Hello People,

I use in-ear monitoring and I am having with volume levels.

My monitor setup is:
aux1 from a 16X4 mackie, to my 4 channel monitor mixer.
I use the 1st channel for my main mix, I use a second for a metronome.
I use the headphone jack to power my Shure EC3 headphones.

I have been using this setup for several years and love it, I will never go back to wedges!

I have no problems dialing in my drums or vocals.
My problem comes when trying to set guitars its all or nothing.

When I am doing a sound check on my snare for example,
I can easily hear the volume increase or decrease as the soundman
adjusts the level. Its easy to get it right where I want it!

With the guitars he will slowly bring up the volume and at certain point
it will come on full blast, if you back it off just a little its gone?

I often wonder if our gain structure is set right and this could be causing the problem?

It could be a dirty pot, but it all the other channels work fine.
This happens with both guitar channels.

What else could it be? Its driving me mad!

Thanks for any help!
Kevin