Re: Rest Stroke Abandoned Because of Amplification?

On Mar 26, 9:20 am, Andrew Schulman <and...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Mar 26, 8:37 am, "Charlie" <gtr...@xxxxxxx> wrote:> Please note I said most of the time, not every single instance.   :-)

Well, we just disagree about this.  I do use the amp at my hotel gig,
and without it it wouldn't work at all, but I don't "blast" the sound;
the trick is getting a natural sound that fits the room.  And in any
case, I wasn't hired to be background music, I was hired for a music
presentation that people would listen to, that was literally the job
description, keeping in mind it's not a concert where people are
expected to be silent, people do talk, but many people do come there
specifically to listen.  That's why they have a poster with my picture
and schedule on it in the front of the hotel.  So, the quality of the
sound is just as important as the volume, and the volume has to be
just right, not too little or too much.

I also amplify in concerts with my string quintet; a nylon string
guitar, especially in the large halls we play in, simply cannot be
heard to good affect surrounded by a violin, mandolin, viola, and
double bass.  I can play unamplified if I was strumming an
accompaniment, but certainly not in the pieces where the guitar is the
melody instrument, and even in the accompaniment the right amount of
amplification is much better than none.  Trust me, we've tested it.

Of course the quality of the amplified sound is paramount, we've
discussed that here quite a few times in the past.

Andrewhttp://www.abacaproductions.com/

Yep. I actually haven't encountered the "no-amp" guitarist here in
Phoenix (except at concerts and one flamenco guy). I think I will be
going sans-amp for only two gigs this year, and that's at this crappy
venue that doesn't allow amplification (but does allow string quartets
and trumpets). If background music only called for a single, very
quiet source, then restaurants and other venues would just stick an
ipod in a dock near the hostess' stand and consider the entertainment
booked. What's more common is for the guitarist to invest 20+ years
in his skills and about $250 in a crappy little powered monitor, and
thinking that because it sounds okay to him that it magically
permeates the room, with optimal eq and tone.
.

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