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lazzrath
Bronze Member
Canada
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 Posted - 09/17/2006 : 06:57:23
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Originally posted by lazzrath
I've got the schem, I just don't know exactly how to fix it. I'd like to get better at this, and I figured this would be an easy job, but it's proving rather difficult.
If you have it electronically and could forward it to me, I'll help with this. Do you have a volt-ohmmeter (VOM)?
I do, actually. Just give me a couple of days... I'm uh, dealing with something.
Well, what's the use in hiding it - I found out that I've got some high frequency hearing loss and tinnitus to boot. So, yeah, I'm not really in high spirits lately, seeing as my two jobs are 'guitar salesman/repairman' and 'karaoke host'. I'm thinking about a career change. |
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stahlhart
Platinum Member
1318 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2006 : 07:35:16
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Am truly sorry to hear that. I have trouble with some buzzing in my left ear also -- first noticed it about ten years ago. I think that it might have been due to some of the concerts I saw when I was younger... Black Sabbath, Motorhead and Ted Nugent immediately come to mind for having been particularly loud events.
I recall muffled hearing for a couple of days after the Sabbath show -- we were on Tony's side of the stage, mabye 15-20 rows back, and it was outdoors. Mabye it was all of those power chords around the 15th fret he was playing all night.
Whenever you'd like to give the troubleshooting a shot, let me know... no hurry at all.
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starr36
Platinum Member
Canada
1172 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2006 : 03:10:09
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when i was 28 my idiot friend's (or my friend's idiot) kid popped a friggin paper lunch bag about a foot from my right ear.
I swear I can still hear it today.
based on some of my pedals I've talked about owning around here (hear) um, that's a few years ago.
Um. when I use the telephone in my left ear, it sounds quite trebly; when I listen with my right ear, it sounds normal. I blame this on the paper bag. IF you are reading this, can you try this out and see if the phone sounds like this to you too? |
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diggum12
Silver Member
USA
282 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2006 : 05:23:14
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Absolutely. The phone sounds better in my right ear, more trebly in my left. I've had tinitus and it is NOT FUN. Luckily it went away but it took a solid few years. You know what helped a whole lot? Sleeping with earplugs! I stumbled on this by accident when I used to work the graveyard shift and needed quiet in the daytime to sleep.
Have you ever noticed your ears own natural "compression?" A good way to relieve this is to sleep with plugs, so your eardrums get a complete rest from noise. You will hear ringing and your own breathing when they're in, but eventually it goes away.
I've also got a condition called Meneire's disease, which is AWFUL. It's like motion sickness without the motion.  That was caused by someone barking to loud in an earpiece on a walkie talkie. I passed out a while later and barfed all the way to the Emergency Room. My ears are, obviously, very sensitive to sharp fluctuations in volume.
More accurately, your hearing is based off of Sound PRESSURE Levels. The pressure produced in moving the air is what does the most damage, not necessarily the frequency.
One last point, for ALL of you guys out there. Do everything you can to get your signal as clean as possible. My current amp is louder decibel-wise than anything else I've owned, but my pedals, amp, guitar and cabling is now [i]quieter[i]than any other point in time. I play more loudly, yet have never had my ears ring after a practice or gig for almost a year. That's WITHOUT earplugs. You think noise and hiss in cables and amps doesn't matter as long as you can crank up your amp, but it makes up a huge amount of your volume. Taking care of your signal = taking care of your ears.  |
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lazzrath
Bronze Member
Canada
103 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2006 : 10:29:27
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I truly have to say thanks to all you guys! It's nice to hear other people going through similar situations. I mean, I know there are millions out there, but it's nice to hear some tips from a few of you... I'm gonna try sleeping w/ earplugs - I hope that it helps.
Cleaning up the signal has always been important to me - it seems the the frequency range I can still hear is pretty sensitive, so I've always been picky about using good cable, p/ups, good quality effects, etc... the only problem is my amp... I just can't afford to buy a new one, and the one I've got has the most horrible hiss at all times. Oh well. Eventually, I'll replace it... someday.
I need to stop working Karaoke shows, but I can't turn down the money. I swear - the real reason I'm losing my hearing is listening to those really awful "I-know-I'm-tone-deaf-but-I'm-loud-so-I'll-scream-it" karaoke singers. That's enough to make me, well, you know. |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 09/28/2006 : 13:33:53
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i think the phone thing is a misconception. i think its just what youre used to. i use my left ear usually, but when i use my right it sounds different like more trebly. unless we all just have a bad ear  . anyway, it could be worse. at least were not Van Gogh or anything  |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2006 : 16:32:47
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Lightburst
Perhaps you would be kind enough, to forward a copy of the PH-1 as well, it would be great to have it in my humble collection.
For a rainy day and in case I come across a dead one.
Thanks in advance |
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