What watt bass amp for a 20 watt tube guitar amp?

[LazerBeakShiek]

"What volume do you guys play at?"..."About 1/2 way"
Oh for FS!

Hhahaha

*snickers all the way, while collecting the trash cans*

 

[Papanate]

Plexiglass* can shatter and is a bugger to cut and drill. Look at the price for polycarbonate.
*AKA Perspex.

Well I guess I didn’t know - are all the drums shields Acryllic? AFAIK Everyone calls these plexiglass.

 

[RFR]

I do agree with the notion that volume just has to be enough to get over the drums.

Bingo!

 

[LazerBeakShiek]

Since the live set up is almost this anyways, how about everybody having their own PA with PA speakers?(not just a vocal PA and a keyboard PA) That way we all have a 15" and a horn.. with lots of watts.

 

[ecc83]

Well I guess I didn’t know - are all the drums shields Acryllic? AFAIK Everyone calls these plexiglass.

No idea what they use but plexiglass is a brand name for acrylic, we know it as perspex. Polycarbonate does not seem as expensive as I expected. The materials cost would probably be 100 to $200?

Personally I would surround drummers in 3/4 ply with a roof and give them a 12 by 6 inch port to look out from!
Loud lead gitists? Just bus them to the next town.

Dave

Since the live set up is almost this anyways, how about everybody having their own PA with PA speakers?(not just a vocal PA and a keyboard PA) That way we all have a 15" and a horn.. with lots of watts.

Apologies if tongue was in beak but you cannot "amplify" yourself out of this problem. As I said before, the SPL limit is set by how much level the singer(s) can put into the room before acoustic feedback hits you.
Yes the singer can suck the mic grill and gain several dBs but the bass boost means you then have to EQ the **** out of the signal (most bands didn't. See the pubs part) You can pull the "out of phase pair" stunt with two mics taped together to make a noise cancelling system but that effs up the sound quality mightily and you STILL only get another 6dB or so of level.
But, let sanity intrude please! IF you have to resort to these tricks the band must be generating well over 100dB SPL and that is no good to anybody. I am well deaf, NOT due to loud noises, just genes but believe me it is a bastard nuisance socially and in every day life. Phones are 'king trial. Protect your hearing at all costs.

Dave.

 

[Old Music Guy]

I do agree with the notion that volume just has to be enough to get over the drums.

True story: I was playing drums with some friends in a small basement. The drums had some pretty large gobos in front of them to accommodate the previous drummer. About half way through the afternoon the bass player told me "PLAY LOUDER".
We have not spoken since.
People don't "listen" when they play. They get in their own little headspace and don't realize it's a GROUP