Read this on another forum:

I've done plenty of shows in clubs lately that require guitar amps to be mic'ed and housed behind plexi-glass shields. You can buy em anywhere or just make your own. That way you can crank the amp to get the sound your looking for and not blow out the crowd. It creates a very balanced sound and everyone is happy.

I'm fairly ignorant, but wouldn't enclosing the mic like that
be less than ideal?

Rog wrote:Read this on another forum:

I've done plenty of shows in clubs lately that require guitar amps to be mic'ed and housed behind plexi-glass shields. You can buy em anywhere or just make your own. That way you can crank the amp to get the sound your looking for and not blow out the crowd. It creates a very balanced sound and everyone is happy.

I'm fairly ignorant, but wouldn't enclosing the mic like that
be less than ideal?

Dude must play in the American Idol touring band or something.

I cannot imagine Plexi stopping that much sound.
I always assumed it was more to focus sound up for boom mics on TV but that was just a guess.

Whats next?
Bars with iso-booths that have closed circuit video feeds that pipe to the flat screens above the bar?

That ain't rock and roll.

Well, I know MoB puts shields in front of the drums; I assume
that's so Roger Miller doesn't go completely deaf.

But, I've never seen a guitar amp set up this way.
Seems like it would put a lot of pressure on the mic.

It's better to put the drummer in a plexi glass cage. For one it keeps the guitars out of the drum mics: and for two drummers are annoying and the more cage time they get the better off the rest of the band is.

Worked a show for Reverend Horton Heat and the visiting engineer had this folding, padded, leather covered panel for in front of the amp. Did it help? tough to tell if you're not at the faders. It still sounded like a guitar.

Oh yeah, and this was at a bowling alley... we had (they have) a pretty good sound system tho.

Rog wrote:Well, I know MoB puts shields in front of the drums; I assume
that's so Roger Miller doesn't go completely deaf.

But, I've never seen a guitar amp set up this way.
Seems like it would put a lot of pressure on the mic.

yeah i saw MoB a few years ago, and rogers amp was right up the front of the stage, presumably also for his hearing. it sounded absolutely appalling! (sorry mr weston!)

Some guy on another forum wrote:I've done plenty of shows in clubs lately that require guitar amps to be mic'ed and housed behind plexi-glass shields. You can buy em anywhere or just make your own. That way you can crank the amp to get the sound your looking for and not blow out the crowd. It creates a very balanced sound and everyone is happy.

steve wrote:If a sound guy with a 10kW PA tells a guy with a 30W guitar amp to turn down, he's a bad sound guy.

The same applies to isolating a 30W guitar amp with plexiglass.