I was way too loud at practice

[BassmanPaul]

I should have made the original post a little different. With an untested, old amplifier, I was able to move the earth with very little effort. The amp I had been practicing with (a Carvin B800) was fine and had enough headroom. The Seymour Duncan has 200 watts less at 2 ohms and is much louder than the Carvin at the same settings.

You are comparing apples and oranges. Actual control positions are immaterial from amp to amp. You are comparing gain structure here.

Paul

 

[NickInMesa]

On a not so bright day I kept moving back and forth between my position and the amp to adjust volume until I remembered the volume know on the bass.

Doh!

But that's not such a bad thing that you can outgun the drummer and the guitarist.

 

[Mike Shevlin]

This is a cool thread ~ I played too loud at a practice once too.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

With a lot of guitarists, this comment really means "Man, I could almost tell I wasn't the only one playing!"

LOL

+1000000000000000000

 

[pbd]

Loud is good but did it sound good? lol Paint peeling loud should be felt too.

Todd

 

[Thor]

I heard your rehearsal here in Detroit ...you sounded pretty good.

Tell the guitar player he cut through the mix o.k. but he's using way too much distortion.

 

[Stinsok]

Loud is good but did it sound good? lol Paint peeling loud should be felt too.

Todd

It's sounds suprisingly good. It's a no frills amp. It has a 7 band rotary eq, a Lo and Hi contour switch, an XLR out, an effects loop and a banana plug speaker out. No fan, but a massive heat sink.

 

[NWB]

It's my completely uninformed opinion that some speakers, especially neos, sound much better when pushed a bit.

Much the same as guitarists pushing their tubes hard to get better tone.

If the bass needs to be at a deafening roar to get the right tone, then so be it.

 

[Stinsok]

Here are the results of my highly scientific experiment:

Carvin B800 on 5= Loud
Seymour Duncan on 5= Louder

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

If it's too loud, then you're too old...

Ah hell. I'm too old.

 

[NWB]

Here are the results of my highly scientific experiment:

Carvin B800 on 5= Loud
Seymour Duncan on 5= Louder

But, does the Duncan go to "11"?

 

[NWB]

If it's too loud, then you're too old...

Ah hell. I'm too old.

Me too.

You kids turn them amplifiers down and get the H*ll off of my lawn.

 

[Stinsok]

It may go to eleven but I didn't want anyone to bust out cryin'.

 

[Oric]

i play too loud my amp's on like half volume and the back port is like an ac system and it's awesome, everyone loves it

 

[Bobby B]

Our two guitarists were too loud and were drowning everyone out, so I got a new rig and blew them both straight out of the room. It only took once, and they both wanted to turn down. Now we have nice, balanced rehearsals.

 

[pbd]

Me too.

You kids turn them amplifiers down and get the H*ll off of my lawn.

"he was a nice boy, he used to cut the grass"

 

[Balog]

It's sounds suprisingly good. It's a no frills amp. It has a 7 band rotary eq, a Lo and Hi contour switch, an XLR out, an effects loop and a banana plug speaker out. No fan, but a massive heat sink.

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Second, be interested in selling me your amp? This 20w MicroBass crap doesn't annoy my "let'sburnourcreditcardsrightbelowBalog'sopendoor" downstairs neighbors nearly enough.

 

[BassmanPaul]

Here are the results of my highly scientific experiment:

Carvin B800 on 5= Loud
Seymour Duncan on 5= Louder

Again I'll try! This "experiment" is completely meaningless! You are comparing gains. It's what happens when the volumes are maxed that matters.

Paul

 

[akaTRENT]

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Second, be interested in selling me your amp? This 20w MicroBass crap doesn't annoy my "let'sburnourcreditcardsrightbelowBalog'sopendoor" downstairs neighbors nearly enough.

I own that shirt.

 

[Thorsoundcore]

ALOT of people say i'm too loud.but i'd rather hear a bunch of people whine about that than not be heard at all...