DonovanB wrote
well I tell the sound engineer that my amp is his problem. he must set it if he isn't happy with it.
Of course that backfires when your sound guy is Niel Snyman and he says drop the 315k on your amp, and you only have Bass, Middle and Treble.
It would seriously backfire if you were trying to drop 315K.......Not even dogs can hear that........Sorry couldn't resist the dig.
One thing about having sound engineers playing with you tone is that you need to be able to trust him in that he knows what he is doing on your amp.
One simple rule is that Less is always more.....In other words let the guitarist set up his own tone and then compensate at the desk. for example the amp might be set quite dark i.e very bassy.....compensate by cutting below about 200hz or dropping the bass on the desk. One could also move the mic away from the amp to reduce proximity etc. For a more trebly arrangement one would cut the upper mids etc.
I generally tend to do a slight mid cut at about 2k on the desk and boost a bit of tops to pull the guitar through the mix more. But then that's just me.
