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Post by infant on Feb 10, 2021 14:06:24 GMT
I don’t turn my 22 watt Deluxe Reverb much past 3 or 4 at gigs. I have thought about wearing earplugs after going for a couple of hearing tests. Surprisingly, I still have pretty much 90% of my hearing but I’ve lost about 25% of my hearing in my right ear around the 2000hz frequency. I don’t know if that’s because the side wash monitor usually sits about 8 feet away from my right ear but that does seem significant enough to warrant some type of hearing protection.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 10, 2021 14:16:28 GMT
I don’t turn my 22 watt Deluxe Reverb much past 3 or 4 at gigs. I have thought about wearing earplugs after going for a couple of hearing tests. Surprisingly, I still have pretty much 90% of my hearing but I’ve lost about 25% of my hearing in my right ear around the 2000hz frequency. I don’t know if that’s because the side wash monitor usually sits about 8 feet away from my right ear but that does seem significant enough to warrant some type of hearing protection. I have tinnitus and a slight loss in my left ear. I blame the tinnitus on the drummer's cymbals. I always try to stand on stage right or the left as you look at the band, so the cymbals have been in my left ear for decades.
My hearing isn't bad though. I used to have annual tests in the RAF, because of weapon firing and always passed. Had an occasional one since and still fine.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 10, 2021 14:17:46 GMT
I don’t turn my 22 watt Deluxe Reverb much past 3 or 4 at gigs. I have thought about wearing earplugs after going for a couple of hearing tests. Surprisingly, I still have pretty much 90% of my hearing but I’ve lost about 25% of my hearing in my right ear around the 2000hz frequency. I don’t know if that’s because the side wash monitor usually sits about 8 feet away from my right ear but that does seem significant enough to warrant some type of hearing protection. I try to be really careful about volumes for that reason. Not only am I worried about myself but for my son and daughter. My guideline is generally if you need earplugs, it is way too loud- but I don't play rock. |
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Post by zontar on Feb 11, 2021 2:54:10 GMT
I do like to feel the sound in a way--but yeah, you can get too loud--and when I am playing plugged in, or through headphones, I do take breaks for my ears
Even if you use hearing protection, the ears do have a time limit as well.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 11, 2021 2:59:11 GMT
I do like to feel the sound in a way--but yeah, you can get too loud--and when I am playing plugged in, or through headphones, I do take breaks for my ears Even if you use hearing protection, the ears do have a time limit as well. You are certainly not doing your body any favors by setting yourself up for hearing loss! |
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 11, 2021 10:00:31 GMT
I do like to feel the sound in a way--but yeah, you can get too loud--and when I am playing plugged in, or through headphones, I do take breaks for my ears Even if you use hearing protection, the ears do have a time limit as well. I love to feel the whole sound hit me in the stomach. I hate playing quiet |
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Post by zontar on Feb 11, 2021 10:08:20 GMT
I do like to feel the sound in a way--but yeah, you can get too loud--and when I am playing plugged in, or through headphones, I do take breaks for my ears Even if you use hearing protection, the ears do have a time limit as well. I love to feel the whole sound hit me in the stomach. I hate playing quiet I do like dynamics in a song--so if it's all loud or all quiet--it gets boring. But yeah, sometimes you just need to crank it up. (I just take breaks & don't overdo it) |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 11, 2021 12:27:39 GMT
I do like to feel the sound in a way--but yeah, you can get too loud--and when I am playing plugged in, or through headphones, I do take breaks for my ears Even if you use hearing protection, the ears do have a time limit as well. I love to feel the whole sound hit me in the stomach. I hate playing quiet I'm not sure I would say I play quietly. If both of us have similar powered amps turned up roughly the same, the volume output has to be sort of close too. But I'm really careful not to hurt anyone in the band, myself included |
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Post by infant on Feb 11, 2021 13:25:11 GMT
I’ve played with my current band for about 15 yrs. I’ve also played with 4 other bands over the last 5 yrs and I have always enjoyed playing with the other bands as the drummers are not loud. Our guy just pounds the damn things.
I used to have a 65W Peavey Studio Pro that I used at rehearsals. I had to dime the thing at rehearsals with our drummer yet I could play gigs with any other drummer with the volume set at 4 or 5. At the end of a gig, my ears appreciate the lower volumes.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 11, 2021 13:29:37 GMT
I’ve played with my current band for about 15 yrs. I’ve also played with 4 other bands over the last 5 yrs and I have always enjoyed playing with the other bands as the drummers are not loud. Our guy just pounds the damn things. I used to have a 65W Peavey Studio Pro that I used at rehearsals. I had to dime the thing at rehearsals with our drummer yet I could play gigs with any other drummer with the volume set at 4 or 5. At the end of a gig, my ears appreciate the lower volumes. We've actually played with a couple drummers where I got audience complaints so I couldn't use them anymore. The band usually plays at a fairly constant normal volume so when I get complaints it is almost 100% the drummer |
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 11, 2021 14:51:38 GMT
My main issue when playing quiet is I never use pedals, so need a certain amount of volume to get the sound I want. If we ever play a place where they mention about being quiet, we sometimes start with a couple of quiet ones and then build it up
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 11, 2021 15:23:54 GMT
My main issue when playing quiet is I never use pedals, so need a certain amount of volume to get the sound I want. If we ever play a place where they mention about being quiet, we sometimes start with a couple of quiet ones and then build it up I don't use pedals either but I'm probably going for a cleaner sound than you overall |
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Post by zontar on Feb 11, 2021 20:59:08 GMT
My main issue when playing quiet is I never use pedals, so need a certain amount of volume to get the sound I want. If we ever play a place where they mention about being quiet, we sometimes start with a couple of quiet ones and then build it up You need a producer switch or control (One that doesn’t actually do anything) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2021 17:22:02 GMT
Years ago, in the eighties, I started a band that was equipment-poor for several months. Our biggest problem was PA gear. I ended up borrowing a huge set of Cerwin Vega HED Series home speakers from the audio store I was working at and we bought an absolutely ancient Shure Vocalmaster...a six channel high impedance PA head that another band was casting off. We named it The Easter Pig (I have no idea why). We limped through our first year with it until we could afford something better. It turned into our monitor head for a while, but I don't even remember what happened to it after that...Probably passed it on to some other gear-starved start-up band. Don't miss The Easter Pig at all, lol.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 14, 2021 20:46:52 GMT
Years ago, in the eighties, I started a band that was equipment-poor for several months. Our biggest problem was PA gear. I ended up borrowing a huge set of Cerwin Vega HED Series home speakers from the audio store I was working at and we bought an absolutely ancient Shure Vocalmaster...a six channel high impedance PA head that another band was casting off. We named it The Easter Pig (I have no idea why). We limped through our first year with it until we could afford something better. It turned into our monitor head for a while, but I don't even remember what happened to it after that...Probably passed it on to some other gear-starved start-up band. Don't miss The Easter Pig at all, lol. You don't have a pic of the pig, do you? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2021 1:21:01 GMT
Years ago, in the eighties, I started a band that was equipment-poor for several months. Our biggest problem was PA gear. I ended up borrowing a huge set of Cerwin Vega HED Series home speakers from the audio store I was working at and we bought an absolutely ancient Shure Vocalmaster...a six channel high impedance PA head that another band was casting off. We named it The Easter Pig (I have no idea why). We limped through our first year with it until we could afford something better. It turned into our monitor head for a while, but I don't even remember what happened to it after that...Probably passed it on to some other gear-starved start-up band. Don't miss The Easter Pig at all, lol. You don't have a pic of the pig, do you? Well, sort of.......In this picture, I'm sitting on one of our Cerwin Vega "PA" speakers, and you can see part of The Easter Pig in the foreground
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 15, 2021 1:37:31 GMT
You don't have a pic of the pig, do you? Well, sort of.......In this picture, I'm sitting on one of our Cerwin Vega "PA" speakers, and you can see part of The Easter Pig in the foreground
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