guitard in the upstairs apartment

Lowner · #1 08-09-2011, 07:03 PM

A month ago i moved into a new apartment and i think there's a guitard that lives in the apartment above me. I hear just the low notes and i don't hear any bending or typical guitar playing. Who ever this guy is he tries to one up me i play something and he plays something. I have resorted to wearing headphones to drown him out.

bmb73 · #2 08-09-2011, 07:07 PM

Go up there and see if he wants to jam?

Icey101 · #3 08-09-2011, 07:20 PM

yeh invite him down and join forces then have an agreement in place to not annoy each other

jelwood · #4 08-09-2011, 07:28 PM

1. Get an 810
2. Lay the 810 on it's back
3. Drop a low B

Muaguana · #5 08-09-2011, 08:34 PM

Kind of (loosely) reminds me of a story my dad told me, when he and my mother lived in an apartment and the people below would intentionally make a racket by riding their motorcycle around the block for no apparent reason, as well as playing music too loud.

So one time my dad laid the speaker cabinets from his home theater face down, then played "Po-jama People" by Frank Zappa (vinyl) at full volume. A few minutes later, the couple from downstairs arrived at the door and asked if they wanted to party.

Depth_Charge · #6 08-09-2011, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Lowner

A month ago i moved into a new apartment and i think there's a guitard that lives in the apartment above me. I hear just the low notes and i don't hear any bending or typical guitar playing. Who ever this guy is he tries to one up me i play something and he plays something. I have resorted to wearing headphones to drown him out.

You have a guitarist playing upstairs...you aren't experiencing shriekingly high or loud notes, he's mirroring your playing (imitation is the highest form of flattery) and you're asking for advice?

I'd be bashing his door down for a jam, drummer and singer in tow

DanAleks · #7 08-09-2011, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Depth_Charge

You have a guitarist playing upstairs...you aren't experiencing shriekingly high or loud notes, he's mirroring your playing (imitation is the highest form of flattery) and you're asking for advice?

I'd be bashing his door down for a jam, drummer and singer in tow

+100

aus_bass · #8 08-09-2011, 09:09 PM

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Lowner · #9 08-10-2011, 05:34 PM

i took it to mean that he was a cocky jerk and was hearing me and trying to show off because he thinks he has better guitar chops than I do.

Its also quite possible he is a bass player too and he is trying to show me he is a better bass player than I am.

Kawai-chang · #10 08-11-2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Lowner

i took it to mean that he was a cocky jerk and was hearing me and trying to show off because he thinks he has better guitar chops than I do.

Its also quite possible he is a bass player too and he is trying to show me he is a better bass player than I am.

Challenge him to a duel.

baileyboy · #11 08-11-2011, 08:28 AM

This could be the next Lennon-McCartney...

KillianRussell · #12 08-11-2011, 08:29 AM

Without ever meeting you two have an acrimonious match made in musical heaven , reference the brillance produced by the toxic relationships of Tyler/Perry, Jagger/Richards to a lesser extent St Holmes/Nugent. You found your soulmate go bang on his door

Kawai-chang · #13 08-11-2011, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by KillianRussell

Without ever meeting you two have an acrimonious match made in musical heaven , reference the brillance produced by the toxic relationships of Tyler/Perry, Jagger/Richards to a lesser extent St Holmes/Nugent. You found your soulmate go bang on his door

And a Derek St. Holmes reference for the win!

**VincentSalizeri** · #14 08-11-2011, 10:37 AM

He (or she) is trying to jam with you, but is too shy to actually go down to ask. If I remember how things went in high school, I think you're supposed to get one of your friends to ask them to start a band.

Joe Nerve · #15 08-11-2011, 10:51 AM

My post has nothing to do with any of this, but you reminded me of something.

Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl who used to cut my hair, who I also sometimes dated (for a few days everytime I got my hair cut)...

Anyhow, one time, it was about 10PM from what I remember, I was sitting in her kitchen getting my hair cut, her mom was in the next room, and all of a sudden we hear their woman tenant upstairs start singing some opera stuff. Girl drops her scissors, lowers the stereo that was playing, and yells, "Mom!!! She's singing again!!!"... I of course I think this means mom is going to go upstairs and bang on the door... but instead she shuts her TV, comes into the kitchen and they both sit there smiling listening to woman upstairs sing.

She and her mom were true music lovers. It was great.

jkramer5 · #16 08-11-2011, 11:01 AM

All I ever hear from my neighbors apartments is moving noises, stuff being dropped, and the odd door slam. Once in a while I smell what I assume is burnt toast.

KillianRussell · #17 08-11-2011, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Kawai-chang

And a Derek St. Holmes reference for the win!

St Holmes and Nugent are working together again, In can't wait to see two 60 year olds duke it out on stage

Dean N · #18 08-11-2011, 11:34 AM

When I was in grad school, I woke up one morning to Moving Pictures being blasted from upstairs. Then all of a sudden I thought I heard weird bass stuff going on. Then I realized the dude upstairs was playing along to one of my favorite albums... I jumped out of bed and ran upstairs and banged on his door. He opened up with a bass strapped on, in his bathrobe, looking rather embarrassed ("uh... too loud..?"), and I said no, hold on. Then I came back up with my bass, and we hung out. A lot. I ended up learning a LOT about music and made a new very good friend. That was 15 years ago. We're still good friends despite living 3 states away, and talk music all the time.

You can't afford NOT to talk to neighbors that play music. Really... put on the big boy pants and talk to him!

mikerophone · #19 08-11-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Lowner

i took it to mean that he was a cocky jerk and was hearing me and trying to show off because he thinks he has better guitar chops than I do.

Its also quite possible he is a bass player too and he is trying to show me he is a better bass player than I am.

why, is that something you would do? my first assumption would be that's it's in good fun...

GeoffT · #20 08-11-2011, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Lowner

i took it to mean that he was a cocky jerk and was hearing me and trying to show off because he thinks he has better guitar chops than I do.

Its also quite possible he is a bass player too and he is trying to show me he is a better bass player than I am.

How did you go from 2 guys playing music within earshot of each other to the wild conclusion that he is trying to show you up? Maybe it was his way of saying, "Hey I play music too, maybe we should get together?" Do you understand that higher frequencies will not pass through walls and floors as much as low frequencies will?
Music isn't about competition, it's about working together with others to make sounds that compliment each other and are greater than the sum of the individual parts. You have someone in close proximity who has the same interest as you do, best case scenario is you could both learn things from the other, regardless of who is better or you could join forces and make each other sound better while getting experience playing music with others. One of the most frequently repeated pieces of advice you'll hear from almost every successful musician is to play with others as much as you possibly can. Worst case, you find out he really is a tool as you've already decided, then you go back to the headphones and haven't lost a thing.