I've been trying out different ways of pointing my amp on gigs lately.  I used to put it behind me where I could hear it best, but then the problem becomes that other band members, or the audience, sometimes can't hear you well.  I'm finding that pointing the amp sideways, or at an angle toward a wall, spreads the sound into a bigger dimension that fills the room and is heard more accurately by everyone.  In some situations I even turn the amp completely around, using the back wall as a reflecting board.  Of course each room is different, so it's always an ongoing experiment.

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