Jon Boyes -> RE: aphex alpha (Jun. 9 2004 8:34:29)
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ORIGINAL: Miguel de Maria Yeah, Jon, these things sure are considerations. It seems that at least 90% of my work is small, quiet venues. Yeah, it would be fine for that, no question, but I thought you wanted to get seriously into doing weddings? I do a lot of these, and few are what I would describe as quiet and small. Playing during the ceremony when everyone is quiet is one thing (I actually just use a loud classical guitar for this - no amplification at all), but if you play background music during the wedding breakfast (thats what we call the big meal over here), you might have a huge hotel room of 100 or so guests, talking and laughing loudly, especially when the wine starts to flow. I can't see how a 40watt combo would cut it, especialy if you are not mounting it on a stand as you say. I always have my speakers up on poles for big occasions, it gives a good spread. quote:
My current amp has 250 watts but I'm not sure these are all "guitar watts." doesn't it seem that guitar amps are much louder than PA amps of the same power? And when do you use 400 watts? That's a lot of power. Maybe outside for 500 people I could see. Well I was never very good at physics, but we're back on the law of dimishing returns, I think. 400watts is not twice as loud as 200watts, or ten times as loud as your 40w AER, but it will give more headroom, and thats the important thing. I only use that 400W rig for a few of my gigs (maybe once every two months) -these are big noisy places where people are doing lots of drinking. I have tried my 150watt Passport in these places and I would not use it again. I get a much better sound running my Yamaha 400Watt rig on number 3, than I do running the Passport at 7 or 8. The furher you go up the dial with any system, the less clear the sound gets, so its all about headroom as I said. Jon
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