If You Went To Someone's House To Buy A 50 Watt Amp...

randomhandclaps

Would you expect to try it fully cranked?  Seriously?

Perfectly lovely lad come to buy a 50 watt Laney head and cab off me the other day.  It was getting louder and louder.  The kids were in bed.  Then my over the toply 'make yourself at home' Mrs says "Turn it up as loud a you like!".  So he did... and it went on for an hour and a half.

I don't know if I was more concerned the neighbours would think it was me or whether I was really quite jealous of the street filling bigness.

bluechargeboy

I would expect to demo it at top whack for a chord or two, and have allowed this to happen in our semi-detached. We know our neighbours well and I knew it would not bother them for a minute or two.

The main problem with people cranking the amp is that you then want to keep the amp.

Hour and a half....no.

John_P

An hour and a half?   wow!  

I'd expect to turn it up a fair bit, but you don't need it flat out to know it works and confirm it has the type of sounds you're after.  I can't see how that would take much more than 10 mins.    I bought some pedals a couple of weeks ago and it took me 40mins to get out after listening to his stories - felt like a lifetime.

fretmeister

20 mins max.

No longer.

randomhandclaps

The cool part is that we know our neighbours well and they're fine.  I supposed I was more shocked because when I'm buying unless it's someone I know I check it works briefly, check all knobs and switches, a few niceties then I'm out and off home.

Richardj

Did he buy it?

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Richardj said:

Did he buy it?

Fortunately yes.

richardhomer

fretmeister;503733" said:

20 mins max.

No longer.

19 minutes absolute tops IMHO....

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richardhomer said:

fretmeister;503733" said:

20 mins max.

No longer.

19 minutes absolute tops IMHO....

You've just lost a sale!

richardhomer

randomhandclaps;503763" said:

You've just lost a sale!

Patience is a virtue...

thisisguitar

As a buyer I'd base the amount of time allowed on whether I am offered a tea. 

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thisisguitar said:

As a buyer I'd base the amount of time allowed on whether I am offered a tea. 

My Mrs would offer Peter Sutcliffe a cuppa if he turned up. She can't help it. You did just remind me of a big negative - she gave him my Jaffa cakes.

thisisguitar

Dude. She's fired surely. 

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Thing is she's lenient on gear so she's definitely a keeper! Plus she bought me some more Jaffas today so I feel slightly less sore... Only slightly though.

Maynehead

Bloody hell, did he bring a set list with him?

thisisguitar

^Yeah he did

Gig at RHC house

1. Please Please Tea

2. Every Jaffa You Cake

3. We've Only Just Begun

….

thisisguitar

Well, I suppose if she replaced them… but still, she's at least on a warning!

samzadgan

To be honest everytime ive gone to someones place to try a pedal or amp, ive never turned it up, just played for a few minutes to make sure everything works.

I guess i'd be worried about their neighbours, if they have kids etc.

RaymondLin

50w max?

and hour and a half?

I am surprised your neighbours didn't call the police !

10mins top for me.  

richardhomer

Did he shout 'Good evening London' before he started?

viz

I bought an amp off Rat Scabies recently and stayed and chatted and drank coffee for an hour and a half. Only when I was going did we realise we hadn't checked the amp so we quickly turned it on, played a chord, switched it off and I left.