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10-17-2010, 08:05 PM
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I got to the gig 40 miles from my house about an hour before we started, Set up my amp and bass, did the sound check. I opened up my bag and realized I had left my charts at home.  Oh, what a night The drummer had a good laugh though. After a couple of screw up he said over the mike - Folks tonight on bass we have ---- I am like  dude you didn't have to announce that.
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10-17-2010, 08:07 PM
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10-17-2010, 08:09 PM
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10-17-2010, 08:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand | | | yeah it only happens once, my bad was leaving the mixing desk at home, and it was a 2 hour round trip i had to do, even worse, no one else in the band knows how to wire up the PA.
A bit of a late start but the gig went well.
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10-18-2010, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by tramp  I opened up my bag and realized I had left my charts at home. | At times like these I look over the Keytard/guitard's shoulder!!. failing that, I can also eyeball Guitar Chord shapes and Keytard's left hands!
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10-18-2010, 08:02 AM
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10-18-2010, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM you guys think that's bad? two weeks ago i got halfway to my gig over an hour away and realized i forgot my bass! i sped back and got it, then drove to the gig flaunting traffic laws and just barely made it in time! so now i have note by my computer that says "where is my bass?" | You think that's bad?
One time I was on my way to a gig and I forgot myself!
I drove back as fast as I could to get me, but when I got home I asked myself, "Where the hell am I?", in which I replied, "I already left without me."
So I just stayed home and got drunk.
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10-18-2010, 08:11 AM
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10-18-2010, 08:12 AM
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10-18-2010, 08:13 AM
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10-18-2010, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM you guys think that's bad? two weeks ago i got halfway to my gig over an hour away and realized i forgot my bass! i sped back and got it, then drove to the gig flaunting traffic laws and just barely made it in time! so now i have note by my computer that says "where is my bass?" | I have done this. Got all ready and dressed and ran out the door. Got to the practice space to pack up, and I had forgotten my 2 basses at home!
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10-18-2010, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by phillipkregg You think that's bad?
One time I was on my way to a gig and I forgot myself!
I drove back as fast as I could to get me, but when I got home I asked myself, "Where the hell am I?", in which I replied, "I already left without me."
So I just stayed home and got drunk. | LOL
What year is this anyway? |
10-18-2010, 08:25 AM
| | | | Horrible situation, but at least you were still in the game. The worst I ever did was forget the power cord to plug in my amp. Fortunately I was able, after a fair amount of discussion, to borrow the power cord from the venue's computer monitor and play the gig. I couldn't believe they were so protective of the monitor's power cord. I had to explain again and again that there would be no bass tonight without it, and they finally relented. |
10-18-2010, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by phillipkregg You think that's bad?
One time I was on my way to a gig and I forgot myself!
I drove back as fast as I could to get me, but when I got home I asked myself, "Where the hell am I?", in which I replied, "I already left without me."
So I just stayed home and got drunk. | Are you sure you're not actually a drummer? 
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10-18-2010, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by joshwilkesbooth Did a gig last Wednesday and forgot my speaker cables, patch cable, AND picks.
***... | ....Not that bassists would need picks anyways 
I keed I keed!  Somebody had to say it!
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10-18-2010, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by natw42 ....Not that bassists would need picks anyways | Dee Dee says sup 
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10-18-2010, 09:42 AM
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10-18-2010, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by phillipkregg You think that's bad?
One time I was on my way to a gig and I forgot myself!
I drove back as fast as I could to get me, but when I got home I asked myself, "Where the hell am I?", in which I replied, "I already left without me."
So I just stayed home and got drunk. | You thing THAT'S bad?
I went to a gig and just disappeared altogether. It sucked too because I couldn't stay home and get drunk. I no longer existed.
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10-18-2010, 09:59 AM
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Descartes says, "I think not," and ceases to exist.
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10-18-2010, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by HolmeBass The worst I ever did was forget the power cord to plug in my amp. | Not sure why but I keep an extra power cord in my case, one in my backup bass gig bag and one in my gig bag. Along with extra cables.
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