I can remember one band in particular…Fornikulture…we were a progressive metal band of the mid-90s…everybody wanted to be a lead…that means = lead drums, lead rhythm guitar, lead bass..blah, blah, blah…you get the point…too much of everything. I actually bought a megaphone to be heard over the band. Anyway, we spent a good portion of many practices sitting sideline to the two guitarist’s arguments about volume. See, what most guitar players never realize is that they just don't have ears on their knee caps, which is where most of the volume lands when standing next to their cabinet. Meanwhile, the rest of our ears were getting murdered by volume.

Since we were a 6 piece in room no larger than a 1 car garage, I recommended that they switch out where their cabinets were located, on opposite sides of the room…IOW, keep their amp heads near them but trade out cabs so that the throw of the speakers would be more audible to both of them. They scoffed and said no way!

Too bad for them…I showed up a couple of hours early the next practice and the keyboard player and I took the time to switch the two guitar cabinets around. When they got to practice their amps were in the same place and neither axe man noticed we had swapped out there cabs. Everyone was like “Wow, it just sounds so good tonight…we can hear everything.” We didn't make them privy to the new arrangement until after practice…hahaha…egg on their faces…but it proved a valuable point and we never switched back when in confined spaces. Sometimes you have to take things into your own hands :)

Namaste,

Brian