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Topic: Left ear ? Right ear ? Amp. position |
Richard Tipple
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 31 May 2009 6:21 pm |
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I have positioned my Amp. directly behind me, right side, left side & right in front over the years, using two Amps.
I have found for some reason, when placed to the left & off to the side directly behind me, I hear a better spectrum of sound from the Amp. This is not a hearing loss thing, from one ear or the other, but I do get a better range of tone from my left ear 
Maybe its from hearing bad lead guitar players in my right ear for years  Na just kidding, Ive been fortunate enough to have played with some of the best guitar players around.
This is not what the audience is hearing, but what I hear first.
Any one else hear tone different from one ear or the other,,,,,am I tone deaf in one ear 
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 31 May 2009 7:13 pm
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Favorite position is left and right speakers in front and off to the sides. Seldom get that though. Aside from that doesn't matter much in stereo.
When I use a single amp, I like and seem to hear it better behind and to the side of my right ear. |
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Jim Bates
From:
Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 31 May 2009 8:46 pm
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It depends on the band I am playing with. Usually for opry type stage shows I am playing on right side of stage (from audience) with my amp to rear and right, which puts amp next to drums. For dances, I just played one sitting on the left side of stage with amp behind and to left, again next to drums. I never sit in front of amp, this WILL cause all sorts of ear problems plus will muffle your sound to the audience.
Yes, I have had bouts of hearing frequencies different from each ear, usually from a partially stopped up eustachion tube leftover from recent cold.
Also ear wax can build up in one ear more than the other so a good cleaning / flushing can help.
I am also a piano tuner (39+ years) so I am very sensitive about my hearing. When I have experienced the condition of hearing the frequency different in each ear, I would get beat frequencies on a single string, which caused all sorts of problems. AND it can be almost impossible to play your steel with that. Been there, done that many times.
Thanx,
JIm
ps- a simple test is to use the dial tone on the phone, hold it to one ear, then the other and see if you can detect a frequency shift. |
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