Gretchen Menn: talks about saving your ears with Guitar Player

How do you set your stage volume?

Amps tend to sound better when they’re at a certain level, but it’s not enjoyable to me if the volume is obtrusively loud. However, as I play with really powerful drummers, I’m never the one setting the overall volume of the band. My guitar volume is always beneath the level of the drums.

Where do you position your speaker cabinets?

A lot of guitarists put their cabinets right on the floor, but that typically requires you to route the guitar through the monitors if you want to hear yourself adequately. I don’t like to count on monitors, so I put my cabinet on top of my road case so the speakers are hitting me at ear level. I angle the cabinet slightly towards me, and I move around the stage to see where the good spots are for feedback, where I can stand and not get feedback, where the guitar is going to sound louder if I’m taking a solo, and where I’m not going to be right in my own beam if I need to hear the rest of the band a bit more.

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