Neighbor declared war!!

Headache said:
One time I had a guy bang on my garage door and he was so upset and said it was his birthday and he like to enjoy it without all my guitar noise.
He lived like 200yds away from us. I said ok.

About a week later he stopped by and said he wanted to apologize, he was having a terrible day and he took it out on me. He said he actually liked what I was playing and he was sorry he was such a dick.

He was totally cool.
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We used to practice in my garage. (See cop response pic above.) It gets really hot out there (north Florida summers) but we would put the door down and then open it up on breaks. I think the time the cop came we just said screw it, it's too hot to put the door back down.

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When I got a new neighbor, who is closest to the garage, I told them to not hesitate to come bang on the door if it disturbed them. They've repeatedly said they actually like it when I play, but conversely I don't play at night or for long periods of time. Never had a problem since they moved in. But rehearsals are no longer an issue, as our drummer has a fantastic he-shed/studio, with a complete backline (he also plays guitar and bass), so that problem is solved. It's great to be able to practice with A/C.

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And no po-po.
 
Brian Krashpad said:
When I got a new neighbor, who is closest to the garage, I told them to not hesitate to come bang on the door if it disturbed them. They've repeatedly said they actually like it when I play, but conversely I don't play at night or for long periods of time.
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That is a lot of the solution right there. A lot of it comes down to expectations. If you make the effort to communicate with your neighbors and they know that you will be practicing at a certain time on a specific day of the week, they are more tolerant. It's the unpredictable late night noise that seems to have no end in sight that really irritates folks.

Even I've gone to neighbors before to ask them to turn their music down. Cranking music late at night when others are trying to sleep is just rude. But, if you communicate and keep things to a reasonable hour, you can alleviate a lot of complaints.

Personally, I never have an issue because I do all my personal practice through headphones.
 
smitty_p said:
BVery nice!

Oh, and "Theresa" is a grand name for that little beauty.

A fine instrument.
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Thanks again! T-60s are rather misunderstood instruments, I think most people don't know how to use the tone circuit properly, because they assume the controls are the same as a Les Paul, and they very much are not. The 2 tone controls work like regular ones between the "1" and "7" marks. but after that they split the coils, progressively removing the second coil. So somebody with the tone controls on "10" is actually playing a guitar more like a Tele, with 2 singles, when they are expecting a Les Paul sound with 2 humbuckers.
 
Brian Krashpad said:
Thanks again! T-60s are rather misunderstood instruments, I think most people don't know how to use the tone circuit properly, because they assume the controls are the same as a Les Paul, and they very much are not. The 2 tone controls work like regular ones between the "1" and "7" marks. but after that they split the coils, progressively removing the second coil. So somebody with the tone controls on "10" is actually playing a guitar more like a Tele, with 2 singles, when they are expecting a Les Paul sound with 2 humbuckers.
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Yup, I've never played a T-60, but that tone control and coil-split configuration has intrigued me. Literally the only thing that I wish was different with the T-60 is that I wish they had a 22 fret neck.

The first T-series instrument I recall seeing back in the '80s, shortly before I started getting interested in guitar, was the the venerable T-40 bass.

It was some time later that I learned about the T-60 and it's associated guitars (T-15, etc.).

One mod I've seen to these is that folks used to take out the Peavey bridge and install a Kahler. The Kahlers actually somewhat resembled the original bridge, so they didn't look too bad. But, the original string-thru design is also pretty nice.
 
smitty_p said:
Yup, I've never played a T-60, but that tone control and coil-split configuration has intrigued me. Literally the only thing that I wish was different with the T-60 is that I wish they had a 22 fret neck.

The first T-series instrument I recall seeing back in the '80s, shortly before I started getting interested in guitar, was the the venerable T-40 bass.

It was some time later that I learned about the T-60 and it's associated guitars (T-15, etc.).

One mod I've seen to these is that folks used to take out the Peavey bridge and install a Kahler. The Kahlers actually somewhat resembled the original bridge, so they didn't look too bad. But, the original string-thru design is also pretty nice.
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Yeah, I'm not much of a hippie stick guy. My Strat has a traditional trem, and I have another 3 with Bigsbys (Epi WildKat and Casino, Dano Hodad), but I rarely wiggle them.

One of the big marks against the T-series is how heavy they are. And the natural finish ones are heavy, made of Northern (versus Southern as used by Fender and others) Ash. But a little-known fact is that a lot of the solid-color ones are not Northern Ash, but poplar. The poplar solid color ones are considerably lighter. Theresa is poplar and 8.5 pounds, which isn't light, but is lighter than one in Northern Ash.

I have a T-40 bass in natural Northern Ash, and that thing is heavier than a dang imploding star.

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Lol ...saw this on Reddit titled "The Note of Death" :D

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I've a self imposed 2-hour rule. I limit the noise coming from my house to 2-hours out of any 24. Lawn mower, chainsaw, leaf blower...whatever. I believe that my neighbors have a right to the quiet enjoyment of their homes so I endeavor to not interfere with it.

A few years back some fellows whom I had worked for came by during a stop over in hipsterville. We broke out some instruments and relived some of their old stuff. Sorta got carried away with the time and volume despite being mostly acoustic. When we stopped the sound of applause erupted from out in the street. Seems the neighborhood enjoyed a free concert and weren't shy about showing appreciation.

I "passed the hat" (actually a nursery pot) and got two plums, a pear and a rock from my yard. Fortunately no dog poop bags. I gave the rock to the front vocalist. He tells me it occupies a place of honor on his momento shelf.

I'm touched. But I would have preferred cash.
 
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