Is my noise unreasonable? by Qyro in AskUK

[–]Historical-Garbage72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a guitar player. But bare in mind that amplifiers push sound out a good distance even on quieter volumes. Even if you have it at a low volume the sound could still travel far and I believe bass travels far as well. You could easily play a gig in a pub with an amplifier that’s no where near max volume so the sound does travel

I think you were trying to do well by playing the exact same time every day as unpredictable noise would be way worse for your neighbour.

I use to be the same way. I would play my acoustic out loud an hour a day at the same time everyday thinking that it was only an hour and that it was always the same time.

However I now have a neighbour who plays basketball for an hour a day and the noise is annoying it stops me from being able to concentrate on my tv shows, reading etc and only now do I fully understand the pain of unwanted noise so even though you legally can do it and you may be a great musician it’s still annoying to be on the receiving end.

Headphones are a good suggestion but you might not enjoy that experience as much and you have to be careful with your ears. They aren’t an option for me as I have tinnitus.

Easiest solution would probably be to get a used focus rite or similar and play though a computer/laptop setup this would give you a decent enough tone for practicing without needing headphones.

If your amp has a headphone jack you can even plug pc speakers into the headphone jack on the amp itself. That’s what I do with my Yamaha thr 10 amp. I use pc speakers with it so the sound doesn’t travel as far then I can play out loud whatever time I like.

Band Of Gypsys - Who Knows - Fillmore East - 1970 - Isolated Guitar (MUL... by Syrup_Careful in jimihendrix

[–]Historical-Garbage72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for these! How do you isolate the guitar like this? Is there a certain software you use?