Ear Protection

Uncle Flash · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:22 am Post subject:

I don't use any ear protection I find it affects my sense of timing if everything is muffled.
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Rasta · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:43 am Post subject:

tylerdrummer · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:24 am Post subject:

i was wearing those safe n sound plugs to a show on friday and was fine the first few songs but the last one the i couldnt hear the bass so i took the plugs out in the middle of the song cause i didnt wanna mess up the timing

Rasta · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:45 am Post subject:

Hmmm, I've never had trouble hearing my drums with ear plugs in.
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tylerdrummer · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

it wasnt my drums it was the bass and the rest of the band

styles2281 · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

The problem with very basic ear plugs is that they just take out a ton of sound and muffle Everything. I've found that, sometimes, I wouldn't be able to hear intricate parts with regular old earplugs. I decided to spend the 15 bucks and get a decent set of musicians earplugs (Doc's Proplugs). They do a very good job of protecting my ears, while still allowing me to hear what I NEED to hear. I'm also starting to wear them at concerts (listening) as I find everything to be too loud nowadays.

Whatever one does, as a drummer, they should be wearing SOME kind of hearing protection. I have bad hearing out of my left ear, and I suspect it's because of NOT wearing hearing protection.
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Dustin07 · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject:

good quality plugs make the music CLEARER not muffled.

I prefer GOOD plugs even at a concert. you can hear the music over the crappy speakers.

Rasta · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject:

Rasta · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: