My tool landlord

metlman72 · #1 08-07-2011, 10:09 PM

So today I am practicing and I am in the groove. I think I was playing war ensemble (slayer). Now I have a Crate BX-100 in my studio apartment and it is on 2 and pre amp is maybe on 3-4. I can barely hear it and my tool landlord starts banging on the wall. I so wanted to turn it up to 6-7 and rattle his walls. Has this happened to anyone else and what did you do. I myself will wait till he is not home and then rattle his pictures off the wall.

cataract · #2 08-07-2011, 10:13 PM

Slayer? Feel lucky you weren't evicted IMMEDIATELY.

Shakin-Slim · #3 08-07-2011, 10:15 PM

^ +1

Has it happened before? While banging on the wall isn't the best solution, it might not be indicative of his opinion of hearing your playing, but rather something going on at the time (headache etc)
I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. If it continues to happen, talk to him. If it still continues, shake his pictures off the wall

floridagatorfan · #4 08-07-2011, 10:16 PM

I have had my neighbors to call and tell me to turn down causae they could hear me inside their house.

ric stave · #5 08-07-2011, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by metlman72

So today I am practicing and I am in the groove. I think I was playing war ensemble (slayer). Now I have a Crate BX-100 in my studio apartment and it is on 2 and pre amp is maybe on 3-4. I can barely hear it and my tool landlord starts banging on the wall. I so wanted to turn it up to 6-7 and rattle his walls. Has this happened to anyone else and what did you do. I myself will wait till he is not home and then rattle his pictures off the wall.

You could 'barely hear it', and yet, he apparently did hear it ...

Sometimes frequencies from a bass amp (or any amp) are much more pronouced elsewhere than right in front of it. You can either talk to him/her and find a resolution to the 'problem', or start looking for a new place to live. Good luck fighting it out....

Journey55 · #6 08-07-2011, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ric stave

You could 'barely hear it', and yet, he apparently did hear it ...

Sometimes frequencies from a bass amp (or any amp) are much more pronouced elsewhere than right in front of it. You can either talk to him/her and find a resolution to the 'problem', or start looking for a new place to live. Good luck fighting it out....

I've had some experience with the frequencies thing. Bass in a song/alone is a lot louder/more pronounced in a different room

Depth_Charge · #7 08-08-2011, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by metlman72

So today I am practicing and I am in the groove. I think I was playing war ensemble (slayer). Now I have a Crate BX-100 in my studio apartment and it is on 2 and pre amp is maybe on 3-4. I can barely hear it and my tool landlord starts banging on the wall. I so wanted to turn it up to 6-7 and rattle his walls. Has this happened to anyone else and what did you do. I myself will wait till he is not home and then rattle his pictures off the wall.

Yeah I get that all the time. We have 4 young kids and regardless if Im listening to music or playing it, if its loud and bass, there are complaints

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Originally Posted by cataract

Slayer? Feel lucky you weren't evicted IMMEDIATELY.

+2. As a teenager one band I was in would play on Sunday afternoons when a church group next door got home from church and started readings or something - there was always a group of 20+ elderly people there.

We'd get no complaints playing our paid cover (rock/pop) sets for hours on end, but once done we would chilll and play metal and off the wall jams - they had our number to call if it got too loud and despite never changing the volume, that phone would always start ringing a few bars after we started playing Angel of Death

metlman72 · #8 08-08-2011, 05:06 AM

First while yes I was playing slayer I was definitely playing it at a respectful level. I am 39 own my own house (due to crappy divorce am unable to reside there) so I understand what all you guys are saying. I dealt with my daughter before she went to college. Everyday with that rap music crap.

I should have explained a little more in detail. My landlords son lives in the front of the house. He calls his mom(the landlord) for the littlest things. He is a little whining girl. Where I park my car and I have my own driveway to park in. Numerous times for my TV level. Again that is on 2 never more than 3 because I don't want the headaches. His mom the landlord told me don't worry its just the way he is but I may have to look for a new place. Would I love to rock everything he owns of shelves and walls yes. Will I no probably not. 10 years ago I would drove to rehearsal and grabbed my Carvin 15" cab added that to my crate amp and then done it....

RustyAxe · #9 08-08-2011, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by metlman72

So today I am practicing and I am in the groove. I think I was playing war ensemble (slayer). Now I have a Crate BX-100 in my studio apartment and it is on 2 and pre amp is maybe on 3-4. I can barely hear it and my tool landlord starts banging on the wall. I so wanted to turn it up to 6-7 and rattle his walls. Has this happened to anyone else and what did you do. I myself will wait till he is not home and then rattle his pictures off the wall.

I'ts happened to me. The wanker next door likes to play his Latin jazz too loudly ... well, he used to until I tossed the a-hole out into the street.

You can't hear it cuz you've already damaged your hearing. Your neighbor CAN hear it. You lose ... turn it down or buy some headphones.

fleabee · #10 08-08-2011, 06:43 AM

He can probably feel it more than hear it. I fart in my apartment and my neighbors hear it. Imagine the bass frequencies...Don't be a brown eye, show the same respect you would want from him etc and get some headphones to rock out to some Slayer.

baileyboy · #11 08-08-2011, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by metlman72

So today I am practicing and I am in the groove. I think I was playing war ensemble (slayer). Now I have a Crate BX-100 in my studio apartment and it is on 2 and pre amp is maybe on 3-4. I can barely hear it and my tool landlord starts banging on the wall. I so wanted to turn it up to 6-7 and rattle his walls. Has this happened to anyone else and what did you do. I myself will wait till he is not home and then rattle his pictures off the wall.

Solution: Do well in school, get a good job, make good money, buy a house with lots of land and few neighbors, then turn it as loud as you want any time you want.

metlman72 · #12 08-08-2011, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by baileyboy

Solution: Do well in school, get a good job, make good money, buy a house with lots of land and few neighbors and turn it as loud as you want any time you want.

Did you read my second post?

1 I am 39 yrs old
2 I own my own house
3 I am a mechanical engineer and didnt go to college. I have a great job and make enough money to support my family.

Ifriff · #13 08-08-2011, 07:00 AM

My landlord lives above me in a house where the lower level is an apt. I aways want to kranck it! How could you not? I do when there's no one home. But when some ones home upstairs (most of the time) i use my headphones. This way you can turn up. It sounds different than with the cab but i have tons of fun. I'm so glad i have an amp with a headphone jack. If you play to loud for to long your ears (your whole head really) get fatigued though. Gotta be careful

baileyboy · #14 08-08-2011, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by metlman72

Did you read my second post?

1 I am 39 yrs old
2 I own my own house
3 I am a mechanical engineer and didnt go to college. I have a great job and make enough money to support my family.

Sorry, didn't read whole thread, only 1st post... anyhow, if someone is telling you it's too loud, turn it down and be a good neighbor.

GypsyMan · #15 08-08-2011, 07:12 AM

Starting with what;

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and why no;

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prd004 · #16 08-08-2011, 07:14 AM

Living right next to the landlords son is a BAD thing! A couple suggestions:

Get an Auralex GRAMMA, this will help cut down on vibrations going through the floor and walls. Mopads for your stereo speakers/studio monitors too.

Observe the 12:00 to 10:00 rule, no noise from noon to ten o'clock, and turn it down even lower after 8:00

Talk to your neighbors, it's amazing what this will accomplish! I live in an apartment, and I've had my entire band practice in my living room every weekend for years (at a subdued level of course, hand drums, vocal PA, plugged-in acoustics, and a small bass amp). I got away with this because I knew my neighbors!!!!!!

No offense to Slayer fans, to each his/her own, but understand if you don't like Slayer, it sounds like noise. Loud, grating, headache-causing noise. If you don't like this kind of music, it reaches the annoying level after about ten minutes. (Not judging taste, just saying)

Get a pair of headphones

Move somewhere where your landlords son isn't reporting on you!

Good luck!

bjabass · #17 08-08-2011, 07:28 AM

maybe don't like slayer...try anthrax

sqadan · #18 08-08-2011, 07:31 AM

Someone above suggested a headphone amp... that's the best solution to guitars and bass in an apartment situation.

bassman0221 · #19 08-08-2011, 07:40 AM

I use a small Alesis USB mixer plus some nice headphones....

jgroh · #20 08-08-2011, 07:50 AM

Having just almost got into a brawl with a neighbor a couple of days ago over noise, I am sensitive to this matter. The best thing you can do is talk to your neighbor and come to an agreement. Its alot harder to complain about someone you are friends with than "the idiot next door". Take over a six pack or whatever and tell him you are sorry for the noise and see if there is a better time to practice so they know about it ahead of time. It will do wonders.