G. Verheij writes:

Thank you all for your input and 'interesting' solutions for
protecting my ears. Of course the best solution is to put not
everything to the limit, this will also protect the hearing of the
audience (and bandmembers)

Oh absolutely... if you have a clueful drummer (typically the limiting
factor on stage volume), this becomes possible.

Talk about the hearing of others: any suggestions for a cheap,
resonable quality dB-meter ??

Radio Shack's work fine and there's very likely a store near you.

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