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You wake up tomorrow & you're playing a stadium tour - describe your dream rig!!

#181
JimmyM said:
True, bands can get away without stage rigs these days. Personally, I can't think of anything less inspiring than having to hear myself through IEM's or stage monitors.
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True, but on bigger stages the IEMs allow me to travel away from the sweet spot by my rig and monitor and still have a pretty good representation of my sound. My guitarist's monitor mix is very different from mine with way less bass. Playing over by him without the IEM and not being able to hear myself is difficult and horribly uninspiring.
 
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#182
Sufenta said:
True, but on bigger stages the IEMs allow me to travel away from the sweet spot by my rig and monitor and still have a pretty good representation of my sound. My guitarist's monitor mix is very different from mine with way less bass. Playing over by him without the IEM and not being able to hear myself is difficult and horribly uninspiring.
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Fair enough.
 
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#184
That's my take also. I'm about 4 feet to the left of the lead guitarist, whose monitor is mainly mids. If I moved anywhere using other floor monitors I lose me. I'm now using IEM and can hear me just fine. Not just in loudness but I can tell if my notes are correct, even on the low B. It's taking a while to get used to the IEM but so far it's working for my good. FOH guy says the overall levels are much better with my rig not getting into the room by itself. Which is how I've played for 50 years. Guess those days are slowly dying. Jimmy I'm like you in that I like being in front of a cab that can shake my britches. But I'll do what works for the total package. Just takes time to get used to it. But back to the OP question: three GK 4x12 Neo cabs, two GK 550 fusion amps, and one GK 2100 RB Backline amp. Those should shake some britches.
 
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Obligatory photo of stadium rig:

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#190
I'll play,
2 custom 4 string JB's with delano soapbars and matching headstock (black), one maple one rosewood.
I'm cool with my pedalboard, I'd just add an axe fx (insert latest model name here) and a eventide whatever rack unit.
Any amp thats capable of running 2 810's.
A really really good techie.
 
#191
Yeah, I'll bite. Two, Spector classic bolt-on 5 strings, and two 4 strings. All strung with solid nickel B and or ,E, and A strings, and stainless or cobalt D and G strings. Two Ashdown ABM 1000 heads, and 2 Ashdown ABM 810's. One rig for clean tones, the other slightly overdriven. An A/b box with blend control and a Shure wireless.
 
#192
This is easy. Full use of the headliners rig as if I was in their band. And the option of taking it with me when I leave. Also the full use of the headliners groupies as if I was... But, probably not...
 
#195
I've done a few big gigs way back when and the amps were SVT double stack 810s. That was tone heaven. There's something very comforting about feeling the bass from your amp in your shoulders and feet at the same time. And the tone is incredible. Talk about buttery! :D

Right now my favorite cab sound is coming from AudioKineses so I'd like 8 x Hathor 1855 cabs double stacked, 4 x on each side of the stage. Eight 500-1,000 watt Class D heads, something like Gallien Kruegers, Mesa Boogies, or Peaveys. All those heads right now are getting great reviews. All heads running all stacks. Four heads would be backups sitting on top of the first four. In a stadium I would try the larger tube amps from those companies if they were offered.

A few Ibanez SR1200EX's, two in dark wood and black hardware, and the other one custom finished in gloss black with all black hardware.

Along with wireless I would like a couple bass wedge cabs in front for when I wander away from my designated spot.
Then add IEM's just in case, not too loud so I can still get amp bleed from behind me.

I would want a rack of bottled ice cold club soda mixed with Rose's lime juice next to my part of the stage, I get thirsty a lot. Then in the back room a banquet of breakfast items. Like eggs, hash browns, sausage, ham, bacon, pancakes and waffles. Wow what a dream I'm having here! LOL :laugh:
 
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Not to get too dragged into the weeds on the exact brands of old amps and empty speaker cabinets are, etc.... Most of that was shared in jest -- especially for JimmyM!

The serious point is for a stadium, it's likely the amplification gear you use on stage will have little to do with what the audience hears. DI goes into the FOH channel / amps and into the giant arrays of subwoofers and speakers. OK, maybe you mic the cab, too, for some of that "personal tone?" Check. In these cases, my mighty "stadium rig" of TecAmp Puma 900 (for the DI) and Greenboy Audio Crazy8 (for the cab micing) is enough to do the trick! Of course, I don't play stadiums so I what would I know? :cool:

P.S. If I did play stadiums, I would be sure to have my roadie carry that plastic step stool to support my rig!

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