Need Some Advice, Power Amplifier and Speakers |
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Need Some Advice, Power Amplifier and Speakers |
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Jun 8 2015, 02:29 AM |
Now that I'm actually doing it and playing regularly in a band setting I'm finding trouble with Volume. My amp is not 100% and not reliable for a show. So I need a new one. Also now that I'm singing my voice which goes through my 4x12 & 4x10 cabs are breaking up and killing the guitar tone. I have to scream into the mic when everybody is playing with energy. So a PA sounds like a good choice and I could mix some of the bass and some of my guitar through it too.
Since I have a pedal board for tone couldn't I just have say MACKIE 2600 Watt Power Amp + 4 Spc SKB Wheel Case $350 http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/msg/5051270871.html And it power my 4x12 cab and a sub and 2 loudspeakers? My band mates are going to pitch in and I'd like to get the most out of this. I'm also selling 16 pieces of gear. http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/msg/5062748689.html |
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Jun 8 2015, 04:48 PM |
Hi mate, that's a great idea. I think that having a PA is great for musicians, however, in the long term you'll need a guitar amp again since it's better the tone that you'll get from it. However, mixing guitar and voice on a guitar amp is not a good idea, that's why the PA option sounds good to me...
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Jun 9 2015, 12:24 AM |
EGAD? Are you saying you are running your vocals through your guitar cabs? If so, stop They are NOT designed for that at all. It's time for a PA However, it looks like you have picked a 2 channel pa amp? Just to break things down you need to power
2 guitar cabs 2 pa cabs 2 subs? Is that right? If so, you need a 6 channel amp to be honest. You could run your PA cabs and subs on just 2 channels if you run crossovers on your subs and go AMP>SUBS>PA cabs. Of course you could run your pedal board (assuming you have some sort of amp sim in your board like a line 6 pod or something, cause if it's just pedals it will sound sorta awful and terrible. ) and SKIP the guitar cabs entirely. They are for guitar, not vocals So if you go this route, you could us that mackie amp but you need a MIXER of some kind no matter what. You feed all your signals in to separate channels on a mixer. You shouldnt just run everything in to your power amp Gives you zero control over levels and such. Can you shoot a quick cell phone pic of your setup? Ideally you should have your own amp for your rig separate from the house rig. However, if this is just not gonna work for you, then you need a multi channel amp. P.S. you are using a mixing board of some kind I assume? Now that I'm actually doing it and playing regularly in a band setting I'm finding trouble with Volume. My amp is not 100% and not reliable for a show. So I need a new one. Also now that I'm singing my voice which goes through my 4x12 & 4x10 cabs are breaking up and killing the guitar tone. I have to scream into the mic when everybody is playing with energy. So a PA sounds like a good choice and I could mix some of the bass and some of my guitar through it too.
Since I have a pedal board for tone couldn't I just have say MACKIE 2600 Watt Power Amp + 4 Spc SKB Wheel Case $350 http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/msg/5051270871.html And it power my 4x12 cab and a sub and 2 loudspeakers? My band mates are going to pitch in and I'd like to get the most out of this. I'm also selling 16 pieces of gear. http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/msg/5062748689.html |
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