Lead singer wants my amp behind drummer?

[AREA]

I guess your Singer/Rhythm Git. is afraid that your Basssound is to mighty. I've used my Cab(s) mostly as a Side Fill to hear myself and that my Drummer can hear me as well. No Problems with Front People so far...

 

[Dabndug]

Only ok if the singer is positioned between the bass amp and the drummer.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

The drummer should be included in the discussion I think...

 

[Spidey2112]

Did you tell him where you would like his microphone to be located?

 

[4dog]

Would love to hear the end of this...so op .."wha appened"?

 

[delta7fred]

Yes, I would ask the drummer what he wants. My guess is that he wants to hear you but would also like to hear the rest of the band as well.

If the singer can't hear his guitar then he should get his amp pointing at his head and not the backs of his legs.

(I've been playing since 1967 and only once had a drummer ask me to put my amp behind him "so he could follow me". I only played that one gig with him!)

 

[somegeezer]

Sounds like a great way to deafen the drummer.

 

[Oddly]

Did you tell him where you would like his microphone to be located?

Thanks.
That's my monitor sprayed with my morning coffee.

 

[two fingers]

I'd tell him you want his vocal monitor behind the drummer, too.

What did that drummer ever do to you?????

 

[two fingers]

Did you tell him where you would like his microphone to be located?

And there you have it....

 

[MtManiac]

I would think your amp will bleed quite a bit into the drummer’s mics - assuming he’s mic’d.

 

[Emperor Elite]

Setting up behind the drummer is a bad idea. I've never seen this set up before, and for good reason. You would likely bleed into every one of his drum mikes.

 

[socialleper]

What does the drummer think?

Right?
The bass player and the drummer should have the most say in this. Why does the singer even have input on where your equipment is? If they are having trouble hearing something, they should bring that up and the band can work on it together.

 

[el murdoque]

If the stage is big enough, this will ensure that the lead singer will hear lots of bass (given that he/she will stand in front of the drumset) while the drummer will get not as much (given that you don't really hear much of the bass amp when you're standing right in front of it.

 

[gt96g]

Tell him you won't be able to make adjustment if needed. If he resists tell him you'll put your amp there if he will.

Sorry but whatever his reasons, it really irks me when someone else tells a person what to do with their gear. Unless the gig is paying really well, do what you want.

If he insists further ask him for 3 to 500 dollars. When he asks why say to buy another cab to tie in to your system to comply with his ridiculous demand. Easentially make him put his money where his mouth is.

 

[jthisdell]

The more important issue is where everyone will stand relative to each other. It makes a difference in how you play together. In one band I stand on stage right so I can see the other members, in another I stand on stage left. Also so I can see the other players.

 

[two fingers]

(given that you don't really hear much of the bass amp when you're standing right in front of it.

Gear, and experiences, vary. But this has not been my experience.

I used to run an SVT with a fridge cab. Standing right in front of that is simply glorious. You both feel AND hear it.

I also ran a stack cross-stage for the better part of a decade. I was stage right and my rig (two 4-10 cabs) was right beside me. I could hear that for sure. And I din't have to turn up loud to get exactly what I wanted from it. But the sound did not somehow "go around" me.

These days, when I play in church, I put my rig up on a mixer stand and it almost touches my shoulder blades. Again, this is an effort to keep stage volume down. And I hear it just fine (again, as well as feel it).

Only when using small combos sitting on the floor have I ever been able to hear a little better standing a few feet out.

 

[Axstar]

Tell him you would prefer if their amp was set up in the dressing room. Unplugged.

In my limited experience, lead singers that play a wee bit of guitar 1) suck at guitar and 2) take the longest to record, set their gear up, etc... tell him to pipe down while the adults sort it out.

 

[buldog5151bass]

My amp goes next to the drummer, on a slight angle toward him (assuming no IEMS),. The idea is everyone hears everyone, and you can easily reach your amp. I think your vocalist has issues.

 

[jmlee]

I sort of did this a couple of times playing with a horn-driven jump blues band. I was playing upright and using a little Acoustic Image Contra. I tucked its matching extension speaker behind the drummer’s throne, tweeter off. Small room, no drum mics and he didn’t sing. Anyway, *he* loved it and has referred to it since as playing sitting on my toaster.