Is there a difference between home and stage play?

[JoeyHarley]

Originally Posted by Primakurtz

And: time & again, I try a pedal at home, and it sounds great. I take it to the rehearsal space and integrate it into my full gig setup, at full volume, and the same pedal sounds lousy. More complicated systems at higher volumes multiply any flaws, I guess.

this is why i always be sure to find a cool store and make nice with the people in it. whenever i go to try something the stage rig goes with me, and the windows get a lil bit rattled 8) but i also make sure to buy so much stuff from 'em it's worth it to put up with me!

[Stringrazor]

Quite simply, in a live band setting less is always more (better) with any effect, OD/dist included. The more FX/distortion you add in a live band situ, the more you disappear into a muddy mess.

Also with OD/distortion, differences in the room/monitors/FOH will make the non-dynamic nature of brittle drive much more apparent (especially true with bad digital modeling, to my ears anyway).

[bettset]

no comparison