![]() It makes cool small vintage tube amps usable in gig situations. Most bands would benefit more from dialing in a great sound on stage (at a controlled and reasonable volume) and through the PA, then getting more volume from the PA - that's what it's there for. Most people play too loud as it is and sound bad becuase of it. While a "stereo" rig is essentially the same as having a "multiple mono" set up, there's a big difference between you sounding "bigger" in your area of the stage and it being annoying to the rest of the band. Heck, my standard guitar rig has an electricity issue with certain venues at least 10% of the time.įinally, the way you get a bigger sound "on stage" is to mic your amp and run it through the monitors or, go to a larger more powerful amp with more speakers (or heads and cabs) for more dispersion. But again, live would be problematic 99% of the time. In a home rig you could probably get away with plugging the outs of a chorus into two amps - the hum may be tolerable or manageable (and with luck, non-existent). There may be some exceptions where you find two amps that play nice together, or a way to plug them into two separate circuits, or just happen to get a power strip that works for both of them, but in most cases it won't work (loud, annoying ground hum). You need an A/B/Y box with the ground lift on it, or one designed specifically to run to two amps. You need a way to isolate the grounds (not with one of those plug things for the wall either - those are death). Especially in any live venue with crappy power, generator power, etc. Otto Tune asked this, but OP this is for you too: You almost always can't just take any old stereo effects pedal (Chorus, Delay, etc.) and plug it in to two different amps (or even two of the exact same amp). But live on stage, not very practical unless your situation either warrants it or is ideal for it. It could work, but it may not be worth the logistics (and you're already concerned about the amount of gear - see how this can snowball?).įor a "bedroom" or "basement" rig, again, it's fine and a fun experiment and you can get some very full and lush stereo effects and overall sound. Unless you're really able to incorporate it into what your band is doing, with your PA, it's not worth the investment IMHO. I'd use a 2nd amp as a "monitor" for them. The only way I'd use a "stereo" rig live in a non-Pro Level situation would be when there were inadequate monitors and the people on the opposite side of the stage needed to hear me better. What happens when you use a ping-pong delay or try something fancy like your direct sound in the amp behind you and the delayed notes on the opposite side of the stage? If anyone is trying to play to the sound coming from the amp on their side of the stage, it's likely to be confusing. I would be out of that band before the downbeat. Now, it might disperse your on-stage volume more, but with a properly run PA that's counter-productive.Īnd think of it this way - what if your bass player walked in and said "I'm going to use a stereo rig tonight and put a cabinet on your side of the stage so I can get a "bigger sound". That means, your little, directional speakers on-stage will not produce any real stereo effect as far as the audience is concerned. That's an additional channel on the mixing console and sometimes bands don't have enough free channels for that. ![]() If you run a stereo rig with amps/cabinets, then both will need to be mic'd for the true stereo effect. Some pros use stereo setups, but unless you're at that level, it's more of a fun experiment than it is practical.įirstly, as I keep trying to teach people here on TGP, if you're gigging, your guitar needs to be in the PA. There's a bit of a "myth" with the Stereo Guitar Rig.
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