Just got done playing the first gig with my new band tonite (ears still ringing, gotta luv it)!!!! Everything went well considering (learned 50 songs in 2 weeks, had one major brain fart and my bandmates were very happy).
The band has a very level-headed female lead singer, so we're playing bands like The Pretenders, The Donnas (who really rock), Janis Joplin, No Doubt, Pat Benatar, etc.
I'd like to thank whoever the board member over at Plexi Palace was who shared the delay times for making a big one guitar sound. I tried that tonite and it worked wonders!!!
Here's the set-up (at the soundboard instead of onstage thru wet/dry):
Gtr. Channel 1: dry signal (aka usual miced signal from amp)
Gtr. Channel 2: signal with 14ms delay (one repeat)
Gtr. Channel 3: signal with 17ms delay (one repeat)
Gtr. Channel 4: signal with 20ms delay (one repeat)
Gtr. Channel 5: signal with 24ms delay (one repeat)
I don't have a multi-tap delay (as it was told to me), but instead used an old 80s model ART line delay w/one input and 3 different configurable outputs via dip-switches (I won the damn thing on ebay 2 years ago for a whopping $10.50). I then had to tap the 20ms channel with a little Behrenger SHARC that's been surfing around inside my gig bag for the past few years set for the extra 4ms for the 24ms channel.....
This works really well because anything under 28ms (IIRC) sounds like it's coming from the same sound source.
Man, talk about a HUGE one guitar sound!!!!! The sound guy looked apprehensive at first, but after set one he was completely sold. Said on a few songs he had to pull a channel down to keep it from sounding too thick, but other than that it was fantastic!!!
