Quote Originally Posted by deeaa
Mine is 36w after years of 100w amps...But our band is so loud, it' just barely enough. 15w I had and while I could make it cut thru the band, yeah, the tone was already pretty strained...but certainly with a less hard drummer 15w is quite good. Our drummer...well his snare hits alone hit 115db easy...I bet we train at over 120db constantly. The other guy has 120w ss amp and it's so loud at times it trembles ;-) on a gig we play with amps facing inside to drummer, not the audience...
It's time to start miking your amp. We have a drummer who only has one volume level, and it's REALLY loud. Being able to control stage volume only makes a good band better. When everyone can hear each other without splitting their eardrums makes a huge difference.