replica" Fenders, copying (or
approximating) the less-powerful older heads, and even using "vintage"
or somewhat newer Champ amps, or Deluxe Reverbs, that never would have
made it back in the bad old days (e.g., using two linked Twins, each
fairly well cranked, in a medium-large room, of course no miking then.
Loud. Sounded good, though!).

Victoria amps is one example: http://www.victoriaamp.com/model20112.htm

You might enjoy this fine site:
http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fender2.html#amps

I have some other links around here somewhere that reference "the old
circuits", a mfg. or two who does "kits", and so forth; the main idea
is to be able to get a big sound at low volume. Times have changed, and
good. Thirty watts for guitar is a lot of power in a small-medium sized
room, esp. mixing with "acoustic" instruments.

"What was that you say, sonny?" --D-y

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