I intentionally started a volume war

[jmattbassplaya]

I can actually understand why guitarists can`t hear themselves even if they`re the loudest. Most of them(in my case at least) stand right next to the amp. The problem with this is, is that the sound is coming out at their feet and they aren`t hearing the full blast of the guitar, while everyone else is. May I suggest forcing the guitard to sit down in front of his amp so the sound goes straight into his ears, and his body can act like a muter for everyone else =)

 

[Adam Bomb]

After I bought my current head and cabinets I had a nice opportunity to do that. The guitarist I was playing with had a Fender Dual Showman head and a 2x12 cabinet and he could get insanely loud - and liked doing it to the point where I couldn't hear myself anymore.

The first time I brought my new (at the time) set up to his house to practice, his son sat in on drums. As usual he got louder over time, so I turned up a little louder, then he did, and our first legitimate volume war started. It didn't take long for his son to stop playing and throw his sticks down. We got so loud he was smashing the heads and cymbals but we literally heard NO sound from the drums.

It was fun for a few seconds to realize that I was no longer going to be drowned out and it actually did solve the volume problem from then on. However, we also realized that was pretty stupid. We were in a small room with a wood floor, one wall was a large window, and one was stone fireplace - IOW very live! If we kept it up we could have really done some damage to our hearing. Luckily it only lasted a short time - and as I said the positive result was that it was a permanent solution to the volume problem.

This is what I'm saying. Peace through war. It is better to be feared than to be loved. Keep your enemies closer.

Another one for us.

--Bomb

 

[nsmar4211]

I've never done the "turn all the way up" thing out of respect for my singer's ears......

I have however done the "no ones paying attention" thing and turned myself off. And NO ONE noticed..... well, the drummer said later he did. I did get a couple of puzzled looks but since the fingers were moving they said nothin...

However........I can blow them all out of the room if I wanted to bwahahahah . I've never turned my amp past halfway and that was at an outdoor gig LOL

 

[skulletwhip]

I was just ripping on guitarists, but yeah I agree with the bedroom tone thing.

 

[Korladis]

My guitarist used to sometimes play "Rock You Like a Hurricane" to annoy me, since he knows I hate the Scorpions with a passion. At the time, I didn't actually know what my rig was capable of and so kept it turned to 3 (out of 10).

This sort of thing stopped happening when I turned up to about 8 and ground out some crunchy doom while just wallowing in the sheer amounts of volume coming from my amp. The guitar could not be heard and neither could the drums. I have yet to ever hear that dreadful hurricane song at band rehearsal again.

 

[brachal]

When I got my new GK stack (1001-rb2, 1x15 neo, 2x12 neo) I cranked it up a little and swamped my guitarist, who runs about 150 watts through a 4x12 and a 1x15. Next practice he showed up with his regular rig AND another 50 watt tube head with another 2x12. You couldn't hear the drums. Some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed.