Techniques for getting your tone to tape.
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miguel
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by miguel » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:19 am
Any recommendations for a really good set of (full-frequency) earplugs for use at loud concerts?
I'm going to see Robin Trower in a couple weeks and I'd like to enjoy that cranked vibe-into-marshall goodness without making my ears ring more than they already do.
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by rockstah » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:25 am
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by mayrandp » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:08 pm
I use Musician's Earplugs. You can change the buttons for different level of sound reduction. I got ER-15 and ER-25 buttons (15 and 25dB of reduction respectively). It's pretty good but it's like making love with a condom: it's more fun without but it's safer to wear one.
Here's some informations about earplugs:
http://www.hearnet.com/images_site/erme_brochure.pdf
http://www.hearnet.com/shop/index.shtml
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by NitroLiq » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:05 pm
The inexpensive route would be to pick up some "Hearos" from GC for like $12. The expensive route and what an engineering friend did at one point is get the pro audio ones where they pour wax in your ear and make a mold for custom fit plugs. Will run a couple of hundred, though.
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by Guitar-Sam » Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:32 am
A good ole wad of TP from the men's room works for me when a band is stupid loud.
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by mayrandp » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:06 am
Guitar-Sam wrote:A good ole wad of TP from the men's room works for me when a band is stupid loud.
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Any audiologist will tell you that's almost useless. Furthermore, it sounds and looks bad.
From
http://www.hearnet.com/at_risk/risk_at_risk.shtml : '...cotton and tissue are useless. They only reduce sound by less than 7 dB.'
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by miguel » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:13 am
mayrandp wrote:Guitar-Sam wrote:A good ole wad of TP from the men's room works for me when a band is stupid loud.
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Any audiologist will tell you that's almost useless. Furthermore, it sounds and looks bad.
Yup, been there, done that... front row, YJM '88 - TP did very little to attenuate the onslaught from that Marshall backline.
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by Guitar-Sam » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:50 am
WHAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!
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Orange Tiny Terror & PPC 1x12 cab
Marshall 2210
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Dean Markley CD-60