PaulWarning Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 exact same thing happened to our guitarist, we were playing to a big crowd at the Nottingham beer festival, big start, 1234 into Blitzkrieg Bop, no guitar, we stopped, he played around with his leads, seemed ok, 1234, no guitar, we stopped again, after 5 minutes of pratting around he changed his amp, everything seemed ok, 1234, no guitar, he eventually changed his guitar and this time everything really was ok, funnily enough by this time the crowd were treating as a joke so it turned into a cracking gig in the end. The trouble with his guitar turned out to be a dodgy contact on his selector switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy64 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) I had a horrible experience playing at a festival a couple years back. First time I had ever had to rely on monitors, looking back I didn't really appreciate their use as I had always played in small venues where I could hear everything just fine. Anyway, sound check went fine but by the time we went on four bands later the monitors had been moved around and no time to re-position them. Well, the lead guitarist couldn't hear himself so he was pointing up to the soundman, that was drowning everything out for me, I was playing rhythm guitar. I couldn't hear a thing so I am signalling for more of me in a monitor to my left which of course only resulted in hearing myself and no-one else ha ha! Well, after a few songs in I have retreated right the way back so that I can hear the drums and my own amp. I just stood there locking into the drums and listening to the car crash in front of me in the form of the lead guitarists murdered solos and the bass players flatter than a pancake backing vocals. Oh and seeing a few photos just made matters worse because myself and the lead guitar had gravitated to where our monitors had moved to and we are practically on top of each other. Most definitely my worst gig ever.....so far!! Edited May 5, 2014 by Jonesy64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1399239039' post='2442404'] Good point, but I didn't need glasses back then. Or a Zimmer frame... or Viagra... *mumbles to self and starts pointlessly rummaging through drawer* [/quote] I take it you now live in God's waiting room (Bournemouth), And own a Guest House? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1399286756' post='2442699'] I take it you now live in God's waiting room (Bournemouth) And own a Guest House? [/quote] Unfortunately [i]not [/i]Bournemouth - SE London for my sins. I do own a house, but the only guests are the current mrs and young master discreet, and the buggers don't seem to have any plans to leave any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 There's a video (which I can't find unfortunately) of Yolanda Charles (who has played a gig or two by now) counting about a hundred bars in and then *silence*. She hadn't plugged her bass in. It can happen to anybody. I've tuned the B string to C on a disturbingly regular basis. It happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Key thing is DJ you had a backup bass and went through the chain. Last but one gig I my sound was strangely muffled half way through. I checked all my settings and soldiered on. Eventually I found the singers had placed their handbags right in front of the cabs bass ports. 😤 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1399234379' post='2442340'] I'd say Dimebag's last one was worse. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) Did a small festival and got moved higher up the bill than when we did the same one 2 years before , all excited , then our guitarists brand new black star rig failed, but all the songs where really built around him and his sounds , by the time he'd buggered around and we had improvised a song without him to allow him and the stage guys time , our slot was nearly over and the final songs where not the same. Feel for the Op, sometimes things just don't roll Edited May 6, 2014 by lojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon_says Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Hopefully this baring of one's chest is a cathartic process. On Friday we finished a great un-plugged night that had lashings of talented acts. I was introduced as doing a double bass solo (which it wasn't) but not just once but twice bowed the same note a semi tone out and it sounded so cringingly bad I am still shuddering now. Maybe the fact that I played it twice and with confidence meant that the audience thought it was meant to be avant garde. Luckily it worked fine after that to the end of the song but one of our other enthusiastic band members has put the video on our Facebook page for all to see. At least my face isn't visible! I am told time is a great healer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockfordStone Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I played a gig once in Leicester, we were last on, the promoter hadn't done any promotion and didn't even come to the gig, the only people there to watch us were our drummers parents and the guy behind the bar.... took my bass out of the bag and the nut had snapped straight through one of the grooves. without any glue or my back up bass I had to wing it, but the guitar didn't play that well... glad there was no one there to see it. we all have bad gigs, but it just makes the good ones even better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 We had 2 appalling gigs in a band I was in many years ago... One was at the Greyhound in Fulham; we were due to have at least 3 record company types there to check us out. We were so excited that we got completely off our faces and all played at different speeds, stopped at different times and the keyboard player fell over. We didn't get a deal. And the other one was at the Powerhaus. Beforehand we decided to go to the curry house round the corner, and foolishly had the all-you-can-eat buffet. All of us had to sit down for the entire gig, except for the singer who had to leave the stage to throw up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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