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How to amp a mic for a gig?
My band is currently preparing for our first gig, but we don’t know how to hook up and amp for our lead singer’s microphone. We’ve been thinking of using a guitar amp, but I’ve heard that it destroys the clarity of the vocals. What sort of amp would we need to do this? We’ll only be playing small gigs, so we’d be looking at something around 100 watts.
When The Beatles first toured the US in the ’60’s, they all sang through a guitar amp. Of course, given the screaming crowd, the show was totally inaudible.
Guitar amps lack the high frequency response to reproduce the details of the human voice that give the clarity we expect. A good PA system will have a frequency response up to around 16-18kHz…a guitar amp only goes to about 6kHz.
If all you have is a guitar amp for vocals, then it is what it is. You would be much better off renting a PA system for the day. Yeah, it’s money out of pocket, but the show will be a lot better.
As far as wattage goes, it really depends on what style of music you’re playing, how loud the instruments are, and how big of an area you have to cover. If you’re an acoustic folk band, 100-200w might be sufficient in a small club. However, if you’re a death metal band with guitarists that have full stacks (and don’t know the meaning of “turn down”), then you’re looking at north of 1000w just for the vocals.
Good luck.
Greetings from Austin, TX
Ken
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