Detuning and amp settings

[Dewar54]

I got a text last Saturday from a friends band asking me to dep for them that night, I had to learn a few new numbers that day and the rest I kinda knew anyway, it went alright all things considered. Anyway they've asked me to join full time now and we've got a gig next Saturday, some of the songs are in drop C tuning so I bought some 11-54 strings today and strung up one of my geetars. Why have I not done this before! Sounds fckn killer
Ive started learning 4 or 5 numbers today and although it's only through my line6 ux1 on the pc I noticed how all the amp settings I usually use are well off, way too much bass as would be expected by the heavier gauge strings I suppose.
Does anyone here swap between standard and detuned guitars during a gig? Am I gonna have to re adjust the amp settings every time to compensate? It's a bit of a worry cos it takes me ages to get the amp just how I want it every time I gig, I'm the eternal fiddler, can't help it, it's a sickness.

[Grunfeld.]

Does anyone here swap between standard and detuned guitars during a gig? Am I gonna have to re adjust the amp settings every time to compensate? It's a bit of a worry cos it takes me ages to get the amp just how I want it every time I gig, I'm the eternal fiddler, can't help it, it's a sickness.

Congratulations on getting the work with the band. Yep, I have to swap guitars between de-tuned and standard.

Amp settings: well, a multi-channel amp helps a lot! I'm using a Marshall JVM 410h. But even without one you'll get to know your settings quickly so you can adjust straight to it. And you know how it is, you don't have to be too precious about it. The punters won't notice; perfection is the enemy and you need to keep the gig flowing.

More important IMO is song order in the set. Have the guitar swaps down to a minimum by clustering the songs together. And prime the singer to know that the swap points before and after are where he or she has to do some extra waffly bits to the audience. Our singer is getting the hang of a basic spiel to which he chucks in a few ad libs. At first it felt contrived but it's working very well.

[Dewar54]

Congratulations on getting the work with the band. Yep, I have to swap guitars between de-tuned and standard.

Amp settings: well, a multi-channel amp helps a lot! I'm using a Marshall JVM 410h. But even without one you'll get to know your settings quickly so you can adjust straight to it. And you know how it is, you don't have to be too precious about it. The punters won't notice; perfection is the enemy and you need to keep the gig flowing.

More important IMO is song order in the set. Have the guitar swaps down to a minimum by clustering the songs together. And prime the singer to know that the swap points before and after are where he or she has to do some extra waffly bits to the audience. Our singer is getting the hang of a basic spiel to which he chucks in a few ad libs. At first it felt contrived but it's working very well.

I am too precious about it and I need to stop
Thankfully the singer is also the other guitarist so that's not an issue, weve got a rehearsal during the week so I can get a rough idea about amp settings, it's nice to be prewarned though cheers.