Bass$ale$Booming-Amp$ale$Quiet

[Rayan]

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What, with the increase in hearing loss,
More basses are being sold as fashion accessories ...
... keep an eye on the strap market !!!
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www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/09/12/early.hearing.loss.ap/index.
"What's that? Headphones linked to hearing loss?"
September 12, 2005 / Associated Press
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"Ear'sLookin'Achoo"

/R

 

[shamus63]

I've started going to wearing ear plugs when gigging, and I no longer record with headphones - strictly monitors now.

The ear plugs may look hokie, but a deaf musician brings nothing to the table.

The tenitus I have now is fairly minimal, and I still retain a damn-good amount of my hearing, but background noise (and ADD) is a minor issue.

I look forward to my SVT4 (or 6) PRO/Mesa-Boogie RR 2x15 purchase, though! You can still feel the bottom-end!

 

[adouglas]

+1 on hearing protection.
I'm lucky. My band doesn't play super-loud music. We have the Bose PAS (PLEASE do not turn this into a Bose thread...it works really, really well for us, leave it at that), with no other PA gear at all, and run about 90-95 dB on stage...well within safe limits.

Because of the characteristics of the PAS (which are unique), it's plenty loud enough for our needs. Playing that volume with a conventional PA wouldn't work very well.

How loud? The cops shut down the party we played at last Saturday because we were making too much noise. I'm SO proud.

Mandatory EBMM content: I tested the Bongo through this system before ordering it. I can't WAIT to hear what the Bongo sounds like with the whole band.