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Post by tommyboy67 on Apr 24, 2019 16:03:15 GMT
I’m using my resonator for a few songs at a gig on Saturday. I’ll need to plug it through my amp ( fender 68 deluxe) it has a passive pickup
So I use a wee preamp into the amp. Any tips on getting a decent sound out of it. I know it’s a difficult question if your not there to hear it. Has anyone got some advice about setting your treble , bass and mid. Cheers
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Post by creolian on Apr 24, 2019 16:32:40 GMT
From a sound guy perspective... some thoughts. A guitar will sound much different to an audience so if you can have someone play your guitar to you and keep that in mind when twisting knobs, all the better. Your audience is there to dig your playing and wont usually notice anything other than really rotten sound. Ive sat in a couple songs spontaneously and due to phase cancellation wasnt able to hear a note I played no matter what. It was terrifying but at least I was told I done good and nobody walked out or put cigs in their ears. imo, a sound check with you both in the audience and on stage is the optimal way to please both yourself and thems that listen... this stuff may be obvious, and I apologize if it does. Ive seen way too many artists have a bad time with their sound because of insecurity in not knowing that what they were hearing was what the audience was hearing. In the 15 years or so I worked in music and sound I did primarily monitor mixes... its not a good feeling to have Poppa Funk glaring unhappily in your direction...
As a minimalist, I usually start with everything neutral, adjusting bass, then treble, then mids using as little knob as possible. I also keep in mind room acoustics and the fact that an audience as it fills will absorb primarily bass. Being kind of deaf or at least aware that my high frequency hearing is going south, I intentionally turn down the sizzle a bit. I had a silverface twin and imo, with most fender amps it gets too jangly fast with the t knob turned up too far...all subjective, ymmv.
In New Orleans, after the first set you can pretty much do what you want... its a loaded question and if the audience is loaded, turn up the smiles 😃
Thats all I got... have fun !
J
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Post by jono1uk on Apr 24, 2019 16:41:00 GMT
Snakehips gigs regularly.. hopefully Richard will give some advise .. And Michael of course.
Jon
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Post by snakehips on Apr 24, 2019 20:46:31 GMT
Hi there ! What sort of pickup do you have ? You say it’s passive - but is it a magnetic pickup, or a piezo/bug type pickup ? What sort of sound are you after ? (Electric or acoustic resonator ?) Unless you are after a much more electric guitar sound, I would suggest NOT using your electric-guitar amp. Surely there will be a PA system at the gig ??? Plug your guitar, via your preamp, into a channel of the PA system. I’d expect you will need to turn down the treble a fair bit, unless your pickup is magnetic. I highly recommend the Acoustic Preamp DI box by Orchid Electronics. You don’t need batteries as it gets powered by Phantom Power from the XLR input of the PA system. Plus, it has a very handy Mute switch, for during changing instruments etc. I use mine with Highlander pickups in my Nationals, instead of using Highlander’s own internal preamp and external battery box. See the link below : orchid-electronics.co.uk/acoustic.htm |
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