Small Church Big Sound

One of the things that I do when assessing a Church sound system is to ask the question: is what we've got working for or against us?

In the case the church I work at, when I got there we had a small sound system that really was not working for us.

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In my 20 years of experience as a musician, I've found that you don't have to break the bank in order to get great guitar tones.

Church sound

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One of my biggest pet peeves is bad sound at church worship services. I've been in big churches, small churches and just about everything in between. Nothing hurts my ears more than hearing a band which has been poorly mixed, weather it's a rock band, a pop music group or a worship band.

And by far the consistently worst sound that I experience is in church worship services. I think it's because the people behind the mixing boards at the vast majority of churches are not properly trained. It seems that anyone with even a slight interest in sound can work the sound board at church without having to go through much, if any training. It's an unfortunate reality, but I think it's overcomable.