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What's your volume dial setting?

It depends on whether I'm in my practice room or on stage, then how big the room is where the stage is. Maybe at 8 o'clock in the practice room and 11 or noon on stage for my B|Amp. That's with the gain at noon or so. I have no idea how you can gain any useful knowledge from this, though. There are so many variables that none of this necessarily pertains to your amp/cab/bass/stage/room/genre/etc./etc./etc.
 
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This is not supposed to by scientific at all. I'm just asking out of pure curiousness, what amp you have and what is your CLEAN gigging volume dial position? And at what point does it run out of steam. Assuming the gain is set right (before clipping).
And this is not linked to any other questions I've asked before. Like I say not scientific just out of geeky curiosity.

I know some amps can sound loud soon as you touch the volume, then run out of steam getting past half way. I've had amps that there volume pot need to be cranked but the volume has been very linear.
But most amps volume pots seem to be loud from 10 o'clock - 2 o'clock before they run out of steam to me.
Clean? I have no idea. I never play clean.
 
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