The Fog!

[RobBottom69]

Ok, we had a gig this last Friday, benefit gig under challenging circumstances in setting up, and during the show the lead guitarist, who uses this elaborate setup of a 2x12 Line 6, a 1x12 Mustang III, a Roland midi thing that he also hooks up to a Bose L1 PA thing. Luckily he isn't too loud onstage, but I'm glad I'm moving to the other side of the stage so I don't have to constantly negotiate his gear when I need to check my backline.

At every show we've done, at some point his volume drops out, some songs he's louder than others, but at this Friday gig he claimed it was the "fog" that was shorting his stuff out. Unfortunately there was no fog, it was a pretty nice day for the SF peninsula, a tiny bit muggy, high over head clouds through the evening. I live in a fog bank. I know what fog is. There was no fog that night.

I had to laugh when he emailed that excuse last night, but really, can that be possible? Fog as the culprit?

 

[Robroy]

I'm thinkin' the sun probably got in his eyes.

 

[Fliptrique]

Many horror movies prove his theory. Fog can be a very, very bad - EVIL - thing.

 

[xgator4u]

Ok, we had a gig this last Friday, benefit gig under challenging circumstances in setting up, and during the show the lead guitarist, who uses this elaborate setup of a 2x12 Line 6, a 1x12 Mustang III, a Roland midi thing that he also hooks up to a Bose L1 PA thing. Luckily he isn't too loud onstage, but I'm glad I'm moving to the other side of the stage so I don't have to constantly negotiate his gear when I need to check my backline.

At every show we've done, at some point his volume drops out, some songs he's louder than others, but at this Friday gig he claimed it was the "fog" that was shorting his stuff out. Unfortunately there was no fog, it was a pretty nice day for the SF peninsula, a tiny bit muggy, high over head clouds through the evening. I live in a fog bank. I know what fog is. There was no fog that night.

I had to laugh when he emailed that excuse last night, but really, can that be possible? Fog as the culprit?

Well my man,
I have NO PROBLEM believing a guitard that hauls that much crap around,
also hauls around his own fog.
They do have medication for that you know.

 

[RobBottom69]

I'm thinkin' the sun probably got in his eyes.

That would be something, since it was a night gig. But more believable than the fog.

 

[RobBottom69]

Well my man,
I have NO PROBLEM believing a guitard that hauls that much crap around,
also hauls around his own fog.
They do have medication for that you know.

HAha, I looked up that little PA stack he uses and almost lost my cookies when it came up as $2500. Lately he's been obsessed with running a "stereo" rig, which is ironic since most of the music we're playing probably wasn't even recorded in stereo. Even when I was playing guitar I always kept it simple and straight forward. For years I used an old Harmony electric into an old Supro that had only 1 12" in it, and no reverb. Man, I would seriously give my left testicle to have that amp back. It could be loud, but when it was cranked it had that super buttery old school tube driven blues sound. I traded it as part of a deal to get a Ibanez lawsuit strat and a tube Traynor amp. Major trade FAIL.

Oh, funny you mention the fog machine, because the church had the stage setup in front of what looked like a storefront, but it was supposed to be a steamship (the festival theme was Mardi Gras Madness....in September...), so througout our sets smoke was billowing out of the stacks behind us. Not much drifted down to us but it was a nice effect. They're not on here, but you catch the tail end of it in the clip.

 

[stankepanck]

I think maybe for the next gig u need to put a fog machine behind his rig and hit the button when it craps out!!

 

[xgator4u]

Oh, funny you mention the fog machine, because the church had the stage setup in front of what looked like a storefront, but it was supposed to be a steamship (the festival theme was Mardi Gras Madness....in September...),

HMMM


A CHURCH


that puts on a show celebrating
Mardis Gras


Madness


with a Fog machine


Un conventional to say the least.

 

[bluesblaster]

fog.....schmog !

 

[Phalex]

I had an hour drive back from a gig that took three hours on account of fog. That was a horrible ride home!

 

[Delusionati]

HMMM


A CHURCH


that puts on a show celebrating
Mardis Gras


Madness


with a Fog machine


Un conventional to say the least.

I could be wrong, but I believe Mardi Gras/Carnival/Fashing is a Catholic event before Lent starts.

Maybe the Pope could explain it. Your Excellency? Paging the Pope to this thread! I know he reads these threads - his bass groove is Infallible!

 

[ArvindJayaram]

Fog happens? Perhaps you should tell him to fog off? Sounds like a cable problem to me based on that clip, they act up like that sometimes.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

I had an hour drive back from a gig that took three hours on account of fog. That was a horrible ride home!

So don't light up until you get home.

 

[Nev375]

I believe him. There is a fog clouding his mind.

Who does he think he is? Edge from U2?

 

[xgator4u]

I could be wrong, but I believe Mardi Gras/Carnival/Fashing is a Catholic event before Lent starts.

Maybe the Pope could explain it. Your Excellency? Paging the Pope to this thread! I know he reads these threads - his bass groove is Infallible!

Well Catholics, that explains it. No need to page the pope,
just ask that alter boy over there.

 

[MrLenny1]

Tell him to practice the KISS method.
Keep It Simple Stupid.

 

[eukatheude]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "funny" fog yet. You know what I'm talking about.

 

[bluesblaster]

This is why I play bass, just plug in and play. A guitar playing buddy of mine does some pretty fancy footwork upon his vast array of pedals, constantly looking at the floor.

 

[Fishheadjoe]

The only way I would believe that it really was fog, would be if Adriane Barbeau was standing behind him.
Fishheadjoe

 

[M0ses]

I still can't get over someone using an L1 as a guitar cab.

Just......why?