Anyone using plexiglass shield or something similar to control stage volume?

[straightblues]

I can't get along with attenuators. Looking for something else to control the volume of my amps and allow me to crank them up a little more. What are you guys using? How is it working? What didn't work?

[GAT]

I've used Clearsonics for years, they work great.

[rob2001]

I tried a piece of straight plexiglas in front of a 4x12. I got some strange phasing things happening. I didn't get to experiment with it but that phasing was enough for me to not bother any more. Perhaps an accordion type arrangement would work better.

Just my .02 cents.

[Blix]

Using Clearsonic sorbers in addition to the panels should help with the phasing. Might not look as cool, but who cares?

[teefus]

i have a small, hinged panel (for travel) with acoustic foam on the inside that i can put in front of my 1x12 cabs. the current band i am playing with is very conscious of stage volume and this really helps. the clearsonic panels are good too.

[walterw]

i use a 2x12" cab under a marshall head.

it's easy to just block the 12 i don't mic off completely with a rack lid or something, and then set my other guitar on a stand a bit in front of the 12 that i do mic.

i run in-ears, so i would immediately hear the weird phasing from closely baffling the miked speaker; with something a few feet in front of it, though, it stops the "death ray" from killing that one section of audience while not changing the miked tone, and while still allowing a "zone of loudness" around the amp to milk guitar feedback from.

[smolder]

I use it at home for some 10's at about head height.

[DavidE]

I do at smaller gigs. I think it helps. More importantly, the other guys think it helps.

[GAT]

The key is getting the panels out a couple of feet in front and trying different angles. If the panels are too close you get the comb filter sound.

[rhythmrocker]

Check here for more:
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/sho...d.php?t=585278

[realityczech]

Originally Posted by GAT

The key is getting the panels out a couple of feet in front and trying different angles. If the panels are too close you get the comb filter sound.

Bingo!
Also run a cheater mike on your cab as well and throw some your guitar into YOUR monitor. This sometimes helps with the interference of the sheild.

[CaptRKirkB]

I played for years with a guy in SF that just used his leather jacket over the Vibrolux Reverb. He would hang his jacket of the end of the amp and pull it farther accross the front of the amp as needed. He always had an awesome sound and could crank the amp as needed. never had anyone bitch the guitar is too loud. ....try it ...doesn't cost ya' nothin'!

peace Kirk