so what exactly is your idea of "loud"....

[bungalowbill]

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Rosie O'Donell. Actually a Fender Twin with JBL speakers with the volume at 5 or higher.

 

[Tux789]

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my mom thinks a 30w will blow the windows out:bs2:

ha i have literally gotten complaints from my dad when i turned it up enough so that it would actually reach the amplifier.

He used to run sound for clubs for chrisss sakes

 

[Robert S.]

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The elusive sweet spot, the rumored G spot. Do we ever actually find them or are we so happy to finally get to play that we take what we can get. This is the age old question.

I have 3 sources for tone at the moment, a 180 watt tube rack, a 100 watt Marshall and a Pod. Of the 3 the Marshall is the most unforgiving. It doesn't really open up tonally until the master is up around 3 and then you definately know it is in the room. The Mesa rack is far more manageable volume-wise and the tone holds up better under lower volumes even though it's almost twice the wattage of the Marshall.

The Pod through my recording rig sounds great at a whisper but I don't normally play through it unless I'm recording. Fortunately I am blessed with tolerant neighbors and a wife that doesn't care about "loud". I do remember the days when anything with a red light on it was too loud for the parents though. Turn it down was a common theme growing up.

Generally I just like to keep up with the drums. Louder is not always better and I do like to be able to hold a conversation after rehearsal.

 

[Guitarist]

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I played a gig almost four hours ago...and my ears are still ringing!!

 

[WhoFan]

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The Pod through my recording rig sounds great at a whisper but I don't normally play through it unless I'm recording. Fortunately I am blessed with tolerant neighbors and a wife that doesn't care about "loud". I do remember the days when anything with a red light on it was too loud for the parents though. Turn it down was a common theme growing up.

You too eh... my parents didn't want to hear the slightest bit of noise from my bedroom when i was a teen... They felt i was wasting my time and money. Oneday when i was 18 or so i was playing kind of loud and my dad came in and was screaming at me! I lost it.... one of the few times i lost it. I beat up my guitar and threw it at him.... he just shut the door and walked away. I felt bad later for acting like an idiot... But later on when i got into a band and stuff they sopported me much more... Everytime i brought home a new amp or guitar as a young man it was world war 3 because i "blew all my money on a toy"... after they saw me play in a few bars and stuff they have been nothing but sopportive over the last 15 years.

 

[twoheadedboy]

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To me, practice levels are quiet enough to be able to talk pretty comfortably over. Really loud is when it's hard to hear yourself shouting over it. When I can't hear myself talking over something, I know earplugs are necessary.

 

[twoheadedboy]

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You too eh... my parents didn't want to hear the slightest bit of noise from my bedroom when i was a teen... They felt i was wasting my time and money. Oneday when i was 18 or so i was playing kind of loud and my dad came in and was screaming at me! I lost it.... one of the few times i lost it. I beat up my guitar and threw it at him.... he just shut the door and walked away. I felt bad later for acting like an idiot... But later on when i got into a band and stuff they sopported me much more... Everytime i brought home a new amp or guitar as a young man it was world war 3 because i "blew all my money on a toy"... after they saw me play in a few bars and stuff they have been nothing but sopportive over the last 15 years.

My parents were that way too, and it bothers me still. They totally discouraged it at the start, but as soon as I started playing well and getting opportunities because of it, they were okay with it. I don't really feel good about that. Either support my decisions, or don't support them. Don't let my success or failure in my endeavors be the factor that determines whether or not you are going to support me.

 

[JeffB]

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THIS= LOUD

 

[Guitarist]

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I played a gig almost four hours ago...and my ears are still ringing!!

It's 13 hours later, and they're still ringing. I'm actually kind of worried.

 

[nuntius]

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It's 13 hours later, and they're still ringing. I'm actually kind of worried.

:smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack:

WEAR EAR PLUGS!!

Wear them to shows, wear them to practices, wear them to gigs, wear them to night clubs... look after your hearing!

If you still get ringing with ear plugs you're playing too loud.

 

[Animal]

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Hehe, I remember a few months I ago when my Laney AOR 50 arrived at the front door step.

I immediately bought the amp into the bungalow which is behind the garage where all my gear is. It's still a considerable distance from the house, perhaps 10-15 metres and has brick walls around it. Anyways, I was trying to get some power tube distortion happening by trying to play with the master above 5. It was ****ing loud but I didn't think that my dad who was still in bed would be able to hear it.

My parents bedroom is at the front end of the house also. He didn't get up to tell me off but he said later on that he could certainly hear it.

 

[Hot _Grits]

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For my main gig, my vibrolux runs at 4, which is the spot where it just sits on the edge of breakup. It's loud, but not ****roach-killing loud.

For the rock thing I'm getting together, I used a 50W 800 Marshall into a quad at rehearsal yesterday. I had the master on about 4 and the gain on 2. The other guitarist had a Soldano atomic head into a quad with the master dimed and the gain on 4. It was louder than my main band, but not stupid loud. it's good to finish a practice without that punch-drunk feeling.

 

[APB_4]

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For my main gig, my vibrolux runs at 4, which is the spot where it just sits on the edge of breakup. It's loud, but not ****roach-killing loud.

For the rock thing I'm getting together, I used a 50W 800 Marshall into a quad at rehearsal yesterday. I had the master on about 4 and the gain on 2. The other guitarist had a Soldano atomic head into a quad with the master dimed and the gain on 4. It was louder than my main band, but not stupid loud. it's good to finish a practice without that punch-drunk feeling.

What were the pre's on?

 

[Wattage]

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I guess I play fairly loud, part of the Wattage nickname came from that I am sure.

Practice I usually use a small amp (VOX AD15) but I'll turn it up a bit if I can without driving everyone out of the house. I'll open the XXX up from time to time as well just to keep it healthy.

 

[Hot _Grits]

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What were the pre's on?

-I had the marshall's pre on 2. I'm not a huge fan of the preamp gain on 800s. I had my G2D in front to push it a bit for solos.

 

[RGN]

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I know it is too loud when my wife comes screaming into the studio saying pictures are vibrating off the walls in the living room. If it causes more vibration that a 767 buzzing my crib it is too loud. A 2X12 is better than a 4X12 for bedroom level blasting IMO.

 

[Byakhee00]

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What?

 

[firebirdVII]

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Actually, when I practice, my dad usually decides to come and play. That's loud. He likes to hear the acoustics of his amp cab when he cranks it, which is pretty loud, you know that there are things shaking loose everywhere, you just can't hear them. Get good tone though.