Low volume and lunchbox amps

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There has been a lot of talk of low volume playing. Then there was also @DanTravis62 's best friend, tone dipshit that said low wattage amps were sonically the same as real amps. I think he wrote a book for guitarists.

I was reading a study at princeton where they tied low volume playing to vaginafication, which apparently is a condition where your penis shrivels and turns into an empty husk like vagina.

Dont be a bitch. Dont let your friends become vaginas. Play fucking LOUD!
 
RaceU4her said:
im cool playing loud for about a minute and half and then i find it tiring honestly, im tired of hearing "that monster isnt fitting" though so losing an inch or two might not be a bad thing.
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Depending on the upper mids of an amp, playing full volume can be a bit fatiguing, but i never play a tube amp at anything less than 102 dbs. If i am practicing or writing something, i play on the computer with modelling software. Once i nail something though, it has to be played loud
 
I can agree with Smashed...unless you just have that perfect tone...it can become work to listen at mega volume...that said..my ears are either ringing or near to it when I leave practice.
 
Smashedguitaris⸸ said:
Depending on the upper mids of an amp, playing full volume can be a bit fatiguing, but i never play a tube amp at anything less than 102 dbs. If i am practicing or writing something, i play on the computer with modelling software. Once i nail something though, it has to be played loud
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Same. If I have to play quiet, that's what those tools are for.
 
Skolphy said:
I can agree with Smashed...unless you just have that perfect tone...it can become work to listen at mega volume...that said..my ears are either ringing or near to it when I leave practice.
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Yeah. I used to worry about the ringing, but it always goes away. I read that getting tinnitus from it is mostly genetic or from bloodpressure or other causes
 
Smashedguitaris⸸ said:
Yes. You nailed it: if you have to.

I am always confused by people who ask about how a tube amp sounds at low volume. That is like putting a Lamborghini around at twenty miles per hour and telling someone you have drove one..
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Especially the interaction with feedback and feel - at the volumes tube amps are meant to be played at, you need much less gain to achieve the smooth, squishy, forgiving feel

Everytime I see someones settings and the gain is at 10 on their super high gain amp, I immediately know they don't actually play their amp

At that point, theyre using it like a ridiculously expensive distortion pedal at that point

You might as well get a cheap solid state practice amp and a pedal that emulates it
 
DanTravis62 said:
Especially the interaction with feedback and feel - at the volumes tube amps are meant to be played at, you need much less gain to achieve the smooth, squishy, forgiving feel

Everytime I see someones settings and the gain is at 10 on their super high gain amp, I immediately know they don't actually play their amp

At that point, theyre using it like a ridiculously expensive distortion pedal at that point

You might as well get a cheap solid state practice amp and a pedal that emulates it
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Exactly! I am always turning the gain down as low as i can for clarity without losing the balls.

And the interaction.. Man, that is why you fucking play one. You cant feel an amp at low volume.
 
Hard to distinguish the sarcasm from the real underlying intention of this thread...

I play my 100w tube amps at all volumes, from late night practice to pant flapping adrenaline rushes. In all circumstances at any volume, I always prefer my tube amps to any other option. But if you think you're immune to hearing damage then wake the fuck up, because once it happens you never get it back. I use custom molded musician's ear plugs when the walls start rattling. Do yourself a favor and don't google tinnitus suicide.
 
Meeotch said:
Hard to distinguish the sarcasm from the real underlying intention of this thread...

I play my 100w tube amps at all volumes, from late night practice to pant flapping adrenaline rushes. In all circumstances at any volume, I always prefer my tube amps to any other option. But if you think you're immune to hearing damage then wake the fuck up, because once it happens you never get it back. I use custom molded musician's ear plugs when the walls start rattling. Do yourself a favor and don't google tinnitus suicide.
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Growing up, my dad had enough fear for both of us, so I just lived my life. Been working out well so far.

Playing a tube amp whisper quiet is like moving your hand back and forth in the air and thinking you are masturbating. But if you can come like that, fuck ya.

And you are not the problem anyway. You play your fucking amp and have a real one, brother

Also, sarcasm is like a second language for me
 
Smashedguitaris⸸ said:
Yeah. I used to worry about the ringing, but it always goes away. I read that getting tinnitus from it is mostly genetic or from bloodpressure or other causes
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It always goes away, until one day it doesn’t. Then it just keeps getting louder and louder.
 
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Soundstorm said:
It always goes away, until one day it doesn’t. Then it just keeps getting louder and louder.
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Exactly.

And I can pin-point 3 instances that greatly contributed to my mild tinnitus in my younger years....
1) as a teenager a buddy put this 'black widow' firework (explosive basically) about 8' away from me when it went off. He is no longer a buddy. :p
2) seeing Motörhead in '98 without ear plugs, 3rd row. Lemmy even goin' "Dave, crank it up with 10 percent, will ya?" to the FOH guy.
3) being in a rehearsal room with a band around 2000-2001, kneeling to adjust a delay pedal, when everyone is still setting up and the drummer starts tuning his snare drum at full blast less than 4' away from my ear.

Especially #1 and #2 didn't leave a 'beep', but a hiss! For days it was like I was hearing a gas-pipe leak. Yes, that went away... but so went my ability to hear above 17kHz and having tinnitus now. Luckily, I acted quickly and got these custom molded ear plugs (-15dB filters) and have been wearing them for over 20 years now. Even dabbled with the -25dB filters, but they weren't as linear and ate up too much low-end, so it gave you the idea that your amp sounded really thin, causing you to up the Bass and Resonance to counter...but without plugs it was way too boomy in the room then.
But the big benefit of these plugs, is that aside from lowering the volume, everything becomes more balanced and clear.
When you wear them, while watching another band, if a buddy is with you in the audience and he/she speaks to you, you can hear them more clear than without those plugs.
Of course I wear 'em on stage, as we have a shit-loud drummer (>120dB easily) that plays Paiste Rude cymbals for added crash-bang-wallop.
 
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