Too loud, walked off

[paul_5]

57 minutes ago, Buddster said:

Some people are just dicks

It's true, they are.

[Dan Dare]

6 hours ago, chris_b said:

Most of the deaf guitarists I know are in denial. They wouldn't acknowledge they have a problem if you paid them. A couple are wearing hearing aids as well. Their hearing is obviously shot they're still playing way too loud.

 

It's a slippery slope/vicious circle. They play too loud, cause damage to their hearing, turn up to be able to hear themselves, cause more damage to their hearing, turn up, etc, etc...

 

Guitar players who wear earplugs are just as bad. They turn up because they can't hear themselves because of the plugs and wreck everyone else's hearing. If the rest of the band wears plugs in self-defence, the volume goes up even more because nobody can hear themselves properly.

[Lozz196]

8 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

 

It's a slippery slope/vicious circle. They play too loud, cause damage to their hearing, turn up to be able to hear themselves, cause more damage to their hearing, turn up, etc, etc...

 

Guitar players who wear earplugs are just as bad. They turn up because they can't hear themselves because of the plugs and wreck everyone else's hearing. If the rest of the band wears plugs in self-defence, the volume goes up even more because nobody can hear themselves properly.

That exact thing happened in a band I was in, guitarist put in ear plugs to “save his hearing dudes” then proceeded to turn up 3 times louder than the rest of the band cos he couldn’t hear himself. 

[markbunney]

Wow that must have been very loud if it was too loud through the ACS customs.

 

I have the 26db ACS customs, and sometimes find the fit isn’t as tight towards the end of a gig, which makes them not quite as effective.

 

I tend to now only take them out when I am in the car and all packed up due to loud music/DJ playing after the band has finished and are packing up etc

[chris_b]

I gig in a cover band and the guitarist wears earplugs and plays way too loud. His Fender combo is also pointing at the back of his heels. The rest of the band are matching his level, which isn't good. The singer is always complaining that she can't hear herself, but no one seems to care enough to fix the problem.

[Stub Mandrel]

I have a reasonable spl app on my phone. Itsy not be spot on but it does useful comparisons.

 

Alice Cooper at an arena gig about 20m from the main pa. About 97dB peak.

 

Typical bands in my local club at about 10m from the pa  90-100dB peak.

 

Average levels about 10dB down.

 

The band who needed their valve amps hot to get the right tone - over 110dB.

 

I suspect it reads high, but seriously, no pub/club band needs to be louder than Alice Cooper.

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, Dan Dare said:

 

It's a slippery slope/vicious circle. They play too loud, cause damage to their hearing, turn up to be able to hear themselves, cause more damage to their hearing, turn up, etc, etc...

 

In my experience the too-loud bands are the ones who gig regularly for a living and have shot their hearing.

[Stub Mandrel]

10 hours ago, casapete said:

I owned a late 60’s model like this, mine was the 1x12 though. Had it since the mid 70’s, sold it 

in 2023 to a very famous player. Was the best sounding guitar amp I’ve owned, my old LP Junior

sounded great with it. I now have a Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb which sounds fine, just not so raunchy 

as the Marshall. 😊

 

In the blues band Alex uses a variety of Marshall heads. He also uses a massive power soak and typically runs at about 5 watts output on stage.