Personally I didn’t do much drinking while playing. Guitard did. Another reason I had to remove his bass knob from his amp.
Clarification, which may be needed for musicians who lack experience with live sound. A guy playing a guitar through his amp by himself will sound better if the EQ has some bass going on. Otherwise it sounds kinda thin. Not the case when you have a bass guitar covering those same frequencies. And when you have the same sonic space inhabited by two different instruments it’s called phase cancellation. In other words you can’t hear yourself clearly. So what happens is now Guitard cranks up his volume. He no doubt has a 4x12 cab on the floor ripping the heads off everyone in the front row while no one in the back can hear him. Now a dipshit bass player will respond to the increased volume of Guitard ( whom is inhabiting his sonic space you’ll remember) by cranking up his volume. Next thing you know everything sounds like ass and the stage volume is so loud no one can hear themselves. Now I would respond ( assuming I couldn’t get the guitar player’s EQ corrected) by boosting my low mids, thereby increasing gain in a different frequency than the one currently being stomped on by the Guitard.
Live sound 101 for bands who mix themselves.
Stay tuned next week for sub-coupling to avoid phase cancellation and power alleys while increasing overall output by 3 dB.