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disturbing the neighbors

#41
jbybj said:
Are you suggesting that he move his cabinet out of the house?
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LOL well that's one possible solution but it may be louder outside than inside.
Buy a supply of the heavier furniture blankets ( available from several on line sources in various thickness) and drape the room with them. Double drape the windows and fill the window frames with sheetrock.

I solved a similar sound issue with that solution and filled the window frames with double layers of 5/8" sheetrock, then blanketed over them and it made a huge difference. If it's a garage, also insulate the garage doors. You can by garage door insulation kits at Home Depot or Lowes...they'll ship it to you. Easy install...cut to fit the panels with a box cutter. I did a 3 car garage in about an hour.
That will not only help with the sound but lower the summer heat in the garage and help keep the winter cold out.
 
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#43
At College, in my dorm, we had metal walls between rooms - those things would rattle without too much effort. I woke one morning to the sound of Van Halen's Eruption shaking the place apart. The new guy in the next room had a pair of Klipsch Cornwalls in his dorm - huge freakin' speakers. Although I never played my bass rig in my dorm room (I stored the rig there), later that day, I decided to make an exception. I found the resonant frequency of the wall between our rooms, and played a riff heavily featuring that note for a while. My neighbor ended up leaning against the shelves on the wall, to stop the beer glasses that were falling off onto the floor. After a while of that, I stopped, and we me in the hallway.

OK, now that we've established I can retaliate effectively, let's talk about quiet hours. He was very compliant.
 
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Have you considered "negotiating" with them? Are flaming dooky bags still a thing?
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#46
Koshchei said:
There's a lot of energy in that note! :)

I saw Moonspell last year, and their bassist had great technique, but his tone was so bassy that the entire theatre was acting like a cabinet. It was actually hard to breathe during their set. I couldn't hear anything at all through the wall of DEEP building-vibrating sound pressure. I wanted to throw a bottle at the sound guy, who seemed oblivious to the room clearing itself.
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Didn’t know anything about Moonspell so I checked them out on YouTube. They were loud even on my iPad.
 
#52
I have always been nice to my neighbors, as I live on a cul-de-sac. This always served me well when the band practiced here, and has been especially helpful now, as I learn to play drums. ;) :D

I'd advise knocking on doors to assure and assuage, setting up times to play and to not play, and turning down. For example, my band would always stop at 8pm, regardless of anything else. If we had "a thing" going on, we'd make it into a lower volume thing.

You still have to live there.
 
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#53
Just moved from a house that I owned into a co-op. I do practice and learn tunes quietly but on occasion like to test a piece of gear and turn up the volume. Fortunately our main room is next to the elevator shaft and that’s where the amps are on a Gramma isolation platform. So far so good.
 
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#54
equill said:
Is your amp sitting on the floor? If so, it'll be worth raising it for two reasons.

First, the closer to ear-level it gets, the less you need to turn it up to hear it to your liking.
Secondly, acoustic coupling could easily be the issue. Disconnect the amp from the floor, and suddenly the building is no longer an extension of your cabinet.
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Brilliant! Can’t believe I never thought of that!
 
#57
I played with a drummer who came home drunk one night and decided he needed to play drums. He played them hard for awhile and then went to bed. When he woke up in the morning he thought about what he had done but thought that it was all okay as he had no complaints while he was playing. He went into the lounge room and opened the curtains. Someone had thrown half a brick through the window. He had been playing so hard he hadn't noticed!
 
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