How BIG is your amp at home?

[EugeneSmasher]

I use a little 10-watter, but even then I cannot crank it. If I cranked it, I'd definitely get complains at least from the rest of my household. I don't have to worry about complains from neighbours, though. I live in a ground floor HDB flat and the houses are really quite nicely spaced out. I also keep all my windows shut and curtains drawn when I want to play loud. 10-watts is perfect for bedroom use if you ask me.

 

[theunknown]

i wanna hear subversion's story. i'm sure many know about his amp and his daughter. but i guess he has his "silent practice tools", yeah.

for me i rarely go above 9oclock. 15w vox pathfinder.

 

[kerplunk182]

I used to have a VoxAC30CC2. But i sold it because it wasn't very practical for an executive flat, which is like a 5 room HDB flat except bigger. Like the others mentioned, volume knob never went past 9 o'clock, except at gigs where i had to bring my amp.

 

[shioks76]

Im using a 75w line 6 spiderjam and a zt lunchbox amp. Don't have any complaints from neighbours, but my wife and young kids come and close my room door when i do get carried away.

 

[ziq223]

I Use a Roland Cube 30X.
30Watts, 25cm(10inch) Speaker.

crank it up only when my neighbors and family are out.

nvr get complain. (sometimes get. haha!)

 

[bReakOuT!]

Haha.It really hurts my "insides" when I see that us guitarists mostly do not turn our amps up past halfway.I mean...in the beginning we were all like,imagining ourselves rocking a crowd of 10,000 people with fully cranked amps.But now,we're in our bedrooms and we don't dare go more than halfway up the volume because we're afraid of our up-down-left-right neighbours!:twisted:

 

[valentinik_15]

Using a 1980s Marshall Super Lead with a 4x12. The volume barely goes above 0.8! But of course I bring it out for runs.

 

[subversion]

i wanna hear subversion's story. i'm sure many know about his amp and his daughter. but i guess he has his "silent practice tools", yeah.

em... i hope this helps:

here's my amp @ home + my daughter constantly arranging the picks i left on the cab top:

is it objective to get such a monstrosity considering the volume limitations?

1. If you desire a certain tone, there shouldn't be a compromise
2. Be objective, get what your environment can accommodate. I live in the noise zone, where people around me cheer their fav soccer teams @ 3am without others getting agitated & mahjong kakis doing like-wise on weekends + karaoke fiends wailing all the time. when it comes to my turn to blast, there are no issues...

of course, we are human & we exercise discretion when churning out noise, this is my alternative playing set up when silence is golden, especially for cranky little girls in the middle of the night:

is it a compromise? definitely but it's something i readily accept given the circumstances...

 

[robboster]

Carvin Nomad 50W tube, I live in a terrace house, I don't turn the volume past 1, my family complains alot lol

 

[nabeelmashren]

orange crush 30r, i dont get it up past halfway. at 10 'o clock my mom's screaming alr hahah. i just playy on.

 

[junkiemanxl]

I own a
VOX AC15 Heritage Collection AC15H1TV & AC15HTVH
Not too big and not too small either...

I live in a terrace house and i usually have it on at about 3-4.
if my kids piss me off and i need to drown out their screaming voices i'll have it cranked up to 7-8 and i'm in a world of my own ( yes this works and does wonders )

No complaints by neighbours so far cause they generate their own noise as well.
1. 2 houses away, karaoke at 9am in the morning at high decibels! (hokkien songs)
2. on my left, Mahjong all day & night long during the weekends
3. directly opposite, A very early bird piano player. (luckily. she plays some really good stuff)
4. at the corner of the street, a young violinist ( just started learning, imagine how must that be like )
5. More piano players down the street

I think there's some general guide lines to noise generated at certain hours rather than size of your amp. Sometimes have to be considerate as well.

 

[Benster]

1967 Fender Super Reverb, Blackface, 40 watts into 4 x 10'
CTS Alnico speakers. restored by Mark Stevens.

Marshall Handwired 2061X half stack. 20 watt head, 2x12'
vertically mounted Celestion Heritage speakers

i don't usually go past '3' on the volume at home and use pedals for drive sounds.
but when nobody's home in the afternoon, i sometimes
crank the (non-master volume) Marshall to '10' and get the most amazing classic rock crunch.

 

[Hydesg]

1967 Fender Super Reverb, Blackface, 40 watts into 4 x 10'
CTS Alnico speakers. restored by Mark Stevens.

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Marshall Handwired 2061X half stack. 20 watt head, 2x12'
vertically mounted Celestion Heritage speakers

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i don't usually go past '3' on the volume at home and use pedals for drive sounds.
but when nobody's home in the afternoon, i sometimes
crank the (non-master volume) Marshall to '10' and get the most amazing classic rock crunch. ;)[/QUOTE]

That must be crazy loud! even for a 20 watter.

I wish I could crank my 100 watters and not get deaf or disturb the neighbours.

 

[jmb23]

my amp :mrgreen:

 

[jskadiang]

So uh..is that loud?

 

[kuang89]

imagine climbing a ladder every now and then to adjust the sound settings

 

[subversion]

I think there's some general guide lines to noise generated at certain hours rather than size of your amp. Sometimes have to be considerate as well.

we have to stop our din by 11.00pm, otherwise it's criminal

 

[jmb23]

So uh..is that loud?

:mrgreen::mrgreen:

 

[nathan_stanly@yahoo.com]

i own a crate BV 60 combo which is very loud never had a chance to turn the volume beyond 9 o'clock
and a laney lg 12 for a midnight show :twisted:

 

[BurnToast]

Xmas came early

Got this vm a week ago after waiting for 5 months and really am proud of it.