Bedroom warrior tone improvements

[jeremyb]

Thought it was worth bringing up something that has always made a big difference for me when practicing at home, and that is to tilt your amp / cab up so the speaker is pointing at your head, the change in tone is significant, it's like taking the proverbial blanket off.... anyone else got other good suggestions?

[calling card]

Don't get caught in the beam.

[Vince]

Thought it was worth bringing up something that has always made a big difference for me when practicing at home, and that is to tilt your amp / cab up so the speaker is pointing at your head, the change in tone is significant, it's like taking the proverbial blanket off

as someone pointed out when I was starting, "you can't hear with your kneecaps"

One thing that made a big diff for me recently was taking the back off the amp (the back on my practice amp was detachable)

It was an immediate improvement in tone. It was the best tone, yuuuge, really yuge.

[sirvill]

Close the door and turn the amp up

[kwhelan]

play your acoustic in the bathroom with the door shut, all the tiles and hard surfaces sound great

[willow13]

I have an angled quad

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[WellyBlues]

I have an angled quad

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And live in the woppity wops?

[Danger Mouse]

Yes, if your bedroom amp is a 5150 half-stack that you sit in front of, you will lose hearing in your right ear. Try also playing facing away from your amp so you can even out the hearing loss.

[LucyTheSpud]

Yes, if your bedroom amp is a 5150 half-stack that you sit in front of, you will lose hearing in your right ear. Try also playing facing away from your amp so you can even out the hearing loss.

Iv never understood the concept of a 4x12 with 100watts of tube tone for bedroom warriors. In my room i use the smallest wattage possible with a single 12 or 10, so you can actually turn it up and push the tone properly, instead of choking the tubes out.

[Delayman]

Yes, if your bedroom amp is a 5150 half-stack that you sit in front of, you will lose hearing in your right ear. Try also playing facing away from your amp so you can even out the hearing loss.

Iv never understood the concept of a 4x12 with 100watts of valve tone for bedroom warriors. In my room i use the smallest wattage possible with a single 12 or 10, so you can actually turn it up and push the tone properly, instead of choking the valves out.

Depends on your opinion of whether volume and tone are different things.

[JHorner]

1) Instead of tilting back your 1x12, simply purchase another 1x12 and put one on top of the other. Then run both.
2) Alpine ear plugs come with a cool case to put on your key ring
3) What is this talk of practicing sitting down?

[null_pointer]

Buy a Kemper or an AxeFX or a Helix. Let's be serious dem feelz ain't present at bedroom levels so you may as well sound great at least..

[Danger Mouse]

Yes, if your bedroom amp is a 5150 half-stack that you sit in front of, you will lose hearing in your right ear. Try also playing facing away from your amp so you can even out the hearing loss.

Iv never understood the concept of a 4x12 with 100watts of valve tone for bedroom warriors. In my room i use the smallest wattage possible with a single 12 or 10, so you can actually turn it up and push the tone properly, instead of choking the valves out.

Depends on your opinion of whether volume and tone are different things.

And, in fairness, a 5150 half-stack can produce perfectly good brootz tones at hearing safe bedroom levels. But when you have the ability to add loud, temptation can take over.

[Delayman]

One of the issues with bedroom practicing is that the sounds that work in a bedroom do not translate well in a louder more open setting. Not sure how you address - but especially if you're programming effects etc and they don't translate well

[jeremyb]

One of the issues with bedroom practicing is that the sounds that work in a bedroom do not translate well in a louder more open setting. Not sure how you address - but especially if you're programming effects etc and they don't translate well

One of the benefits of a digital rig is I can have my gig sound at any level, was bloody handy for dialling stuff in at home or practice, and also for quiet practice sessions