I.. Can't.. Hear!!! >.<

[Wolfpackleader6]

Ok, so I play in a band at my school. We have a drummer, 2 guitarists and a singer, all of whitch are pretty loud. When I stand in front of my amp and play (I stand in between them all, drummers and guittarists on either side with the singer in front during practises) I cannot hear myself! I can bairly feel or hear the bass, so I turn up, to no avail. Meanwhile, out in the audience, they can all hear the bass VERY clearly, and its blaringly too loud. How do I solve my problem?

[KsToaDangr]

get the guitarists to turn down, or angle their amps up towards their ears instead of their knees, which will normally make them want to turn down.

[Never_grew_up]

1 -Don't stand right in front of your amp. Unless you have an 810 or some other setup that puts speakers aound chest high you're basically blasting your calves with bass. Since you don't have ears behind your knees you aren't hearing anything. Move forward
from your amp 4 - 6' so some sound actually hits you at ear level.
2 - (Actually sort of a variation on 1) If you don't have the space to get out in front of your amp a few feet, tilt the cabinet up. If it has casters, take the back 2 off. If it doesn't, put a scrap or 2 of 2x4 under the front edge to tilt it up towards your face.
3 - (Actually a variation on 2) Get a kickback combo so you don't have to carry 2x4 scraps with you to a gig.
4 - I built a 3' x 6' platform out of 3/4" plywood and 2x4's laid flat. I put my amp/cab on 1 end and I stand on the the other. Works great when we rehearse in the basement on a concrete floor.
5 - (A variation on 4) Get one of these:
http://www.thebuttkicker.com/musicia...ts/bkp_kit.htm
I played with this at a trade show and it's why I built my platform for rehearsal.

[WayneP]

If you’re still using that Behringer amp listed in your profile you could use some headphones, pushed back from your ears far enough to hear the other instruments. I can’t tell if the amp has a separate volume control for the headphones or not; that would be essential to letting you adjust the headphones separately from the amp’s volume. If it doesn’t you could add something like a Rolls headphone amp, connected to your rear panel line output.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt


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