Home practice and vibration

[Chrisk-K]

When I practice at home, lots of things vibrate. The worst are the wall electric panels. I taped them but they ocassionally vibrate. How do deal with unwanted vibration at home?

[robbotbass]

Thats the beast man. I had to go to a headphone Rack run through my computer on pro tools. So I use the preamps on guitar rig that came with pro tools. My wife Hated when I wanted to warm my tubes up in the house.

[Chrisk-K]

I also use a pair of headphones. But I sometimes want to hear sound waves from a real speaker.

[robbotbass]

I know it's a double edge sword. When I played in a ska band back in the day we reneted out a automotive shop. We could only go in after 7 and had to be out by 11. I know that doesn't help when your wanting to just improve your chops at your leasuire

[chadhargis]

My practice area is in my "man cave" complete with my metal tool boxes and metal storage cabinets.

If you want vibration, come to my house. It sounds someone filling up a metal garbage can with ball bearings and rolling it down a hill.

[Eublet]

I've posted this elsewhere, but there's no reason to use a big, burly bass rig for home practice. The low end of a rig like that doesn't work well in the rooms of a small home. Get a small, 10" combo amp that only costs a couple hundred bucks, and practice with that. It'll sound bigger in a bedroom type environment than it will on a gig, and it'll let you get louder than you would with a big rig without vibrating things off walls and shelves. You can find small combos like this that sound really good for practicing at home.

[elgecko]

Turn down?

[Chrisk-K]

I use a GK MB200 and an Epifani UL-110 at home. The volume knob of the GK never goes past 11 o'clock. I'll put some foam on the wall panels and see what happens.

[Chris K]

Originally Posted by Chrisk-K

I use a GK MB200 and an Epifani UL-110 at home. The volume knob of the GK never goes past 11 o'clock. I'll put some foam on the wall panels and see what happens.

Sound is tricky... but from what I hear, contact vibration is your problem. Before attacking the panels, try some foam underneath the cab first

But... some objects may be set in motion just by sound, depending on their on frequency and ability to vibrate. In that case, you have to do some damping on the object itself.

[robbotbass]

Also You can Get a Palmer. Never used one on bass but I know a lot of guitar players that use them and love them. THe dude from Def Lep uses one as well. Might be something to look into.
http://www.palmer-germany.com/81-1-pdi03.html

[Chrisk-K]

My wall panels love G & Bb. They don't react to other notes.

[mikeddd]

Originally Posted by chadhargis

If you want vibration, come to my house. It sounds someone filling up a metal garbage can with ball bearings and rolling it down a hill.

LOL! Sounds like my room. The radiator, of all things, vibrates like crazy with a lovely zzzZZZZING! as the notes die off. The aluminum frames of the windows also vibrate. This is at bedroom practice levels, unfortunatley.

Using a smaller rig does help a bit though, that is true. I.E. a single 10" instead of a 212. So here's a plug for the TB110!

Low-cost DIY practice/coffeehouse tweeterless 110 [long]

[Electricblue]

Originally Posted by Chrisk-K

My wall panels love G & Bb. They don't react to other notes.

+1 everything in my house reacts to a G

Move your amp away from a wall, mine has 2 ports on the back and it sounds quieter when its not near a wall.