Guitar cabs facing inwards for live?

[Lowberg]

I've seen a bunch of bands with their guitar cabs facing inwards on the sides of the stage instead of facing the audience.

My other band mates are opposed to the idea because it doesn't look as cool

Has anyone tried playing shows with this sort of set up? I think it could help us hear each other's guitars better on stage and prevent the audience from the harshness of getting blasted straight on in the face at ear level.

I've got a show next weekend and I'm considering experimenting with this setup, but I'd figure I would get some other's opinions on it first


stage is this size

 

[brianhood]

if the stage has a good monitoring setup, you shouldn't have an issue with hearing each other. In fact, assuming the monitor guy is halfway decent, you should have an easier time hearing everything since your amps wont be drowning out everything on stage.

It definitely makes the FOH guy's life easier though.

 

[Ermz]

Always used to suggest this to bands I'd mix live. This way there's less inclination to crank amp levels, as the band deafen themselves rather than the punters. Not to mention it cleans up the FOH sound a lot.

 

[AllanD]

I have a friend who does it this way so he can crank his amp without destroying the stage sound.

 

[arv_foh]

The less that is in the monitor mixes the better/cleaner they will be... you can only shove so much through a 15" speaker and horn (and guitars also eat up a lot of the same frequency range as the human voice).. without/with less of the guitars in there they will be able to hear whatever else is coming through a little bit better...

This article explains the technical reasoning behind it

http://www.eaw.com/info/EAW/Loudspe...dspeakers/MW_Info/MicroWedgeMixStrategies.pdf