SO, YOU INVITED US TO YOUR VENUE. HEY, THANKS!
FEEL FREE TO DOWNLOAD OUR STAGE PLAN...

JUST THE DIAGRAM IN JPG FORMAT HERE,
OR A WORD FILE WITH DIAGRAM AND TECH TALK (IN DUTCH) HERE.

Basically, what it comes down to is this.
We are a sixties garage band, playing primitive beat, rock'n'roll, and some raw psychedelia.
We do try not to sound 'modern' (as in 'all this modern rubbish'), although we aren't really fundamentalist revivalists either. See what I mean?

For starters, our guitars have plenty of 'mid' for definition, the bass drum does not have a 'metal click' (instead, a firm boom! will do), the bassplayer is no slapaholic, the Vox and/or Farfisa organ is equal in volume/presence to the guitar, and the vocals (all four of them) need to be heard.
We know this makes sense.

What doesn't make sense is that we have a phone for a mic in one song. That sounds like, well, a phone. You can EQ it to hell and back, but it will still sound like a phone - however, if you can, we'd appreciate it if you try to keep it from feedbacking (while it's still audible). Please accept our humble apologies.
Most of the time, we put both Eric's organ, his 12-string guitar and the theremin (that's right!) through one amp; sometimes we have seperate organ and guitar amps. Since most FOH mixers will EQ organ and guitar differently, 2 mics (for 2 channels) should come in handy even if it's from one amp.
We probably don't have to tell you all this, but then again, it's easy if you know before we set up our gear.

Oh, and there's this. We don't mind being loud, we like being loud, but we don't want to be too loud. In most venues, we like to use the PA system mainly for vocals and 'filling in the gaps' sound-wise. That way, if people like what they hear, they'll come closer towards the stage (provided that we ourselves don't crank up our amps to 130 dB either, that's correct).
In our philosophy, those not hip enough to like it should be able to order a beer at the back, without the need to shout. (Part of that philosophy is that if those people order plenty of beers, they may even begin to like it, and get hip to our garage beat.)
Thing is, it's really sad when you hear "I really liked that band, but it was so loud I couldn't stand the volume, and I stayed at the back most of the time."

But then again, there are so many wonderful sound guys and gals out there who DO know what we're trying to do. Sound crew can make a band sound raw and loud without an overload of useless decibels. We put our trust in those people. Amen!