Your Rig is too Loud!

[Markedman]

But I haven’t even gotten to set anything up yet!

“I can see you’re going to be too loud and your drummer better not play loud or you’re not playing here!”

In other words, you’re just Muzak. If people cannot carry on a conversation at normal sound levels, just beat it. Beat it, just beat it.

I’m ugly, and abrasive. I sure am glad I was able to be a punk when you could be a punk and hang with punks. Now, I’m just ugly, I’m very aggressive, and older.

Fucking clouds in the sky, get off my lawn and turn it up loud. Punks are forgiven and forgotten forever.

 

[zuel69]

Yea!

 

[Manxmusicman]

I used to do sound for a venue that had just got serious about ‘live’ music. They’d spent big on a brand new nexo system that sounded great. Anyway, 3 piece starts playing and some comes over to me asking me to turn them down as they were trying to have a conversation, I politely told them that I can’t turn the drummer down and he then back to his table whee is turns out his conversation was actually sitting on his phone.

Manager sends me a message saying he’s had a complaint and I need to turn it down! They bought in an electric drum kit after that and insist that bands use it, needless to say I don’t do sound there and not many bands actually play there.

 

[Hamer95USA]

I bought a pair of Clearsonic amp shields for this issue. One to shield a 1x12 combo amp and the JB 4x12 amp shield that can shield a 2x12 or a 4x12 cab. I'm tired of people accusing me off being the loudest instrument onstage when either the drummer, keyboardist, or bassist are louder than me. The sound guys, club staff, and band leader are happy when I use mine onstage and don't complain or accuse me of excessive volume. I also use amps with master volume knobs. I play in a few cover band around town so I find using the amp shield as a necessary evil, but is used to be diplomatic to the other band members & the venues. That being said, most people seem to hear with their eyes than their ears.

Guitar George

 

[romanianreaper]

What the hell is wrong with people???? I went to an AC/DC show in my hometown in 88' and was dead center, against the railing with my best friend. It was so f'ing loud and then got louder during "For Those About to Rock" when the cannons blew our spleens all over the floor. We couldn't hear a damn thing and went to Hardee's after the show to get chocolate shakes and were literally screaming our order to the worker.

Shows are supposed to be loud, at least somewhat loud. You are supposed to rock out with strangers, get sweaty, lose part of your hearing, and be hungover. If you don't like that kind of stuff, then a library is a more suitable location. I'm nearing 50, and sometimes I feel like I have to teach people to be a rocker. You either have it or you don't. If you look at old footage of shows, we were f'ing headbanging and soaking in every note. Now people need a soft pretzel and are on their phone with earplugs in and leave halfway thru to beat traffic. Be a rocker or get the hell out of the way!!

 

[panhead]

Rock clubs are pretty much a thing of the past. I do not play in a band anymore 59. I can say I have never played where people are eating dinner. Thank god

 

[Mailman1971]

Put on an AM radio ...
Set talk news. Volume 3.....
‘For christ sakes can he turn that down?!!?’

Your right. What in the fuck HAPPENED TO PEOPLE?!?’

 

[crankyrayhanky]

yo yo yo easy on the CAPS. Bring it down a notch, I can't think about what I'm typing.
All you need is a 1x8 and even that is pushing it. I can hear your strings fine without amps.

 

[romanianreaper]

Rock clubs are pretty much a thing of the past. I do not play in a band anymore 59. I can say I have never played where people are eating dinner. Thank god

You can still find a few great places to get that great feeling from the past. Smaller crowds but feel like I'm with my people when I'm there because they get it.

 

[rottingcorpse]

My rig is not too loud.
You pussies are just not deaf enough yet.

 

[Thunkful]

I'm for a quieter live sound per se, but drums(if they're real) tend make at least some what of loud sound and probably piss people off so idk if there's really anything else you can do but wear earplugs or go somewhere else if it's too loud.

Eletric drums with today's samples wouldn't probably be a too bad choice, but i understand if drummers wanna play on a real kit live and they should have the right to do so.

 

[sefloval]

My wife and kids complained so much about my amp being loud that I sadly went to recording software and virtual amps with headphones when playing at home. And now they bitch the strings are too loud even when they're upstairs and I'm downstairs! Are they nuts!?!

My only joy as a guitarist now is going to band practice at a rehearsal studio maybe once a month where I can crank my half stack for a few hours and enjoy the thump of my amp and the feel and sound of a band rocking out. And for those few short hours I remember why I wanted to play guitar and be in a band when I was 14.

 

[311boogieman]

I can't hear you....did somebody say something?

 

[Monkey Man]

What in the fuck HAPPENED TO PEOPLE?!?’

The pussification of the masses, Dan.

 

[Thunkful]

My wife and kids complained so much about my amp being loud that I sadly went to recording software and virtual amps with headphones when playing at home. And now they bitch the strings are too loud even when they're upstairs and I'm downstairs! Are they nuts!?!

My only joy as a guitarist now is going to band practice at a rehearsal studio maybe once a month where I can crank my half stack for a few hours and enjoy the thump of my amp and the feel and sound of a band rocking out. And for those few short hours I remember why I wanted to play guitar and be in a band when I was 14.

Dude that ain't fair. You're the one who's paying for the house also so you should have at least the right to practice there how you want and as much as you want. Stand up for your rights!

 

[Goat]

 

[romanianreaper]

My rig is not too loud.
You pussies are just not deaf enough yet.

That would be classic. Ask the crowd "is my amp too loud?" and when they yell back "yessssss" in unison, walk over to your amp and dime the volume. LOL

I know we are all talking about volume and obviously there is a fine line these days. I went and saw Van Halen back in 1996 in Hawaii and my friend and I could have a conversation without leaning in or raising our voice. That was definitely too quiet.

At the same time, I saw Foo Fighters back around 2011 in an arena and it was so loud that even way up in the stands, it was like standing in front of an airplane engine. I don't want to have to wear earplugs but want to feel the volume a bit. I never got to see Motorhead but I heard that that was legendary volume.

 

[Racerxrated]

My wife and kids complained so much about my amp being loud that I sadly went to recording software and virtual amps with headphones when playing at home. And now they bitch the strings are too loud even when they're upstairs and I'm downstairs! Are they nuts!?!

My only joy as a guitarist now is going to band practice at a rehearsal studio maybe once a month where I can crank my half stack for a few hours and enjoy the thump of my amp and the feel and sound of a band rocking out. And for those few short hours I remember why I wanted to play guitar and be in a band when I was 14.

Dude that ain't fair. You're the one who's paying for the house also so you should have at least the right to practice there how you want and as much as you want. Stand up for your rights!

My wife bought me a shit ton of acoustic foam squares, and I proceeded to put them up in the jam room. They work great; although I don't CRANK the 800 or Coliseum unless I'm home alone. But, even with someone here they can barely hear me at a lower/medium volume.
When it comes to gigging, you are always at the mercy of your drummer when it comes to stage volume. In ear monitors work great though, if you can play that way..I tried them and off they went after 2 gigs. I love the live sound swirling around me with real floor monitors too much to switch.

 

[Markedman]

AC/DC's "For Those About to Rock" tour in Springfield, MA. After they did the "The 21 Gun Salute" with that cannon, I was surprised the roof didn't cave in it was sooooo loud. People would be suing today if it happened. Probably 150 dBa.

 

[romanianreaper]

AC/DC's "For Those About to Rock" tour in Springfield, MA. After they did the "The 21 Gun Salute" with that cannon, I was surprised the roof didn't cave in it was sooooo loud. People would be suing today if it happened. Probably 150 dBa.

LOL, yep!! Me and my best friend still talk about those guns.

I tell you, I have seen KISS probably six times and the show I saw two weeks ago was almost AC/DC level as far as explosions go. I was on the left side of the venue and it was insane every time those blasts went off.