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Lols.
Turning the amp down on stage has nothing to do with inability to turn the mic down. It's all about on-stage sound and sound clarity. Especially in smaller venues.
You turn that thing to exactly the level the engineer tells you, or you get off that stage. If you insist on bringing the 4x12 and turning the amp up to poweramp distortion without chucking in a loadbox or something... A baffle is really one of the more diplomatic ways of doing it.
IMO, YMMV etc. No hate, but the sound engineer is there for the audience, not the egos of the musicians.
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Fuck that man. I didn't spend decades honing my craft, working out the exact sweet spot of an amp, for some spotty local-level virgin to decide his PA is too delicate to go up past 8 on the dial.
This is why we always brought our own sound engineer on tour, and why we always wedgied the local sound engineers on general principle. Get that nerd the fuck out of here, he doesn't understand a thing about rock music.
ReekBlefs
That's bullshit. Our old Matamps needed to be on 7 at least to get the power amp distortion moving in a nice space. That's where the sweet spot was.
Sound engineers need to realise it's their job to enable the decisions of the artists on stage, not try to control them. Baffle of shame? I'll put a baffle of shame in front of these fucking morons. If they can't see that turning a mic down is easier than buying a baffle then they've no business calling themselves sound engineers.