That's pretty funny. When I saw the Peavey rig I thought, "Man, I wouldn't be happy" then I saw the Kustom 315 rig and laughed because that would be a way to make it even worse.
I would have been quite happy with that Peavey rig. I like those old Peaveys.
I've never understood guitarists using such powerful amps, especially those who feel they need to crank them to get "the tone". Unless you're playing a stadium without PA support, a 40-ish watt 1x12 combo will be loud enough to make anyone's ears bleed.
Thankfully my current guitarist doesn't go for anything larger than a Hotrod Deluxe.
To some extent it's true, but it also depends on the genre. I just think if the bass is limited to a single 4x10, it's weird to use two 100 watt combos for guitar.
My folk/rock band I'm usually playing through my 1x15 cab, as the guitarist is usually playing through a small, single speaker, <30W combo. Works fine, except that the sound is going past my knees. I prefer when he uses a bigger amp, because then I get to use my giant 2x15.
In my main doom metal band, each guitarist is going through a half stack, though none of the amps are over 50W. I'm going through my 180W tube head and my giant 2x15. Appropriate rigs for appropriate contexts.
They were there. I'll give him credit...Jon didn't yell at him and he wasn't any louder than he normally is, but still, that's just asking for it.
Yeah, it just seems silly to me when the bass rig is relatively small.
I wouldn't expect to... but many guys who play locally or regionally also see provided backline. There's never a good excuse to roll those dice when you can still bring your own gear, even if it's just to leave it sitting back stage or in the car.
Our keyboard player runs afoul of this all the time. If he can avoid bringing an amp he will. If they have a PA he figures there will be monitors, or if its a multi-band that he can 'borrow' for the set. And it bites him in the ass more often than it works out. Then he spends all night not hearing himself through a terrible monitor mix, or a horrible amp while his could have easily fit in the car and is also in town. He doesn't have a huge rig. He uses my old Schroeder 1212 and one of my backup amps (LMII, old PA head or Hartke 3500). Its not that much to cart or carry.
I smile and nod the whole time he complains about not being able to hear himself on stage.
My doom metal band's keyboardist/third guitarist has just gotten used to being able to play his parts without actually being able to hear them very well, as we almost never play places with decent monitors, or monitors at all.
A bass amp needs to be loud enough that the bass player is comfortable on stage with the volume it provides, whatever that may be.
+1
And it'll be different for different gigs.
+1
And how much that needs,to be can vary quite a lot depending on the stage, venue, and monitor situation (which usually doesn't favor us bass players).
Indeed not. Bass through monitors, in my experience, usually either sounds bad, or is nearly inaudible, or both.
My worst story related with backline was with my accoustic band. We have a pretty good name locally and we were playing a well know venue. The place isn't huge, so, we only bring PA for vocals and the rest uses amps supplied by the venue. Guitarists get nice fishman amps and I had no bass amp to be seen. The owner tells me to use the one in the corner: a Fender Reverb guitar amp of some sort. Oh well... at least I made some sound
Play through it and blow the speakers?
I can count on one hand the times I've had "real monitors", and I've been playing in some form or fashion for almost 30 years.
Yep. I almost never have them. I tend to assume there won't be any, every show.
And that's WITH me using an amp that's a bit bigger than a 110.
