General discussion at the Wang Bar.
Mon May 24, 2010 10:39 pm
so in a bunch of pictures and videos of big bands playing live, theres always a shitload of marshall cabs in the back of the stage..
so im wondering if those are all just for show?
i mean if i had four marshall cabs directly behind me and i played an hour set on them, id be deaf..
so what gives?
Mon May 24, 2010 11:15 pm
I know a few Nirvana speaker cabinets weren't plugged in. Kind of creates a visual/psychological thing. If you tell people it's going to be loud, they'll believe it.
But yeah they probably mic one-three amps and the rest are for visual. But I wouldn't be surprised if some bands do have them all plugged in.
Mon May 24, 2010 11:16 pm
I want see someone, some day, do the whole wall of amps thing, with pignoses
Mon May 24, 2010 11:21 pm
Fake, no speakers, not plugged in, etc.
Or made of cardboard?
I read somewhere that Angus young has a single 4x12 and a plexi in an isolation box usually under the stage that's miced up to the PA. The rest is for show.
Geddy Lee has a bunch of roasting chickens...or washing machines
Mon May 24, 2010 11:23 pm
Mudfuzz wrote:I want see someone, some day, do the whole wall of amps thing, with pignoses
This is close no?
And no I have no idea who this is -- the cowboy hat means I don't want to
Mon May 24, 2010 11:28 pm
Yeah, a lot of them are fake (empty Marshall shells), and some of them are real, but not plugged in.
Tom Sholz (Boston) was well-known to play through at least 5-10 Marshall Super Lead stacks back in the days. My mother tells me to this day that Boston were the loudest band she's ever heard live (which included Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, etc.)
Mon May 24, 2010 11:30 pm
I've never seen the cardboard setup, but I've seen plenty of bands that use ghost cabinets for show.
Just cabinets with no speakers in them. The Chariot beat the crap out of their ghost cabs (and their real cabs(and everything else)).
Mon May 24, 2010 11:36 pm
foomanfat wrote:I've never seen the cardboard setup, but I've seen plenty of bands that use ghost cabinets for show.
Just cabinets with no speakers in them. The Chariot beat the crap out of their ghost cabs (and their real cabs(and everything else)).
awesome live band. the secret to playing with 60 amps on stage is having the volume set at .5
Mon May 24, 2010 11:40 pm
devnulljp wrote:Mudfuzz wrote:I want see someone, some day, do the whole wall of amps thing, with pignoses
This is close no?
And no I have no idea who this is -- the cowboy hat means I don't want to
Brad Paisely.
what amps are those?
Tue May 25, 2010 12:11 am
most bands ive seen while working backstage either had like one micd and maybe a few on just to tell everyone there on stage lol or they had like them all going like 3 full stacks
Tue May 25, 2010 12:46 am
brad paisley is an incredible guitarist.
those are probs fake dr. z's
Tue May 25, 2010 12:49 am
Wait, wouldn't there be a lot of interference with multiple amplifiers? I'd imagine there would be a shitton of cross-cancellation of asynchronous soundwaves because of amp spacing.
Tue May 25, 2010 1:27 am
Isn't the whole "wall of amps" thing sorta played out? Half the time the stage lights shine through the speaker holes and you can tell they're fake.
Know what would be WAY better? A fucking wall of strippers farting smoke.
Stripper smoke farts FTW!
Tue May 25, 2010 1:29 am
well played sir, well played
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