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Jon Jaffe
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 7:16 am |
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In another thread it was noted that no one would ever forget to bring their Black Box. http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/006943.html How many have had to pull over to check their gear on the way to a gig, or had to turn around because they left an important item behind? I wish I had a buck for each time.
[This message was edited by Jon Jaffe on 27 April 2005 at 08:17 AM.] |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 7:27 am
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Hey Jon,
I rarely leave anything important at home, but I almost ALWAYS have a little panic attack on my way to the gig, thinking that I DID leave something at home. Not infrequently, I'll stop the car and rummage through my gear to make certain that I have it all before continuing. Maybe a little Prozac would help that, huh?  |
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 7:28 am
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I always make a list during the day leading up to a gig and the last thing I do before I jump in the car is go over the list and make sure everything is checked off.
I also pack everything I need in what I call my 'standard show' cases...extra strings, tools, cables, etc.
A case that holds my FX box, power adapter, polish cloth, etc.
My pak-a-seat gets mighty full!!!
Jay |
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Drew Howard
From:
48854
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 7:33 am
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I forgot my amp once! Plugged in through a Paracoustic DI to the PA. Won't do that again!
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[This message was edited by Drew Howard on 27 April 2005 at 08:35 AM.] |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 7:43 am
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guilty  : |
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Jon Jaffe
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 7:46 am
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| Yeah Jim most of the time it is an anxiety attack and I rummage through the stuff and start out again. But I wish it would not happen. I did it 25 years ago and I do it now! It is not age related. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 7:49 am
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| Well, old as I am, I can never recall having a memory problem! |
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Walter Hamlin
From:
Talladega, Alabama, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 8:05 am
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Have left things behind several times. Have had to call my wife to meet me half way and bring something (an amp one time). I am constantly looking and double checking to make sure I have everything and then I look again.
Wonder what causes these problems.??? |
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John Rosett
From:
Missoula, MT
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 8:07 am
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i heard a story about a mandolin player that was driving long distance to a gig. along the way, on a rural highway, he pulled off onto a logging road for a break. he opened the trunk and rummaged around for something, had a relaxing break, then continued on his way. when he arrived and went to unpack, his main mandolin was not in the car. fortunately, he had a spare with him. when he drove back, he couldn't remember which little road he had turned off on, and spent many hours driving around looking for his mandolin, to no avail. needless to say, he was very upset, but also more than a little embarrassed, so he didn't tell anyone.
about a month later, his brother, who lives on the east coast (this happened somewhere in montana or idaho), called him and said,"did you lose something important recently?" it turns out that some log truck driver had found the mandolin, sitting in the woods right where it had been left. the brother's business card was in the case, so there was a happy ending.
after hearing that story, i always make sure that my name and contact info are in/on every piece of gear i take anywhere. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 8:54 am
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John - Those little return address labels for envelopes work well for that purpose.
Lee |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 9:02 am
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What Donny said.I did work with a drummer that used to forget his sticks.
BF |
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Gary Lee Gimble
From:
Fredericksburg, VA.
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 9:20 am
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| I forgot my wife once and I even did inventory half way to the gig |
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Al Udeen
From:
Hendersonville Tn
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 9:30 am
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| When I used to play a lot of out of town gigs, I would pull over & pop my trunk to make sure all three items were there, now I leave my amp & seat in the trunk during the week & leave my steel where I trip over it going to the garage! au |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 10:30 am
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| I played an out of town 3 day wintertime weekend gig one time up at a remote ski resort with a bass,drums & steel trio and the drummer forgot his cymbals,kick pedal,snare drum and stix. So essentially all he had was a lot of empty stands,two toms and a kick drum.The drummer was punching himself in the face,the bass player was chugging tequila and I figured I was in for a long weekend till I remembered I happened to bring a Boss "Dr. Rhythm" drum machine that I was gonna use w/my porta-studio to write songs in the band cabin.So we ended up duct taping the drum machine to the snare drum stand,plugging it into the bass amp along w/the bass and having the drummer play the snare and kick buttons with his two index fingers(he was also the lead singer). He got the hang of it after a couple songs and apart from pushing the wrong button and activating a hip-hop beat in the middle of "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" - it didn't sound too bad! By the end of the gig,he was adding playing hi-hat and adding crashes and fills. -MJ- |
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 4:21 pm
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I have a certain place in the van where every thing goes, so if I have an empy space it's easy to tell.
Problem is when some one helps me load!! Any thing can happen!! I have forgotten a few items when the wife was helping,, and THAT'S BETTER OFF FORGOTTEN!!
Larry
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"ROCKIN COUNTRY"
[This message was edited by Larry Strawn on 27 April 2005 at 05:23 PM.] |
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Bob Farlow
From:
Marietta,GA,
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 4:35 pm
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About a month ago I arrived at band practice and started to set up, then I realized I had left my pedal bar and pullrods at home. I hope this was not a omen of things to come, but I fear it is.
Oh well........ |
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 4:36 pm
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I've forgotten stuff, can't remember what. Oh Yeah, my guitar once. Had to drive fifteen miles home to get it.
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 4:41 pm
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Once it was the bar and picks at an Elks gig. I used a 3/4 deep socket, a borrowed thumpick and my fingers. The VP was missing too so I just plugged it in direct.
Two years ago I forgot my rear legs, and found a long piece of 3/4 conduit, bent it back and forth to break it, opened up the end I had to, stuck a couple sticks in my threads and into the "legs". Agtuallythey were blackberry roots I got next to the dumpster.
I have never forgotten either since.
Not that I can remember anyhow.
EJL
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 4:46 pm
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Eric,,
You must have been in the Marine Corps.
ADAPT AND OVERCOME lol...
Larry
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John Phillips
From:
Camden, South Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 7:06 pm
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| I don`t this for a fact but I think Eric`s been hanging out with McGiver or the A Team [This message was edited by John Phillips on 27 April 2005 at 08:08 PM.] |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 7:28 pm
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| I was gonna post something....what was it.... |
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Jonathan Gregg
From:
New York City
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 8:08 pm
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| Back when I was living in Providence and doing guitar gigs, there were a least a couple of mornings when I'd open the door and see my two guitars on the landing, one on each side of where I was standing when I put the key in the door and walked in the night before. |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 8:19 pm
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No Larry. No Marine here. I whined to my wife to bring my stuff, and when she told me "no" I started crying...
EJL |
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 8:35 pm
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Eric,
I can "understand" that!! lol..
Larry
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Jim Peters
From:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Apr 2005 9:03 pm
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Two weekends ago I forgot a mike and mikestand at the first gig of my new band. Several years ago I left my Strat in St. Louis for a gig in Quincy,Mo, met my stepson halfway to pick it up.
Once I set up for a wedding, the equipment was at our bass player's house. I loaded everything myself, set it all up at the hall(lights, PA,amps) went home, took a nap, and 4hrs later remembered I had left the bass guitar setting on the sidewalk at the bass player's house!
Luckily it was still there. I never told him. JP |
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