You know you're playing too hard/loud when...

[dbass66]

...when the cops shut you down at a club gig because you can be heard in the surrounding neighborhood 6 blocks away. (hard hitting drummer and two half stacks, thrash metal...yes we are "Stupid Loud")

 

[longfinger]

You know you're playing too hard/loud when...

you're a good enough musician to notice such things!

 

[Sonicfrog]

You know you're playing too hard/loud when...

you're a good enough musician to notice such things!

+ 1

 

[57pbass]

When you bust your E string in the middle of a song.... happened Sat nite...

 

[N.F.A.]

When the drummer can't hear a single noise he is making. Yeah, that is awesomely loud! I did it once to prove to my drummer it could be done. (My Marshall SLP100 dimed through a 4 x 12 cab with Vintage Celestion 75's in it.) I left right after that and the rest of they guys ended up getting the cops called on them by people at least a mile away.)

 

[Thatguy59]

LOL

My water bottle vibrates off my cab sometimes...but never my bass head!

I did that with someone elses pint, that made me popular

 

[dougjwray]

when old hags try to rush on stage to lower your volume!

I love it when I'm playing at an event with elderly people in attendance (a wedding, anniversary party, etc.) and one of them WHO'S BEEN SITTING AT A TABLE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE MAINS comes up to insist that we turn down. Happens way too often.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

You know you're playing too loud when...
...you can be heard in a band setting.

 

[billhilly66]

When you get Christmas and birthday cards from the local shop that re-cones speakers.

 

[rtslinger]

When your fans ears start to bleed!

 

[dcallred]

If they tell you it's too loud, turn it up so you can't hear them.

 

[Bassman12593]

When the drummer's girlfriend is sitting on your cab

HAHAHA +50,000

 

[Rockingbird]

You know you're too loud when you strike a slap solo and the devil is down under, scratching his head, thinking "What the hell was that?!".

 

[Lurker79]

When the drummer's girlfriend is sitting on your cab

Sometimes, on a moonlit night we both slip into some ear protection, and I go to 11....

 

[Beginner Bass]

It's too loud when Entwhistle says "turn it down."

 

[SMILEYSIXX]

Try playing in Drop A on a 5 string. I've actually shaken my house so much that the windows vibrated open on their hinges.

I turned everything on my amp and bass all the way up... the neighbors from two blocks away knocked at my door telling me to "turn that ****ing **** down" or they'd kill me... I refused. They were right though. I almost dropped a deuce in the middle of jamming... that low A rumble is amazing...

 

[B E A D G]

When the PA guy winces at your first note.

The first thing I do when a PA guy asks me to hit a string for a sound check is nail the B string hard and just about every time the PA guy sh|ts himself. I love that trick!

Also I have on many occasions watched as a pint glass vibrates across a table and smashes on the floor. I laugh at that every time as well!

 

[Floyd Eye]

What is this "Too Loud" you speak of?

 

[Thunderthumbs73]

When there is dramatic uptick in toilet flushes and toilet paper usage... ????

 

[Staccato]

At home, when the dog has the 'Thousand Yard' stare!