soundiesam Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I know most of us have seen it done before but I thought everyone would love this:guitar cabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Sigh. Would that more bands would use fake cabs and not try to drown out the world with real ones! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Siddons Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I'm with Bobbsy on ths one.....when I'm mixing! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Metallica's working guitar cabs are in the dock, in flightcases full of acoustic treatment with a built in microphone. Putting lights in them is even better! http://www.earsmedia.co.uk/Riffstour1.jpghttp://www.earsmedia.co.uk/Riffs-small.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Sigh. Would that more bands would use fake cabs and not try to drown out the world with real ones! +1 If every semi-pro musician could get it into their heads that a pair of 4x12s and a Plexi with steam rising from the top in a 100 punter club is not the right answer, we'd all have a lot better sound. In my band playing days, I used a variety of 10W - 15W combos and they were more than adequate with a mic in front, and I have (just once) enforced a tiny Marshall practice amp onto a pit guitarist for a musical. Yes, one of these: http://www.antilogic.co.za/images/lifestyle/marshall-min-amp.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave SA Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I like your style Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilflet Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Metallica's working guitar cabs are in the dock, in flightcases full of acoustic treatment with a built in microphone. Putting lights in them is even better!whens this from?last metallica gig I did (death magnetic tour) whilst the real ones were under the stage the ones on stage sure as hell didnt feel fake and as it was in the round there were about 32 guitar cabs. Iv worked with bands varying between using 16 marshall cabs on a 32 foot wide stage (and complaining it wasnt as much as they usually use) and taking a DI out from a rack of pre-amps, speaker emulators, fx etc. with a guitarist on in-ear.Whilst I dont think alot of speaker/amp emulating gear is spot on I definitely prefer that end of things- but the happy medium should be guitarist gets the tone he likes at the level he can live with, any louder than that is just making our job harder unnecessarily. As for looks, you go to a metal/hard rock gig - you dont expect the set you have at a pop gig, traditionally the cabs have always been there, and now whilst not needed replacing them with set would seem a bit weird for alot of bands... unless your going to go for the Rush way of doing things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueShift Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I do projects all the time with the real amps offstage and the musicians on Stereo ears. We just add amps onstage for visual effect. They are real amps though, with a jack connected (going nowhere) and the amp switched on. I'm not sure what the scandal is though - its no different to any other kind of prop or visual effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Hope-Streeter Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Metallica's working guitar cabs are in the dock, in flightcases full of acoustic treatment with a built in microphone. Putting lights in them is even better! Those pictures are of Status Quo, not Metallica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Metallica's working guitar cabs are in the dock, in flightcases full of acoustic treatment with a built in microphone. Putting lights in them is even better!whens this from?last metallica gig I did (death magnetic tour) whilst the real ones were under the stage the ones on stage sure as hell didnt feel fake and as it was in the round there were about 32 guitar cabs. Big Mick - about 3, maybe 4 years ago - it's the tail end of a story he tells where a strange knocking thumping noise could be heard on one of the guitar channels and tracked it down to somebody sitting on the case, innocently tapping it with their feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart91 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Big Mick - about 3, maybe 4 years ago - it's the tail end of a story he tells where a strange knocking thumping noise could be heard on one of the guitar channels and tracked it down to somebody sitting on the case, innocently tapping it with their feet. In a similar vein, a band I know had a support slot on a tour. At one venue, it was decided that the best place to put the Leslie speaker for the headliner's Hammond was in their dressing room. The Hammond was only used occasionally, so every once in a while they would all jump out of their skins as the Leslie burst into life. It was rather loud in the confined space, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 ... and I have (just once) enforced a tiny Marshall practice amp onto a pit guitarist for a musical. Scarily, I have a pic! http://davidbuckley.name/pix/ickle_marshall.jpg That's all you need! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndenim Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Haha, great stuff! That pig is smaller than the mic! Hell, why not try this? http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/977stinkytinky/hottieamp_small.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Robinson Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Haha, great stuff! That pig is smaller than the mic! Hell, why not try this? http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/977stinkytinky/hottieamp_small.jpg Does that allow the guitarist to control how brown the toast is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Perhaps this is the Eddie Van Halen "brown sound"? Or just a bit of reflective soft p0rn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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