jonPhillips
Inspired
I play in a Classic Rock covers band and have recently started using the Axe-Fx to replace my old JCM800. I run the Axe directly to the PA mixing desk and use an effects loop block to take an output into a Marshall 4x12 cabinet. The effects loop block is before the cab sim in the Axe layout, so there's no cab sim going into the guitar 4x12.
I've started with two basic patches - a clean based on a Fender Twin and a distortion based on a (wait for it) JCM800. When I set up at rehearsal last night, everyone thought the sound was absolutely awesome: rich, rounded, fat and very full and there was a room full of smiley faces.
Once we started playing as a band however, the guitar just seemed buried, muddy and totally lost in the mix. EQ-ing it didn't really seem to help a great deal. I drove home last night with none of the excitement and enthusiasm I had at the start of the evening and thought it was back to the drawing board with the patches. However, before I throw the baby out with the bath water, I think I'll try some more EQ-ing at home later today and rolling off some more of the distortion. Maybe cutting the bass frequencies some more and boosting the midrange will provide the answer.
Has anyone else had a similar experience when trying out patches 'live' for the first time?
I've started with two basic patches - a clean based on a Fender Twin and a distortion based on a (wait for it) JCM800. When I set up at rehearsal last night, everyone thought the sound was absolutely awesome: rich, rounded, fat and very full and there was a room full of smiley faces.
Once we started playing as a band however, the guitar just seemed buried, muddy and totally lost in the mix. EQ-ing it didn't really seem to help a great deal. I drove home last night with none of the excitement and enthusiasm I had at the start of the evening and thought it was back to the drawing board with the patches. However, before I throw the baby out with the bath water, I think I'll try some more EQ-ing at home later today and rolling off some more of the distortion. Maybe cutting the bass frequencies some more and boosting the midrange will provide the answer.
Has anyone else had a similar experience when trying out patches 'live' for the first time?