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07-14-2011, 05:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Over Here | | | Bass playing in an aprtment building
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I am going to be moving into a new apartment tomorrow and it will be the first time I lived in an aprtment and have bass gear. I have a 100 watt amp so its somewhat loud. i was just wondering if its aproblem. i want to be considerate of the neighbors in the apartments around me.
Anyone else play and live in an aprtment? is your playing disturbing to your neighbors?
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07-14-2011, 05:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | I lived in apartments for 20 years. I always tried to be considerate and keep the volume to low practice levels. If there was a time that I knew the neighbors weren't home I might let it rip for a while, but mostly I had to keep it quiet at home and save the stage volume for the stage. |
07-14-2011, 05:13 PM
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07-14-2011, 05:16 PM
| | | | I live in a condo & practice through my computer with headphones. I can play along with iTunes, or some other softwares that let me loop segments that I want to repeat. Nobody ever wakes up or complains.
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07-14-2011, 05:19 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N.H. | | | Tascam BT-MP3 will take care of that issue. |
07-14-2011, 05:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tempe, Arizona, USA | | | This is not nearly as problematic a situation as it was, even as recently as 20 years ago.
There are even some gig-worthy amps out there that enable silent practice with an external input.
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07-14-2011, 06:02 PM
|  | Supporting Reggae Music | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: MEXICANADAMERICA | | | ^^^ what they said...
don't piss the neighbors off. (the new guy never wins)
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07-14-2011, 06:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Kingston, ON, Canada | | | a cheap alternative is a Zoom B1X pedal. Headphone friendly, built in drum machine (metronome) and bunch of effects to mess around with. Bought mine for $100 3-4 years ago, so they must have come down a bit by now.
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07-14-2011, 06:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Baltimore,MD USA | | | It depends on how sturdily made your apartment building is. If the walls and floors are thick concrete, no worries. If not, the neighbors will notify you, perhaps with a Molotov cocktail. What does practicing alone at really high volumes accomplish anyway? It's kinda a form of wanking, with little relevance to an actual playing situation.
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07-14-2011, 06:47 PM
|  | Evil Alien | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | Yeah, a lot depends on the construction of the building, whether you will be upstairs or at ground level, etc.
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07-14-2011, 06:55 PM
|  | Bartle doo? | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Missing Mountains | | Head phones.  Be out of my apartment next month! 
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07-14-2011, 07:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tampa, Florida | | | Also a little thing called a volume knob. I've been playing in my bottom apartment for 3 years with no complaints from people above or to the side. It doesn't need to be loud to practice | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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