kbithecrowing wrote:EXPERIMENT TIME: have two practice sessions, one where you turn down yr amp, one where the other guitarist turns up and/or uses his 612 abilities. record both if you can, just a field recorder or something (as long as it doesnt clip).
After doing both (maybe more than once) see how everyone in the band (not just yall guitarists) feels about the volume difference, see what sounds different in the recordings.
this.
and being in a band is about listening - to what you're doing
and what other people are doing.
assuming your band has a drummer - use the drum kit as a reference volume and scale your amps so the perceived volumes are similar and nothing is drowning anything out.
unless the whole drum kit is mic'd in your practice space you can't just 'turn it up'. guitars can be balanced at any volume so your volume needs to be scaled to the drums before working out if the other guitarist should turn up.
there is nothing worse than a band that thinks they sound good just because they're loud and ends up being out of time because nobody is listening to instruments besides their own.
but we don't know your situation so you might be at an appropriate volume and just be dealing with a couple of pussies that don't like having their eardrums assaulted. my point still stands though.