To hate un neighbour!

[Mamawingingit1234]

My neighbour next door plays guitar! He plays it obscenely loud. His spare room is right next to our bedroom so I woke up to it this morning. The same tune over and over again! To top it off I was up from 3am to 6:30 with a teething toddler so I thought we'd both sleep in this morning but no! 9am he's strumming away (his other half and child have a class in the morning).
Now I know it's his house and he can pretty much do what he wants and it's not really antisocial hours but still I'm pretty f'ing annoyed and now dealing with a grumpy toddler.

I've asked before if he could turn it down as he was playing for HOURS and you could hear it throughout the house meaning DC couldn't nap and DC is a nightmare when misses out on nap time (a lot like mum)! But I actually do feel cheeky for asking.

AIBU to want to plan petty revenge like play annoying nursery rhymes on full volume???

YANBU. I'm assuming this is an electric guitar and amped for it to be so loud - as a PP advised, ask him to wear headphones.

I would actually post it on his Facebook, in a joky way "Hey RockStar, yes your guitar playing is getting good! Unfortunately we can also hear how hard you're working at it through the wall! Can you please wear some headphones while you master that Hendrix riff? We have a young baby and we are often up for 3 hours a night. Hope to be able to hear you play at a gig one day soon!".

I lived next door to a guitar playing neighbour once. It was awful. Hearing the same chords over and over again. I ended up moving.

StormTreader haha oh I do like that suggestion!

It’s not unreasonable to tell him it’s loud and ask him to play in another room. And also to use headphones if he’s going to play for hours even if it’s during the day. Playing for an hour every day is ok but playing for hours on end ever day would drive me nuts! I also think that people playing loud instruments like drums and lectrice guitar should be a bit more mindful of others.

As for your toddler maybe waking him up type of argument, well your toddler is a small child and can’t really help teething and crying. Your neighbour is an adult and can control his behaviour.

And if all fails, start learning to play the French horn :-)

Headphones all the way if he's amping up ( he really shouldn't be at home) But ask nicely. Better to stay on good terms.
Could say he's very dedicated to keep working on correcting all the mistakesover and you can't wait to hear the finished performance when he's happy with it.
Any musician I know would be sooooo embarrassed to know that you can hear their mistakes, he'll make sure you can't hear him.
Also someone said they only use studios to record in. Most bands have their own practice room and play without amps at home for all these reason. He could get one of those if he's really keen. I also think putting some soundproofing panels on the wall nearest to the noise is probably the only way if he's unplugged. He also ought to get soundproofing if he's not going to get a practice room. And. There's always the garden shed!! Easy to soundproof those!

DC1 plays bass. Headphones all the way! Even when playing along to backing then it doesn't need to be loud at all. Just ask him to keep it down.

Sound Engineers' motto - it's not about making it as loud as possible: just as loud as it needs to be.

I had a neighbour who played an instrument in her room adjacent to DS room, not ridiculously late at night but late enough that it was past his bedtime!!!

After two weeks of a very grumpy small person (and neighbour not answering because she couldn't hear me knocking while playing her instrument!) I did eventually catch up with her - I just nicely asked if she would mind not playing after 8.30pm on weekdays as it was keeping DS up and he had school the next day - she was completely understanding and kept her practices to earlier in the evening and weekends

I would try the same with your neighbour, maybe ask him not to play during afternoon naps on weekdays (give him the times if they're regular?) that way even if he plays and disturbs your DC in the morning there's still afternoon naps to catch up?

This is why I refused to let Dh play using his old amp, we got a new one and some nice headphones. I don't want to hear it and I'm pretty sure the neighbors don't want to either.

I play guitar at home - if it’s electric and through an amp I keep it turned right down or use headphones, if it’s acoustic I wait until after 10 and don’t play in the evening. Saying that, I’m more likely more considerate because I had a neighbour who used to play in the bedroom at 1am...I asked him nicely if he could maybe consider stopping at a more sociable hour after I’d visualised ramming a 6 string directly up his ass.

You could have a chat with your neighbour and ask if he could do something about the volume or the room he plays in?