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For those who use a fender showman that’s not miked up for bars and such type gigs where do you put your volume knob? What is your sweet spot?

Bump

I’m so frustrated, I got that beaty of a ‘64 Showman and for the past three weeks there’s been no band practice! So I have stil not heard it in a room with a full band. But wheb I do, I’ll possibly post here. More likely, I’ll forget. SIA!

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Last edited: Nov 16, 2018 19:21:21

In my opinion, a Showman is too much power for a gig in a bar. Unless you have an attenuator, you're not going to be able to get to that sweet spot without driving patrons out of the bar. To me, my Showman amps always sounded best between 3.5 and 7, but every amp is different. I've unfortunately sold all of my Showman amps, so I can't test it out for you, so I'm going by memory. These amps are best for outdoor shows and bigger venues, but bars will want to mic the amp to put it through monitors and it's just too much power to do so.

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I've only used a Showman at larger outdoor gigs. In general we play at the same volume as we do in rehearsals, it's a balanced sound on stage then it's the sound guys job to project that forwards. You get some idiot sound guys though - one guy in Exeter told me to turn my amp down and down, then proceeded to blast my ears with it out of the holdback monitors. Did my head in completely.

A couple of tips are to turn it sideways so it's not pointed directly at the audience, or at the ceiling.

My favourite amp is my Showman which is just a beauty to play, but I don't think I've even switched it on in the last year. My 50W MusicMan gets most of the work!

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Matt22 wrote:

In my opinion, a Showman is too much power for a gig in a bar. Unless you have an attenuator, you're not going to be able to get to that sweet spot without driving patrons out of the bar. To me, my Showman amps always sounded best between 3.5 and 7, but every amp is different. I've unfortunately sold all of my Showman amps, so I can't test it out for you, so I'm going by memory. These amps are best for outdoor shows and bigger venues, but bars will want to mic the amp to put it through monitors and it's just too much power to do so.

What Matt said.

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