Live Guitar Amps: Pro Mic Setup Guide

Learn how to properly set up and mic live guitar amps for the best sound quality! This guide is perfect for mix engineers and front of house (FOH) professionals.
Making guitars on stage sound great. You can’t get a good sound from Front Of House unless you’ve got quality signal from the source. So miking up the concert stage correctly is critical. Guitar amps have their own issues to tackle, and that’s what we’re here to teach you.
With a career spanning more than 40 years, front of house mix engineer Paul “Pab” Boothroyd has worked with the biggest names in the live touring business - AC/DC, Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Michael Jackson, Eurythmics, Pink, Faith Hill and many, many others. In this video,
This is a short clip from our full episode on Stage Miking Techniques which can be found here:
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[@ncochran01]

Why wouldn't you use the output from the amp instead of using a mic on the speaker? I've always wondered this.

[@2011metalmaniac]

Because even the speaker itself has it's own sound output. Maybe its some variation in it manufacturing. But the sound you may want can only be from that' speaker.

[@SrGustavoRodriguez]

What output?

[@roknfnrol]

"bang on the dust cone" no.

[@ashketchumall3541]

….Says the guy that has not worked with a legendary band.

[@user-ff5yc6qw8m]

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