i need advice for a pa system

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my band has been useing a small 10 watt guitar amp but its hard to hear and i was wondering what should we get i was thinking a piano amp
 
are you kidding?? in training to be a comedian??? pushing the limits to see how many dumb questions you can get on the board

what, because you certainly can't be serious

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a 10watt amp, a piano amp, BUY A SMALL PA

yeesh man get real
 
sounds like you are in budget oriented situation. If this is for rehearsal which I am assuming this is as if I ever saw a band using that as a P.A. live I would question my own
existance. I would reccomend getting the best powered 12" two way speaker you can afford and use that for vocals only.
 
Yo Marshall! I have good news and bad news. Good news- any PA you get is better than what you got right now. Bad news- Rock N' Roll gear costs money, quite a bit of it. I like the suggestion above about using powered speaker enclosures. I like Eon, they usually don't blow up-usually. Look for used Peaveys or whatever. A bigass acoustic amp, 200 Watts or more can be a good start, because it'll be useful later, when you have a real PA. I like SWR California Blonde for that. It already has a mic input, and some balls.
When it comes to a PA, there's only a few basic arrangements with countless variations. This is a partial list:

1. Unpowered mixer > Power Amp (s) > speaker cabs
> monitors

2. Powered mixer > speaker cab(s)
> monitors
Some of these are sold as kits, sometimes with mics and stands. Hell, I sold the 2 Fender mics (I think they were re-badged AKG) that came with my Fender PD250 Passport on ebay for $90! There's $90 off on a small PA. It's a portable PA which works for a solo act, and barely has the balls to do vocals with a small band.

3. Individual customized arrays- (Beaucoup bucks) as in BOSE's revolutionary
personal amplification system. This is weird and expensive. I can tell you, 10 of these rock, and should, at $2,000 or so apiece, with the subwoofer. I think it will be a marketing flop because the people who need it (Marshall) can't afford it, and the people who could use it (club owners) won't take a chance on it.

4. Individual mic'd amps/direct boxes > digital mixer from Hell > computer from Hell > PA from Hell - also out of the price range currently under discussion.

My advice is to start with small good quality powered enclosures or a small PA- check Fender, Carvin. They will be useful as monitors later, when you upgrade, and will still be good for small gigs. I would steer you away from the Kustom. It's cheap for a reason. Make sure you have the cabability to add at least one monitor later, 2 would be better. Hope some of this helps.-Richie
 
lmao ok we never played live and pretty much all its been used for is trying to get mty drumer to quit playing when im trying to tell him somethin and yea im kinda on a budget only like 200-300 for a pa system oh yea and it was a kustom to lol -- just need some thin to hear us over guitar and drums in a small room and a band in my school they use 10watt ibanz bass amps and i can hear them real good i tryed it and it didnt work i think it might be because of the small room we play in they were out side
 
If you are just trying to get the drummer's attention, have you considered a megaphone? Even cheaper would be a police whistle. Try an Acme Thunderer - a blast on that and even the most self-absorbed drummer will stop playing.

But almost anything could work - a gong, a siren, an air horn...
 
I'm reasonably certain you're not serious, but a small mixer and a couple of keyboard amps are effective cheap PA's. I've worked with less.
 
essentially you need a mic preamp, power amp, and speaker. do you have anything now that will cover any of those duties?
 
littledog said:
If you are just trying to get the drummer's attention, have you considered a megaphone? Even cheaper would be a police whistle. Try an Acme Thunderer - a blast on that and even the most self-absorbed drummer will stop playing.

But almost anything could work - a gong, a siren, an air horn...
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Or for free he could kick him in the nuts. That would get his attention
 
just do what i do. give a david lee roth like kick to his toms. :D he'll either give you a shitty look or punch you in the face. as long as he shuts up though....
 
do a google search for jbl eons. the 10" version sounds the best imo. you can keep adding them making a bigger pa system. you can plug a mic directly in to them..
 
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