Your guitar and bass amps NEVER go in front of you!!! How do you propose to tweak the settings between songs if you can’t walk over to your amp? If the audio engineer signals the roadie to adjust the amp mic or there’s a technical problem, do you really want the roadie front and center stage???Where on earth are you going to put the stage monitors if your guitar and bass amps are forward on the stage? Besides driving your singer beserk, you will get overspill on all your stage microphones, not to mention interferring with the balance on the PA. Finally, if you’re a skilled guitarist, you may wish to use controlled feedback as one of your skills. You certainly can’t play a song like "Flying in a Blue Dream" by Joe Satriani if you don’t have amp feedback. If your amp is forward on the stage, how are you going to play in front of it – stand on the heads of the people in the first row???

That said, you ALWAYS put your guitar amp to one side of the drum kit and the bass amp on the other side. You mic the amps and feed the signals to the PA. A good audio engineer will also feed your guitar and your bass guitar directly into the FOH (the sound desk) in case one of the amps should go dead. This isn’t the ideal situation, but it will still get your sound to the audience.

Now, the PA speakers go in front of the stage off to the sides or directly overhead . for big shows it’s usually both.

But don’t take my word for it. Look up recommended live stage configurations by Soundcraft and/or top audio engineers Andy May or Mick Hughes. (Mick is one of the most highly respected AE’s in the biz.) These two guys have forgotten more than the rest of us will ever know.

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Welcome to acoustic guitar For Beginners with Rich Maloof! Time to dust off your guitar and start strumming. You won’t be bogged down in this course by tedious exercises or music theory. Instead, we get straight to the mechanics of chords and strums so that you can pick up a piece of sheet music (or find some online) and start playing songs that you know and love.

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This is a great time to start this hobby because today’s computers can really crank. Assuming you already have a decent computer (~3 yrs old or so) you should be good to go.

So let’s talk about the basic equipment you’ll need.

1. Microphone – this seems obvious but there are 2 main styles of studio mic to choose from, Dynamic and Condenser. They are fundamentally different in the way they pick up sounds. Dynamics are good for sounds with high sound pressure levels (like a guitar amp cranked to 11) while condensers are great for detecting more subtle levels (like non-screaming vocals). Just remember that condenser mics will require Phantom Power… more on this in a sec.

2. Mic Preamps – these take the weak mic level signal and boost it to a usable level. It can be found as a stand alone unit (Booooo) or as part of a Mixer or Audio Interface (Yeeehaw).

3. A/D Converter – Which stands for analog to digital converter. This converts the electrical signal of your mic to a digital one that your computer can understand. This can happen in either a PCI sound card or more commonly now in a USB 2.0 or FireWire Audio Interface (same as mentioned in #2 above.)

4. Phantom Power – Only needed if you choose a condenser style mic. This is included along with preamps on any mixer or audio interface.

5. Recording Software – Used to manage the various audio data you will be creating. Most Audio Interfaces come bundled with some pretty slick software that’s great for starting out. You can usually upgrade to a full version — buy the included version is plenty to get your started.

So basically what I’m trying to say is that I recommend an Audio Interface because it’s a very clean all-in-one solution, and you can pick one up new for as little as ~$150 or so. Of course like anything the sky is the limit on the high end, but you can get started for a min investment.

Then you just need to throw some cables in and you’re ready to rock out. For a step-by-step guide describing the above in more detail check out…
http://www.basic-home-recording-studio.com/basic-studio-builder.html

for all your basic home recording needs.

have fun and goodluck!

maybe its different for everyone though…
sorry im not much help

while the steel string may be slightly tougher on your fingers, if you start with proper technique…namely placing you thumb on the center of the back of the neck…your fingers won’t have to supply so much pressure, your thumb does it for you. remember that while the neck may somewhat resemble a baseball bat, you don’t hold it like one. your palm never really touches the neck. (i learned with bad technique. it’s harder to overcome than learning right in the first place.)

plus, generally, the fingerboard is narrower on steel string guitars so your fingers won’t have as far to reach. and the neck is often slimmer.

and, i believe, in the long run you’ll be much happier.

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