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Post subject: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:52 am
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Has anyone used these? Are they any good? How do they differ from the yellow ones i currently use?

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Post subject: Re: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:09 pm
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:arrow: Well they say 'Fender', and look like little black aural suppositories, so they must be good! :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:13 pm
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The Fender ones are just rebranded Hearos plugs at twice the price.

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They are too attenuating in my view - I prefer less noise reduction, so I can hear more nuances.


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Post subject: Re: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:19 pm
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I couldn't find what these are made of online, but it looks like foam from the pictures. My problem with foam earplugs has always been that they cut out the 'highs' too much. So you hear a lot of bass and kick drum and everything else sounds muffled. I could never get used to it.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:25 pm
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I couldn't find what these are made of online, but it looks like foam from the pictures. My problem with foam earplugs has always been that they cut out the 'highs' too much. So you hear a lot of bass and kick drum and everything else sounds muffled. I could never get used to it.

The best I've found for letting treble in while attenuating bass are the good old Ohropax parrafin wax / cotton ones. By reducing the amount of wax you mix with the cotton, you can pretty much target them at exactly how much treble reduction you want. They're also far more comfortable than anything else, as you mold them to your ears every time, and there are no plastics causing irritation.
The downside is that it's a two minute job to roll them with warm hands before they can be used. Which is why I tend to use plastic plugs more often - they're far more convenient.


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Post subject: Re: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:05 pm
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The band plays pretty loud, and I have never used earplugs until a few months ago. I am still not completely used to them. Sometimes I think my tone sucks, only to take out the plugs and hear that it actually sounds good. Do these or any other ones allow you to hear more clearly while reducing the db?

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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:18 pm
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yodacaster wrote:
The band plays pretty loud, and I have never used earplugs until a few months ago. I am still not completely used to them. Sometimes I think my tone sucks, only to take out the plugs and hear that it actually sounds good. Do these or any other ones allow you to hear more clearly while reducing the db?


From experience, these work pretty well:
http://www.earplugstore.com/crescendo-music-musicians-earplugs.html

They limit the loudness but not nearly as much as the Fender rebranded ones, and they let in enough sound that you can hear what's going on without it being muffled, like with a solid plug.
There are dozens of other musician's earplugs too - in price ranges from $3 to $300.


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Post subject: Re: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:41 pm
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You don't need earplugs if you're a musician, just work around high volume levels, harsh noises, high watt low-end frequencies and direct exposure to sounds, like strumming your guitar as it's pressed against one's ear for instance. Pffffft $3 to $300 for what anyway, please. :roll:


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Post subject: Re: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:26 pm
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Do these filter out the sound of a music store employee telling you the price of that new gear you want? Or the sound of your old lady nagging when you bring gear home? 8)

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Post subject: Re: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:12 pm
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JimRussellMills30! wrote:
You don't need earplugs if you're a musician, just work around high volume levels

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Post subject: Re: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:16 pm
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Do these filter out the sound of a music store employee telling you the price of that new gear you want? Or the sound of your old lady nagging when you bring gear home? 8)

There are ways around the latter problem.
I just hope that when I kick the bucket, my guitars and amps won't be sold for what I said I paid for them...


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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:49 pm
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yodacaster wrote:
The band plays pretty loud, and I have never used earplugs until a few months ago. I am still not completely used to them. Sometimes I think my tone sucks, only to take out the plugs and hear that it actually sounds good. Do these or any other ones allow you to hear more clearly while reducing the db?

You need to look into ear monitors.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Musician Earplugs
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:53 pm
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TheKingofPain wrote:
Do these filter out the sound of a music store employee telling you the price of that new gear you want? Or the sound of your old lady nagging when you bring gear home? 8)

There are ways around the latter problem.
I just hope that when I kick the bucket, my guitars and amps won't be sold for what I said I paid for them...


Oh, man! You know it! :shock:

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