Here is a configuration seen in use at a local music festival. The sound guy said he liked the tone of the smaller speakers on top, because they were brighter and sounded good when blended in with the larger speakers below.
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Comment by Dave Rawlings
November 11, 2008 @ 3:00 am
Nope! Not that sound guy. After playing bass since ‘69, I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out the difference between a speaker cabinet and an AMP!
Comment by David
November 11, 2008 @ 3:30 am
Ah I get it, microphonic power tubes!
He could have got a better tone out of the power-tranny if he had miked from the back. Most heads are ported in some way or other to allow this. As a sound engineer he really should know…
Sometimes I put a third mic right on my TS9, about four inches back from the LED and 30° off-axis. Really makes things cut through the mix more.
Comment by Steve Charles
November 11, 2008 @ 3:51 am
Although at first sight this may seem a stupid configuration, and the knee jerk reaction may be to not hire the ’sound guy’. The proof of the pudding is in the hearing. There may be something else happening here. I suspect this is a valve (tube) amp. I have one very similar. The valves themselves don’t give out any sound (only very little), but there could be some interesting interaction between the characteristics of the microphone used and the accoustic properties of the front grille material. Also, depending on where the amp was placed, there could also be some augmentation from accoustic reflections from walls and nearby objects.
Comment by Sterling McVay
November 12, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
I suspect what he is miking is the ‘notorius’(great movie by the way) Brown Amp sound made famous by Eddie Van Halen. Perhaps they also connected a wah-volume pedal to the Transformer to get that VROOM, VROOM sound as well. Humor, intended. Who knows? Perhaps the owner had put some of those oval car speakers in for additional highs! A friend and I, the friend really, tried out a Marshall bottom cabinet, he already had the top. We opened it up, took measurements and made a copy ‘bottom’ for him. He was a great guitarist, but his family was dirt poor, that was just reality. I doubt he was the only one ever to do this, either. I just helped him. Later he gave me the cabinet when he moved to Boca! Go figure! lol!
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