[Harp-L] Re: Playing thru the PA , question

["Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim;
       So now the guitar player can hear himself; but can anyone else
hear him? If you get your own monitor, and you can hear yourself, does
that mean anyone out front can hear you? I take it this is a Christian
church praising the Lord; or is it rooting for the other team? (that's a
joke, by the way)
       Personally, I get the 'hell' (haha!) out of situations like
these.
       I'd suggest the band try applying some Christian principles to
the music.
RD

>>> Jim McBride <jpmcbride@xxxxxxxxx> 26/09/2007 12:41 >>>
Perfect timing on this topic. I play at a church with a large band
about once a month. The band configuration changes everytime but is
typically 1 electric guitar, 1-2 acoustic guitars, bass, drums,
keyboard, lead singer, and backup singers (2-3typical, up to about 8
maximum). Its a very large auditorium and the system is pretty loud. I
play straight into a vocal mic. I always bring my own mic (Fireball V,
or a Peavey vocal mic). The problem is that I have a really hard time
hearing myself. They have several monitors but with so many instruments,
there is just too much in the monitors to hear myself. I work with the
sound guy but when the band is cranking I just can't hear the harp.
   
  I noticed the guitar player last week brought his own monitor. His
setup was an effects processor and some pedals which he ran into what
was basically a small self-contained PA. It was shaped like a smaller PA
speaker (maybe a 10" speaker and a horn) with a built in amplifier and
inputs, and an XLR line out to run to the board. What a great idea! He
sets this right in front of him, plugs in, and he can hear himself and
has a balanced XLR to send to the board. No sound guy to argue with
about the monitor level, and no one else in his personal monitor.
   
  Has anyone used something like this or can recommend something like
this? Or perhaps another idea entirely.
   
  By the way, I'm not going to use a harp (guitar) amp. I have a
Harpgear Double Trouble but it has too much crunch to be appropriate for
this kind of music. I also have a 35W Ibanez acoustic amp with a mic
input and unbalanced line out which I use at small gigs. It won't work
for this application because it has no tone adjustments on the mic
input, has too much high freq, and therefore it tends to feedback when
turned up loud. 
   
  Thanks,
  Jim McBride
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

       
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