#5068: Don't put a can of Budweiser on top of an AC30 at a show.
#7163: If you play tubers, always bring two of them to jobs, in case one craps out. Changing tubes or breaking out a solder gun between tunes is a buzzkill.
#7466: Choose your tools based only upon your material, the act(s) you work with, the venues you play, and what you happen to dig. Read internet opinions about this and that, but be prepared to treat them with a grain of salt. Learn to trust your ears.
#8394: If you gotta boost your tone with pedals, take some time to screw around and experiment. A Tube Screamer is a cool and useful circuit, but it sucks eggs with some amps. Same for old school treble boosters and germanium fuzzes.
#1133: The most useful amp tone on the bandstand is the one that strikes a happy medium between headroom, compression, and light breakup, with any additional boosting compliments of outboard circuit(s) that can be bypassed, with shades of grey arrived at via the instrument's knob.
Refer to the most pertinently useful post on the thread, in my opinion:
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Originally Posted by tjalla
16. What sounds good at home doesn't necessarily sound good with a band, and vice versa.
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