mjmclane Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 I've got a 50W amp head and have typically stuck with 1 - 12" speaker in the interest of traveling light. But I play a lot of stuff very clean and I want to come through without the rig sounding strained. A fellow musician suggested that I've got plenty of umph with 50W, but one speaker just ain't gonna get it. A 50W amp can push around 2 or 4 speakers almost as easy as it can one. I don't need more volume from one speaker, I need "less" volume from more speakers. Does that make sense?
Squ Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 Yep! Speakers do make a difference. A 4x12 cab should make your amp sound awesome. Red Red Rockit
Rampdog Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Just listen to a Fender Twin... 2-12s at 100 wts. Sweet... If it ain't fun...why do it...? http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=778394&content=music
Guitarzan Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 i prefer the controlled sound of multiple speakers as opposed to one speaker being tortured by all the wattage. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will
Dr. Ellwood Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 It makes ALL the difference! my Marshall main Marshall head is 50 watts into a 4X12 cabinet and it has all the coverage you could want. I guess you are not mikeing your amp through the PA system? if you where going into the PA all you would have to worry about is how you hear yourself on stage, because the audience will hear you for sure!! http://www.thestringnetwork.com
Big Red 67 Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 Got yer answer. Welcome to the forum, if I ain't said it. Big Red's Ride Blog
BillWelcome Home Studios Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 Originally posted by mjmclane: I've got a 50W amp head and have typically stuck with 1 - 12" speaker in the interest of traveling light. .... Being heard by whom? You can't hear yourself, or you think that the audience can't hear you? Different answers for different problems. Because if you can't hear yourself, it is a speaker placement issue, and while I know of no scientific proof that creating a given sound pressure level is better using more drivers rather than fewer drivers, I have always felt that more drivers 'sounded' subjectively 'better'. But if you are going through the PA, it makes no difference at all.. in fact, it could make the FOH job tougher, and cause a lot of unneeded bleed of your instrument among stage mics, and thereby blur the image, making the guitar sound even -less- distinct, even though it is louder. Bill "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there.
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