neepheid Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 We've got our first post-lockdown gigs this weekend. At the last rehearsal I decided to make sure everything I would be using at the gig is working. Extension cab - no sound coming out of it at all Overdrive pedal - has developed a fault, I think it might be the switch. I fixed the cab - a wire had come out of its internal connector. It's back up and running. I haven't got time to tinker with the OD pedal so I took the opportunity to experiment with a different one and it arrived today. Moral of the story - in the excitement to get going again don't just rock up to your first gig back without checking ALL your gear, otherwise you might end up looking like a right berk 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 53 minutes ago, neepheid said: We've got our first post-lockdown gigs this weekend. At the last rehearsal I decided to make sure everything I would be using at the gig is working. Extension cab - no sound coming out of it at all Overdrive pedal - has developed a fault, I think it might be the switch. I fixed the cab - a wire had come out of its internal connector. It's back up and running. I haven't got time to tinker with the OD pedal so I took the opportunity to experiment with a different one and it arrived today. Moral of the story - in the excitement to get going again don't just rock up to your first gig back without checking ALL your gear, otherwise you might end up looking like a right berk doesn't matter whether gear works or not, I still end up looking a berk! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 I had a studio session just after everything opened up. Gear worked fine but when it came to pack down, I couldn't unplug the speaker cable from the cab, no matter how I twisted or pulled the plug. ....I'd forgotten that Neutrik connectors have a little slidey thing you have to pull back to unplug it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 I can sympathise! I've started rehearsing in earnest for my show on the 1st of October. It will be 23 months since my last gig(!?!!!) and in that time one of my amplifiers has developed a fault, my pickup is on the way out and I need to make a whole heap of new reeds (the woodwind equivalent of strings). Thankfully it's all showing up with a month to go... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 7 hours ago, neepheid said: Moral of the story - in the excitement to get going again don't just rock up to your first gig back without checking ALL your gear, otherwise you might end up looking like a right berk This should be on the landing page of this website, in a huge and luminous font. My band have done a couple of shows since the end of house arrest and before the first one, I dragged all my gigging gear to a local rehearsal room to make sure everything still created the appropriate noises. Just me, without the band. Fortunately, it all still worked, but I think it would be foolhardy to trust any gear that has been sitting still for eighteen months. Weird things can happen... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Yep, set up the pa yesterday and it needs some switch cleaner in some crucial parts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 On 25/08/2021 at 18:17, Woodwind said: I can sympathise! I've started rehearsing in earnest for my show on the 1st of October. It will be 23 months since my last gig(!?!!!) and in that time one of my amplifiers has developed a fault, my pickup is on the way out and I need to make a whole heap of new reeds (the woodwind equivalent of strings). Thankfully it's all showing up with a month to go... Where are you playing Thomas? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 10 hours ago, ambient said: Where are you playing Thomas? A show at Kings Place on the 1st of October. It will be a great event. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepaul Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Always have a supply of those wee glass fuses handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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