General Music Chat

Not necessarily. I'm going to try something today.I have an area that I have overlooked for a quarter century (almost). There is a space between the house and a side shed that has acoustic properties. I have a really good am, but I have another amp from Wall-Mart (about $30) that may give me large sound in this space. A close order sound re feed. Not exactly an echo. !5 feet. close enough for real time backfeed. Wil it work? I am going to buy another amp I found at a pawn shop for $15. Play in stereo if this test comes alive. Let you know, if anyone is interested.

Are you setting up for recording? It all comes down to mic placement not size or wattage of the amp. If you are in a live setting, playing rock and roll with a hard-hitting drummer, you may need 60W to 100W for practicing.

Crunch.

Not sure if you are referring to a guitar specific amplifier or a general amplifier.
Interesting seeking out existing areas of some sonic property to work with.
A similar pursuit as a photographer looks at light and backgrounds ?

There is an area off Main in Kilgore, where an old brick structure burned and was partially demolished where it stood between a line of other similar buildings.
Very typical of old "downtown" in most cities in the south.

It has appealed to me, due to the remnant of the old structure, and despite the concrete / brick, that it would serve very well as an amphitheater of sorts.
Unfortunately marked prominently with no trespass signage, I have been tempted to go to City Hall and seek out the ownership for permission to utilize the area to play. Due to its structure and the presence of a "wall" of buildings also across the street. I believe that with minimal amplification a really good sound with natural reverb could be obtained.

Motion

Yeah - I practice with another electric guitarist and use my G-Dec prac amp which is 15 watt. Does ok. Bring in the drummer and the rules change. Then it's the big stuff.

George I think, uses small stuff and runs it all through the PA. Not a bad idea for a steady band. Assuming it works ok which I think would be subjective and depend a lot on the quality of the PA.

Talbot

Crunch.

Not sure if you are referring to a guitar specific amplifier or a general amplifier.
Interesting seeking out existing areas of some sonic property to work with.
A similar pursuit as a photographer looks at light and backgrounds ?

There is an area off Main in Kilgore, where an old brick structure burned and was partially demolished where it stood between a line of other similar buildings.
Very typical of old "downtown" in most cities in the south.

It has appealed to me, due to the remnant of the old structure, and despite the concrete / brick, that it would serve very well as an amphitheater of sorts.
Unfortunately marked prominently with no trespass signage, I have been tempted to go to City Hall and seek out the ownership for permission to utilize the area to play. Due to its structure and the presence of a "wall" of buildings also across the street. I believe that with minimal amplification a really good sound with natural reverb could be obtained.

ExZactly! Only you are on a level I had not yet dreamed (with the exception of renting a very large empty indoor space, like a warehouse- then get very loud with my 200 watt and anyone wanting to join me.

Motion

Yeah - I practice with another electric guitarist and use my G-Dec prac amp which is 15 watt. Does ok. Bring in the drummer and the rules change. Then it's the big stuff.

George I think, uses small stuff and runs it all through the PA. Not a bad idea for a steady band. Assuming it works ok which I think would be subjective and depend a lot on the quality of the PA.

Talbot

George's got the best in the business- Carvin. What partsof those buildings haven't came down yet- Noisy Kung Fu could demolish in a show! It'd make a great video.

This weekend I was watching that CBS morning News show and they ah a segment on My Morning Jacket - dudes were from farm country and used a old Silo as a reverb tank .... pretty creative band and idea

We've done several shows in the past with ambient reverb. One was a street fair and across the narrow street was a row of buildings with huge windows. We didn't need monitors. Another was at a bar with all hardwood and a couple of huge speakers mounted on the wall which we were NOT using. Between sets several people told us to "turn down" those speakers, our sound was bouncing off the speaker cones. I prefer to play places with lots of sound absorbing material, carpeting, accoustical ceiling tiles. I'm NOT a reverb fan, at all really. My ears can't take it, almost literally at this point. I like the punchy sound of little or no reverb.