Eric Christian
Banned
Okay, it got me wondering why do companies keep making 100/120/150W amps when you can't turn them more than half way even on huge venues?
Sound reinfocement to me seems relative to the space and its contents. I saw Slayer and Rob Zombie awhile back at the biggest stadium in Portland called the Rose Garden. If they were using one 50 watt amp each it would have sounded like a transistor radio even if it was mic'd to the PA. Instead each guitarist had around 24 Marshall 4X12 cabinets driven by huge racks of Marshall heads. Same as the outdoor show I saw the year before. It was loud but I watched the entire set without plugs because it sounded so damn good. And I'm not talking about the PA either, I'm talking about the sound coming directly from the amps.
My point is of course you need high watt amps. In fact several depending on the venue. There are two smaller venues in my city called The Hawthorne and The Roseland where touring bands never bring enough amps and cabs and you can never hear the guitars over the bass and drums coming from the PA. I've seen Deicide, Behemoth, Nevermore and many many more metal bands and the guitars are always buried.