For you guys who are using the standard guitar approach of using 4x12 cabs....and not FRFR....
How many of you still mic the cab?
Who now uses the direct out of the Axe and just uses the cab for their own monitoring? (with no mic)
Do you find that sound guys think it's weird that you want to go direct out rather than mic'ing a cab traditionally? I remember that one band who opened for my band about a year ago insisted on going direct out from his rig and the sound guy tried to argue with him saying that a mic on his cab would sound better. As if the sound guy knew what his rig would sound like direct out...right. Anyway, after much arguing, they went direct out and it sounded pretty extremely good to me (I wasn't expecting it to, however this is before I knew anything about modeling and what's it's truly capable of). He wasn't using an Axe-FX btw.
How many of you still mic the cab?
Who now uses the direct out of the Axe and just uses the cab for their own monitoring? (with no mic)
Do you find that sound guys think it's weird that you want to go direct out rather than mic'ing a cab traditionally? I remember that one band who opened for my band about a year ago insisted on going direct out from his rig and the sound guy tried to argue with him saying that a mic on his cab would sound better. As if the sound guy knew what his rig would sound like direct out...right. Anyway, after much arguing, they went direct out and it sounded pretty extremely good to me (I wasn't expecting it to, however this is before I knew anything about modeling and what's it's truly capable of). He wasn't using an Axe-FX btw.