Topic: Proper positioning of amplifier.
In front of vocalist/guitar player or in rear of stage. Explain best location to help eliminate feed back, distortion,squeal.
In situations where there is no house system. can any one help. thanks
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Re: Proper positioning of amplifier.
I used to put it stage left and stand stage right, angling it ever so slightly toward me. You don't want it in front of the singer. Your ability to monitor sound will suck.
Best way to eliminate feedback is to turn it down. 
Re: Proper positioning of amplifier.
Baldguitardude wrote:
I used to put it stage left and stand stage right, angling it ever so slightly toward me. You don't want it in front of the singer. Your ability to monitor sound will suck.
Best way to eliminate feedback is to turn it down.
Agreed, main thing is to make sure that that none of the mics are pointing directly at it....if you are dealing with a sound system, then mic your amp into the system and have sound person set you up in the monitors. He or she will know how to control feedback problems...
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Behind me and to the right angled slightly to the drummer ,usually just loud enough for us both to hear a bit more than the stage monitors give .So when we finish Nik gets a clear signal when to start the finish sequence of each song as we often improvise sections or add more verses as required .If I require any feed back then I just step up to the amp and bring the guitar near to the the speaker . We are lucky as we have a very good PA and a really good sound engineer who always gives us a good front of house hound with out it being too loud ,Having said that the bar at Irapetra 2 weeks ago did get fined by the local authority's when we played for noise but he didnt care cos it was a full house .
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i dont really suffer with feed-back any more, maybe it's because i play a lot quieter now. i put it down to using my Boss ME50. i turn that up to 3/4 vol then turn the amp vol down. the boss gives me the extra vol i need when soloing. you can also put it down to screening the guitar pick-ups properly and using good quality guitar leads.
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For 20 years I leaned my Fender Twin Reverb amp back via the two chrome legs so the sound hit me in the back of my head. This was the only way to hear all the higher frequencies as well as be able to tell what that amp on 4+ volume was doing to my poor audience.
My hearing is now damaged to the point where I have difficulty tuning my E and A strings. Thank goodness for electronic tuners.
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Re: Proper positioning of amplifier.
Anywhere away from the mic. That's where I place it.
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Close to the drummer. Then make sure everybody else is louder. (lead, bass and vocals ). Close enough for me to hear myself also.
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