I play bass in a trio and we do a lot of folk & some jazz. At the restaurant we perform we use only a 12-15 year old Peavy keyboard amp with one 15" woofer & a tweeter as the PA to amplify acoustic guitar & vocals. I have no idea what kind of tweeter it is (peizo?) certainly not like a foster horn used in a bass cabinet.
The sound is delicate, & is as faithful in terms crisp & clear resolution of the guitarist's light sounding Tacoma & vocals as I have heard from any PA.
We put the Peavy behind us, and there is absolutely no feedback problem. We try not to have to mike the drummer. When we have to play moderately loud we use 2 Nitro cabs. When loud enough to have to mike the drummer we use 4 Nitros. They might be efficient & resilient, but IMO they are not as good as high fi device as the Peavy amp. We also use 3 monitors, each weighs about as much as all 4 Nitros--ridiculous. Also those monitors are beamy as Hell. I hate that system.
At least for moderate levels, it would be great to have, or even make, several cabinets with tweeters like those in the Peavy keyboard amp. It seems that 4 cabs evenly placed behind us (say, one on each side of the drummer, then one on each end of the stage) but on the same depth plain as our guitar amps, would fill up most venues (with a wider dispersion pattern thanx to being set farther back) & eliminate the need for stupid monitors that weigh more than the PA columns.
Of course, I am an audiophile (not a pro audio specialist) and I do know about comb filtering & wave canceling, dead & live spots of low frequencies. But won't two PA columns, one on each side of the stage also create some comb filtering?
OK, maybe just two of those cabinets, one on each side, but I guess it's contingent on how much punishment the tweeters can take. First I have to find out what the Hell they are.
My requirement for my PA is amplification of vocals, woodwinds, acoustic guitar, congas. No kick drum or bass guitar. I think I can get by with a few 10-12" woofers instead of 15", but I have to get those tweeters. What are they, & what's comparable.
The sound is delicate, & is as faithful in terms crisp & clear resolution of the guitarist's light sounding Tacoma & vocals as I have heard from any PA.
We put the Peavy behind us, and there is absolutely no feedback problem. We try not to have to mike the drummer. When we have to play moderately loud we use 2 Nitro cabs. When loud enough to have to mike the drummer we use 4 Nitros. They might be efficient & resilient, but IMO they are not as good as high fi device as the Peavy amp. We also use 3 monitors, each weighs about as much as all 4 Nitros--ridiculous. Also those monitors are beamy as Hell. I hate that system.
At least for moderate levels, it would be great to have, or even make, several cabinets with tweeters like those in the Peavy keyboard amp. It seems that 4 cabs evenly placed behind us (say, one on each side of the drummer, then one on each end of the stage) but on the same depth plain as our guitar amps, would fill up most venues (with a wider dispersion pattern thanx to being set farther back) & eliminate the need for stupid monitors that weigh more than the PA columns.
Of course, I am an audiophile (not a pro audio specialist) and I do know about comb filtering & wave canceling, dead & live spots of low frequencies. But won't two PA columns, one on each side of the stage also create some comb filtering?
OK, maybe just two of those cabinets, one on each side, but I guess it's contingent on how much punishment the tweeters can take. First I have to find out what the Hell they are.
My requirement for my PA is amplification of vocals, woodwinds, acoustic guitar, congas. No kick drum or bass guitar. I think I can get by with a few 10-12" woofers instead of 15", but I have to get those tweeters. What are they, & what's comparable.
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