My band has a mixer, a PA, and an amp for each guitar and bass. I figured it might be easier for both recording and live performances if we sold all of our crap and bought 2 Marshall stacks and used the extra money to get a nicer mixer, that way we could mix all of our sound through the mixer and just plug the mixer into the stacks. My questions are: are there any reasons that this would be a bad idea? Can you get a stereo/PAN sound with just two Marshall stacks? And if this is all so, then what exact cabinet model(s) do I get?
2007-07-01 15:44:01 · 3 answers · asked by jordanwj19 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Well, sound would come out - it just wouldn't be good sound. The mixer and PA speakers are designed for full range, flat eq, accurate sound. Guitar amps are taylored for guitar only. Plug a mic into your guitar amp and listen - pretty bad, right?
A better idea would be to get a simple powered mixer - plug in speakers and mics and bam - you're done. Our band uses a Carvin 880 - 500 watts for mains - 300 for 4 monitors - real simple to use - great sound. Weighs 20 pounds.
2007-07-01 17:11:44 · answer #1 · answered by PJH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go for the amplifier. My reasoning is this. If all you have is a practice amp, albeit a Fender one, you're probably not getting a great tone out of it. Sorry if I'm wrong, you may like your tone, but you can achieve a much better tone from the Marshall Stack whether it is clean or dirty. Even in an American Standard Fender or a Made in Mexico Fender, it will sound amazing. Personally, I would split the money down the middle and get a really nice stack for a grand and a nice guitar for a grand. My ESP LTD EC-1000 with a hardshell case cost a grand, and I would buy a Jet City Amplification full stack for I believe 600 or maybe 700, I forget the price, and still have 200-300 left on the side. (Just an alternative) In the end, go for the Amplifier.
2016-05-20 23:36:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's insane! The marshal stacks are designed for guitars and they add a certain amount of distortion that would be unsuitable for a PA. Guitars and bass need to have their own amps to not drown each other out... it just doesn't work that way for more reasons then it's worth going into here. If it did, people would do that, but they don't do that because it doesn't work.
So...No, that won't work.
2007-07-01 15:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by dddbbb 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋