Sometimes it just all goes bad.

[Tony In Philly]

If you care about your overall sound like you do, you'll do just fine. It sounds like you have a really conscientious attitude and that goes a long way.

NOTE: Fixed earlier spelling mistake.

 

[Tony In Philly]

Don't feel bad... Sometimes crap just doesn't work. It could have been worse. I got called up to play a couple of songs with another band one night. It was the first time I ever played a 5 string bass. I excused myself after one song. For some reason I just couldn't get my brain to understand that the top string was not E...

I'm with you - I really hate 5 strings.

Even if you ignore the B string you still have to mute it. If you don't it sounds awful.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

If you care about your overall sound like you do, you'll do just fine.It sounds like you have a really contentious attitude and that goes a long way.

I think you've mis-typed.

contentious: Given to contention; quarrelsome, controversial.

conscientious: Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled, thorough and assiduous.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Tony In Philly]

Hi,



I think you've mis-typed.

contentious: Given to contention; quarrelsome, controversial.

conscientious: Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled, thorough and assiduous.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

Ooops - you are so correct. That dang spellcheck + 3 beers in while I'm supposed to be working. My bad - I will fix it! Thanks, BassCliff!

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Ooops - you are so correct. That dang spellcheck + 3 beers in while I'm supposed to be working. My bad - I will fix it! Thanks, BassCliff!

Ha! I knew what you meant. Just wanted to make sure everybody else did too.

For grins and giggles...

Damn You Auto Correct! - Funny iPhone Fails and Autocorrect Horror Stories



Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[BooDoggie]

Sorry, I couldn't help myself... Bored out of my mind today... So I thought I would post another "don't feel bad it could be worse".

If you haven't landed flat on your face on a stage with bass in hand all while playing and feeling intense pain, then you're doing great...

 

[2tonic]

Bass Cliff beat me to it, but anyways.......

Keep calm and carry on.

There is no shortage of crap that can happen at a gig.
The full experience of human existence in a compressed time frame.
You deal with it.
Move on.
Nothing to see here, folks!

Concerning your described intermittent problem, similar symptoms can be caused by a loosened input jack on your amp head. Many modern amps use molded PC board mounted assemblies, but older amps (Fenders, Ampegs, etc.) may use a trusty old Switchcraft surface mount, and to compound matters, that mounting surface may also be the signal ground conductor. If the retaining nut vibrates loose you get an intermittent circuit that sounds just like what you described.

 

[dbase]

I never had a problem with my bass or amp... why you ask? Because "I NEVER HAVE ANY GIGS"

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

I never had a problem with my bass or amp... why you say? Because "I NEVER HAVE ANY GIGS"

Well, that's one way.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[LowActionHero]

I just had a practice the other day where my board was noisy. A quick experiment and I pulled my Aftershock out of the chain. It's fine. Get to the gig and set up and the noise is back. Pull a different pedal and put the Aftershock back, it's fine. Next day put everything back the way it was and it's fine.
First problem may have been the drummer's power - I hadn't used that outlet before. But it's a mystery.

 

[five7]

Sounds like Murphy decided to show up. I feel for you.

 

[LUpton]

Like we say when I work TV stuff, Murphy is always your Executive Producer.

 

[pablomago]

My band has a high suck factor. What that means is that even when we suck, we're still pretty good! We try to keep it as high as possible because we all know the gremlins are coming for us and we need to be prepared.