Full Stacks Rule!
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JfromHouston
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I like "The Bends" best with "OK Computer" a close second.
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I like "The Bends" best with "OK Computer" a close second.
TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: Full Stacks Rule!
In-ear monitors are great if you have an engineer that can limit the volume, or you will go deaf just as fast, if not actually puncture your ear drums!
As for turning down, as Lew suggested, my post has NOTHING to do with volume, actually, but how @ sane levels, a full stack sounds just BETTER ... and secondly, you can only play sooo low with a metal drummer.
In-ear monitors are great if you have an engineer that can limit the volume, or you will go deaf just as fast, if not actually puncture your ear drums!
As for turning down, as Lew suggested, my post has NOTHING to do with volume, actually, but how @ sane levels, a full stack sounds just BETTER ... and secondly, you can only play sooo low with a metal drummer.
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Chi3f
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i completely agree with you. My amp has so much more clarity and feel to it when i run both 4x12 cabs instead of just 1. When playing a gig i set em up on each side of the drummer so everybody has a cab pointing at them instead of just the side i am on. Makes my band mates happy as well because they can hear me better that way without having to run it through their monitors.
-edit also even at low volumes it sounds alot better with my rig anyways
i completely agree with you. My amp has so much more clarity and feel to it when i run both 4x12 cabs instead of just 1. When playing a gig i set em up on each side of the drummer so everybody has a cab pointing at them instead of just the side i am on. Makes my band mates happy as well because they can hear me better that way without having to run it through their monitors.
-edit also even at low volumes it sounds alot better with my rig anyways
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Wattage
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First off before anyone gets sidetracked. If you play in a band and don't wear hearing protection you're just fooling yourself, trust me it willcatch up with you. Westone plugs are inexpensive and work wonderfully, they can use different db cut filters and work really, really well. The best I have tried. They also make in-ear monitors which if you can deal with them are pretty cool.
My big gig days are pretty much behind me so I sold off my big rig but I have to say a good stack kicks butt. Yeah hauling them can be a pain in the arse but the sound dispersion and tone from eight 12" speakers is pretty righteous. I generally run a combo with a 2x12 cab these days and it definitely doesn't equal the stack no matter how you slice it. I prefer straight cabs as opposed to slants I don't like the bass response from most slant cabs.
First off before anyone gets sidetracked. If you play in a band and don't wear hearing protection you're just fooling yourself, trust me it willcatch up with you. Westone plugs are inexpensive and work wonderfully, they can use different db cut filters and work really, really well. The best I have tried. They also make in-ear monitors which if you can deal with them are pretty cool.
My big gig days are pretty much behind me so I sold off my big rig but I have to say a good stack kicks butt. Yeah hauling them can be a pain in the arse but the sound dispersion and tone from eight 12" speakers is pretty righteous. I generally run a combo with a 2x12 cab these days and it definitely doesn't equal the stack no matter how you slice it. I prefer straight cabs as opposed to slants I don't like the bass response from most slant cabs.
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It sounds better with full stack because there is more speakers, and you get speakers in the height of your ears.
Try sitting on the flor playing on your half stack. The sound is better there than standing. You will have to play very loud to get the good sound. So it may be better for your hearing to play with a full stack in my opinion.
It can be smart to put a halfstack up on a crate or or box or something, who is strong enough offcourse, to get the speakers higher and get some of the fullstack effect
It sounds better with full stack because there is more speakers, and you get speakers in the height of your ears.
Try sitting on the flor playing on your half stack. The sound is better there than standing. You will have to play very loud to get the good sound. So it may be better for your hearing to play with a full stack in my opinion.
It can be smart to put a halfstack up on a crate or or box or something, who is strong enough offcourse, to get the speakers higher and get some of the fullstack effect
