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> "fauxstout" wrote:
>> Nowadays having an amp above 30 watts is mostly a waste, unless you
>> have a big soundproofed iso-booth. even on stage i never could turn my
>> Pro Reverb (i think its about 30 watts) above 3 or 4 because of the PA
>> mic'in and  the tubes dont REALLY start to cook until 5 or more.
> 
> Yeah, people still think they need 200 watts for a gig. I try to explain
> it to my students but they don't listen...In one ear and out the other. They
> see their favorite guitarist from Disturbed using a couple of stacks and are
> convinced this is the only way to go:-)) I love when they get huge amps and
> only can play them barely on one. They ask why their tone isn't very
> good:-))
> 
> --litepipe

now here's a conversation I can jump into. You are so right. I play at a
small club every week and they asked me what amp to get for the backline and
I told them an older 70's fender deluxe. They got this new Deluxe which is
way louder than an old deluxe, the one with the silver top and a distortion
channel. I can't play through it unless I put the volume on 1.5. No tone
whatsoever.

I started bringing my silvertone head that used to be in the 2x12 cab and
plugging it into the deluxe's speaker. Much better. You can crank without
being loud. Sometimes I even use a Magnatone custom 410 which is about 15
watts of class A. Great tone and the perfect volume for a gig where there's
a PA in small room.

The other thing about this is I see a lot of dudes and dudesses with their
amps on the floor. Anyone who does this always plays too loud and bright
because they aren't hearing any hi end or tone from the amp as it's pointing
at their calves. I always put my amp on a chair behind me. Better for
controlled feedback too... I saw a great band tonight and lo and behold the
guy had his amp pointing at his shins and he was 5xs louder than anyone else
in the band and the sound guy had him turned off on the board. It ruined the
gig.

Teddy