On my 10,000th post, I'd like to .... post a new THREAD!
We all get gear, we all play with gear and we all use gear...
But the key thing is using the gear right?
So...
Lets share some experiences when it comes to setting up for that big gig... some boo boo you made... some oversight you had... a misplaced wire... a battery-less pedal... an amp that wasn't turned on.... vol knob on guitar off... you know... the silliness of it all.
And yes, this is so others can learn to watch out of some of the less obvious mistakes...
Here's mine.
Setup pedalboard. Plug in to amp. Plug guitar to board. Check amp. Check board. Turn on board. Turn on amp. Play. Shrill shrieky sound. Like WTH? Tweak amp... set treble on amp to like 9 oclock (?!) and then proceed to play... keep wondering why the hell is my tone so compressed, so thin and shrilly whether with dirt or clean.
Check all pedals settings.
Check amp again.
Check cables.
Check guitar.
#$%?@!
Out of frustration, finally check the wah.
Bloody wah pedal.
Lesson Learnt: Wah pedal should have LED. Or at least, I should have stepped on it 1st to make sure its OFFFFFFFFF.
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"hehe, knowing whatcha like and want always a good thing, save money and time i guess. And the right to ridicule anyone who gas upon anything, everything they see "
Haha there was once, just right before the gig, plug guitar into board, then into amp. Stepped on Boss DD3, the LED was soooo dim, and I had to start the gig already. Was using batteries back then, so yeah.. Was praying throughout my set that the battery would have enough power to last me through the gig!
Plugged in everything.. the sound was super duper muddy and trebleless, I thought it was the amp so I turned up the treble and I couldnt get the sound right. So went thru checking all the pedals again. everything was fine.
The problem was... my tone knob. was down to zero. very dumb but yes things happen.
wtf?? 10000post!? wow.. maybe u shud be a mod coz ure always here.
great thread. no gig yet. will definitely learn from this.
No no.... I'm very biased. I would make for a bad mod in SOFT's context.
And you're welcome. So much talk about gear, we need to talk about how to use it too... and using it comes with troubleshooting.
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"hehe, knowing whatcha like and want always a good thing, save money and time i guess. And the right to ridicule anyone who gas upon anything, everything they see "
Like the time when you setup and found out to your horror, your guitar sounded like a guitar!
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"hehe, knowing whatcha like and want always a good thing, save money and time i guess. And the right to ridicule anyone who gas upon anything, everything they see "
Live Performances: Your Setup WOES!!!
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