Unexpected Rehearsal Results

[stewblack]

I just set off my sleep apnea machine with my bass. 

What bizarre and unexpected results have you had from playing? 

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Radio station coming through my faulty active pickups from my Washburn status bass in band rehearsal . Odd, but also amusing .

[stewblack]

1 minute ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

Radio station coming through my faulty active pickups from my Washburn status bass in band rehearsal . Odd, but also amusing .

I like it! 

[Bassfinger]

I once accidentally triggered a pre-emptive nuclear missile strike against France when my playing disturbed an MOD computer several counties away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS, I have have over dramatised things somewhat slightly.

[thebrig]

Meeting up for the first time with three other muso's through JoinMyBand exactly a year ago, we plugged in, tuned up, and the first half-a-dozen songs we played all sounded great, everyone had done their homework and had actually worked on the songs we agreed to run through before turning up.

Best first meeting I've ever been involved in, and we are still together now. 🙂

[stewblack]

58 minutes ago, thebrig said:

Meeting up for the first time with three other muso's through JoinMyBand exactly a year ago, we plugged in, tuned up, and the first half-a-dozen songs we played all sounded great, everyone had done their homework and had actually worked on the songs we agreed to run through before turning up.

Best first meeting I've ever been involved in, and we are still together now. 🙂

I've read some far fetched stuff in my time, but this? Now the pre-emptive anglo french nuclear strike on the other hand

[stewblack]

Thinking about my OP, it's interesting because the machine is triggered by pressure. Makes you realise that all this moving air talk is far from the bunkum it might sound.

[Max Normal]

Just upsets the cat really. He trots into the room all perky and cheerful, but if he clocks I'm holding a bass he flies back out again at a rate of knots with fighter plane ears and an outstretched tail.

[Geek99]

20 hours ago, stewblack said:

I just set off my sleep apnea machine with my bass. 

What bizarre and unexpected results have you had from playing? 

A blow job 

 

not bizarre, but was unexpected so one out of two is not bad 

Edited January 13, 2020 by Geek99

[SICbass]

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

A blow job 

 

not bizarre, but was unexpected so one out of two is not bad 

Some people will really go to any lengths to make it stop, eh?

[JapanAxe]

1 hour ago, Max Normal said:

Just upsets the cat really. He trots into the room all perky and cheerful, but if he clocks I'm holding a bass he flies back out again at a rate of knots with fighter plane ears and an outstretched tail.

Our cat makes himself scarce if he sees me bringing any kind of speaker cab or combo into the living room. Speakers mean Big Noise, too much for his delicate feline sensibilities.

[Rich]

Many years back, Kiwi brought his gobsmackingly lovely Smith 5-string round to my gaff; we set up my then rig (Eden WT400 head, SWR Triad cab) in the garage, turned it well up... 20 seconds later a shelf fell off the wall.
It seems even storage units are critics.

In all seriousness, the tone was so beautiful that we came to the conclusion that Smith basses and Eden amps were made for each other.

[Geek99]

2 hours ago, SICbass said:

Some people will really go to any lengths to make it stop, eh?

I didn’t, it was a good one 

[lozkerr]

The Haunted Amplifier. Our flat in Berkhamsted was directly above the Rex cinema, and one evening I heard voices coming from my little practice amp. No, I hadn't been on the sauce or smoking anything naughty. But it freaked me out when I distinctly heard, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" coming from the speaker.

It turned out that the cinema was screening 2001 that evening and the jack cable was acting as some sort of antenna and picking up the sound. 

Edited January 13, 2020 by lozkerr

[stewblack]

20 minutes ago, lozkerr said:

The Haunted Amplifier. Our flat in Berkhamsted was directly above the Rex cinema, and one evening I heard voices coming from my little practice amp. No, I hadn't been on the sauce or smoking anything naughty. But it freaked me out when I distinctly heard, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" coming from the speaker.

It turned out that the cinema was screening 2001 that evening and the jack cable was acting as some sort of antenna and picking up the sound. 

You sure it wasn't picking up @TheGreek and his girlfriend ?

(Ooops sorry just remembered it's Mick not Dave)

Edited January 13, 2020 by stewblack

[SICbass]

52 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

I didn’t, it was a good one 

Did you find your playing rushing a bit towards the end?

 

 

 

Am I going too far with this line of questioning?

 

....yes, yes I probably am.

Edited January 13, 2020 by SICbass

[SICbass]

I used to have a practice amp that would pick up taxi radio.

[Geek99]

2 hours ago, SICbass said:

Did you find your playing rushing a bit towards the end?

 

 

 

Am I going too far with this line of questioning?

 

....yes, yes I probably am.

Curiously your first two words in your last sentence were ones that I also used 

[Bassalarky]

7 hours ago, JapanAxe said:

Our cat makes himself scarce if he sees me bringing any kind of speaker cab or combo into the living room. Speakers mean Big Noise, too much for his delicate feline sensibilities.

My wife has a similar reaction these days....

[Mudpup]

9 hours ago, Geek99 said:

A blow job 

 

not bizarre, but was unexpected so one out of two is not bad 

From the drummer????? 

[Geek99]

14 hours ago, Mudpup said:

From the drummer????? 

No, not from the drummer.  Who in their right mind would accept that ? 

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 4, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[Oopsdabassist]

23 hours ago, lozkerr said:

The Haunted Amplifier. Our flat in Berkhamsted was directly above the Rex cinema, and one evening I heard voices coming from my little practice amp. No, I hadn't been on the sauce or smoking anything naughty. But it freaked me out when I distinctly heard, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" coming from the speaker.

It turned out that the cinema was screening 2001 that evening and the jack cable was acting as some sort of antenna and picking up the sound. 

I saw 2001 at the Rex, was way back in......1969?  Was that you screaming above my head?

[lozkerr]

1 hour ago, Oopsdabassist said:

I saw 2001 at the Rex, was way back in......1969?  Was that you screaming above my head?

No, this was a couple of years ago. I was not long past the toddler tantrum stage back in 1969...

[Davo-London]

"Just what do you think you're doing Dave?"

That's basically lived with me all my life since I saw "2001 A Space Odyssey" in 1968 when I was 7.

I've occasionally had: "was that you playing in Studio X?"  I'm hoping it was meant as a compliment ...

Peace

Davo