Noise tolerance

Jeff Evans · Post by **Jeff Evans** » 13 Apr 2002 6:02 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I'm willing to put up with noise that is necessary. My neighbor
recently spent several days remodeling his house. The noise was awful
and about drove me crazy, but I consider it a necessary noise. A dog
who engages in recreational barking is simply something citizens of
most communities do not have to put up with, and in many communities
they just will not tolerate it.

Oh about the old folks. I don't
know what causes it, but most old folks get a little intolerent of
noises. I know I do and I'm just in my early 60s. The older they get
the more sensetive to noises they seem to get. It seems odd because
they usually can't hear very well and have to turn their own T.V. up
very loud and yet they become very sensitive to loud noises. If you
live long enough it will happen to you too so you might want to take it
a little easy on the old folks. Remember, that's a road we all are on
and you will be there some day too.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>--"avpat"

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 20 Apr 2002 10:42 am

Amen!! I got a call to play one Sat. night with a good band. The place was packed. I was ready to quit after the first set. But I stuck it out for the rest of the night.. I was about 55 yrs old, they were all in their twenties. They played more Rock than country.

They wanted me to come back the next weekend but , No way! The pay was good too!
It just wasn't worth it.

I felt like quitting playing steel completly. They were so loud that I thought the Bandstand was going to fall apart with the reverberations. The boom of the the bass and drums were vertually shaking my bones apart.
I think just one night there ruined my hearing......al

John Steele (deceased) · Post by **John Steele (deceased)** » 20 Apr 2002 11:14 am

For the bandstand issue (not the dog issue) I've suggested this before, but I'll do it again.
Go to an audiologist and have a pair of molded earplugs made. Mine cost me $150, and worth every penny. They have a 25 decibel "flat eq" filter in them.
For years I bounced back and forth between quitting playing out because of unreasonable volumes, and missing the opportunity to play. It will never change. Don't philosophize over it... just do it.
And, after you've got your plugs, another tip; don't wait until the stage volume gets crazy before you put them in. Just put them in before you start. You become comfortable with the balance in less time.
It's brought positive results for me. And, last weekend, when the gonzos I was playing with got fired for being outrageously loud, I didn't even have to listen to them whine about the obvious... 'cause I never took my plugs out until I got home.

And, a don't as well. Don't bother to waste your time trying to get Anyone to turn down. Save your breath to cool your tea. It won't happen.
-John

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 20 Apr 2002 5:58 pm

*[This message was edited by Gene Jones on 01 May 2002 at 04:23 PM.]

Carl West · Post by **Carl West** » 27 Apr 2002 5:42 pm

Don't know about the rest of ya but, CD boom boxes in cars running around the neighborhood
bug me more than a bad band . . . especially when the crap is RAP ! Yeah . . !!and bad country, new country etc.

Carl West
Emmons D-10

Les Green · Post by **Les Green** » 28 Apr 2002 6:01 am

I think I have cabinet drop! One ear rings right on in the key of E. The other is just about a half-fret low. Can't get them together. Anybody have a suggestion?

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 28 Apr 2002 7:18 am

Les,
Do you hear in the same key with your glasses on as you do with them off?

If there's a slight change you'll have to hike up you underwear to "split the difference".

rpetersen · Post by **rpetersen** » 28 Apr 2002 3:21 pm

Ringing ears must be common when you turn 60 - At least it sort of acts like a noise gate - takes some of the bad notes out!!!!!!!

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The Keep'n Tyme Band

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 29 Apr 2002 6:37 am

As playing in loud bands goes, I also vote for earplugs. I was in a VERY loud rock band back in my college days. After one session with those guys I went to a drug store and bought a pair of swimming ear plugs. They worked amazingly well (no more ringing after gigs). If you don't want to spend the money on fitted plugs, at least buy some cheapos from a local five and dime. The sound that does get through them isn't flat, but you get used to that (well, I did) and the protection they offer is far better than using nothing at all.

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Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 29 Apr 2002 1:37 pm

Having to wear hearing aids makes it easier. You can just turn down the things when it gets to loud. One day this guy was walking down the street. A passerby advised him that he had a suppository in his ear. The gentleman said: "Gee, thanks a lot mister, now I know where my hearing aid is"!

Uff-Da!