Seriously, amps often sound so good to us because we are off-axis and get that bassy response, while it's beaming right out to the folks, at their head level.
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If you're not standing in the direct "beam" of the speaker(s) you're not really hearing what your amp is putting out. Point it at your head and then tweak your sound to be what you want to hear. Then that will be the sound that a mic would pick up and send to FOH. Point at the celing? Nah - reflected sound won't get you any closer to your desired tone.yeah...this is why im asking as well....we has guitarists have our backs and ears turned away when we are playing...and sometimes when you put them on a stand they get to the audience head level, it cant be very pleasant for them iff they get the ice picky thing
i was wondering ifff angling the amp towards the ceiling will stop this...and possibly give the sound more room to spread instead of hitting the front row and deafening them..![]()
I think they sound a lot better on the ground. I use taller cabinets or A style cabinets with the top speaker(s) angled up a bit to help hear it better. When I've used combos, I use an extension cabinet to get the combo speaker up in the air, but still have a speaker contacting the floor.