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Jon Jaffe Member From: Austin, Texas |
posted 27 April 2005 08:16 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 Member From: Philadelphia, PA |
posted 27 April 2005 08:27 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 Member From: Lotus, California, USA |
posted 27 April 2005 08:28 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 Member From: Mason, MI, U.S.A. |
posted 27 April 2005 08:33 AM
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I forgot my amp once! Plugged in through a Paracoustic DI to the PA. Won't do that again! ------------------ [This message was edited by Drew Howard on 27 April 2005 at 08:35 AM.] |
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Jerry Overstreet Member From: Louisville Ky |
posted 27 April 2005 08:43 AM
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guilty  : |
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Jon Jaffe Member From: Austin, Texas |
posted 27 April 2005 08:46 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 Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A. |
posted 27 April 2005 08:49 AM
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Well, old as I am, I can never recall having a memory problem! |
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Walter Hamlin Member From: Talladega, Alabama, USA |
posted 27 April 2005 09:05 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 Member From: Graham, NC USA |
posted 27 April 2005 09:07 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 Member From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) - The Final Frontier |
posted 27 April 2005 09:54 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 Member From: Graniteville SC Aiken |
posted 27 April 2005 10:02 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 Member From: Gaithersburg, Maryland |
posted 27 April 2005 10:20 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 Member From: maple grove mn usa |
posted 27 April 2005 10:30 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 Member From: Sylmar,Ca. USA |
posted 27 April 2005 11:30 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 Member From: Golden Valley, Arizona, USA |
posted 27 April 2005 05:21 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 ------------------ [This message was edited by Larry Strawn on 27 April 2005 at 05:23 PM.] |
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Bob Farlow Member From: Marietta,GA, |
posted 27 April 2005 05:35 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 Member From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA |
posted 27 April 2005 05:36 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 Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA |
posted 27 April 2005 05:41 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 [This message was edited by Eric West on 27 April 2005 at 09:17 PM.] |
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Larry Strawn Member From: Golden Valley, Arizona, USA |
posted 27 April 2005 05:46 PM
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Eric,, You must have been in the Marine Corps. ADAPT AND OVERCOME lol... ------------------ |
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John Phillips Member From: Camden, South Carolina, USA |
posted 27 April 2005 08:06 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 Member From: just out of Mexico City |
posted 27 April 2005 08:28 PM
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I was gonna post something....what was it.... |
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Jonathan Gregg Member From: New York City |
posted 27 April 2005 09:08 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 Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA |
posted 27 April 2005 09:19 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 Member From: Golden Valley, Arizona, USA |
posted 27 April 2005 09:35 PM
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Eric, I can "understand" that!! lol.. Larry ------------------ |
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Jim Peters Member From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
posted 27 April 2005 10:03 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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Jim Phelps Member From: just out of Mexico City |
posted 27 April 2005 10:06 PM
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About 1980 I went to hear and jam with some friends' band in Oregon... Silverton?.... something like that.... and we had a great time picking, grinning, drinking lots of beer... I took my Gibson Howard Roberts guitar, yes it was a country band but I'm weird that way. Bunch of us went out for breakfast afterwards so I locked my guitar in the trunk of the car, which is something I never did. Usually if going to a restaurant after playing, I'd take the guitar right in with me so I could keep an eye on it. For some reason, this time I decided it would be safe in the trunk. Next day I got up and didn't see my guitar where I usually put it, couldn't find it anywhere and panicked thinking I'd left it somewhere the night before. Finally it hit me I might've put it in the trunk, went and looked and there it was. Relief! I don't recall forgetting anything on the way to a gig, but maybe I forgot... [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 27 April 2005 at 10:12 PM.] |
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Mark Metdker Member From: North Central Texas, USA |
posted 28 April 2005 05:25 AM
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I forget my intros and outros.  ------------------ Strats thru a tweed Bassman Band Pics |
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Glenn Suchan Member From: Austin, Texas |
posted 28 April 2005 07:45 AM
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When I was playing road gigs on a weekly basis, I routinely faced the following problem: Invariably, at load-out, fans of the band or stage crew, would interupt my packing up for this or that. I found by committing the packing and unpacking of my gear to "muscle-memory", I never had to think about what I was doing. This allowed me to pay attention to the fans and other important folks and not have to worry about my load-out. In fact, it worked so well for me, there were times when we were back on the road, I worried if I'd left something behind only to find my hands had "looked" after my interests. Keep on pickin'! |
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Rick Schmidt Member From: Carlsbad, CA. USA |
posted 28 April 2005 10:54 AM
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I really don't consider myself the obsessive complulsive type, but I do have a rigid routine when it come's to packing, unpacking, and loading my gear.....All with idiot check lists. Every time I break out of my live gig routine to do a session or just play guitar etc., I'm always feeling totally disorganized and have this feeling like I forgot something. |
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Rick Schmidt Member From: Carlsbad, CA. USA |
posted 28 April 2005 11:02 AM
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I really don't consider myself the obsessive complulsive type, but I do have a rigid routine when it come's to packing, unpacking, and loading my gear.....All with idiot check lists. Everytime I break out of my live gig routine to do a session or just play guitar etc., I'm always feeling totally disorganized and have this feeling like I forgot something. |
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Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA |
posted 28 April 2005 12:32 PM
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Obsessive/Compulsive... Is that why you post twice? |
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Jim Phelps Member From: just out of Mexico City |
posted 28 April 2005 02:09 PM
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Why would you ask that??? |
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Jim Phelps Member From: just out of Mexico City |
posted 28 April 2005 02:10 PM
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Why would you ask that??? |
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Bob Carlucci Member From: Candor, New York, USA |
posted 28 April 2005 02:13 PM
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I'd leave my brain at home if it weren't held in place with duct tape.... |
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Larry Strawn Member From: Golden Valley, Arizona, USA |
posted 28 April 2005 03:18 PM
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Bob,, I like the "red" duct tape best,, I can see it easier, and don't forget it so easily.. Larry |
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Steven Welborn Member From: Ojai,CA USA |
posted 28 April 2005 05:11 PM
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Forgetfullness doesnt plague me till I start looking at the fretboard. |
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Steve Spitz Member From: New Orleans, LA, USA |
posted 28 April 2005 05:51 PM
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Played a road house with a blues band, the drummer forgot his snare. He put a tom on his snare stand, and we all put our car keys on top, to add a bit of " jingle " Long night. Could play mambo without the snare. Lots of mambo, Long night. |
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Kevin Lange Member From: Minnesota, USA |
posted 28 April 2005 06:56 PM
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About 3 months ago, due to our inconveinent weather here in MN and the cost of gas, I decided to forego pulling my band trailer to a small club about 60 miles away on some not so good winter roads. I loaded the PA equipment in my Dodge Caravan, double checked to make sure I had mic stands (I'd forgotten them once in the past), all the cords I needed. I had my guitar, I figured I was ready to go. About 5 miles from the gig I started to swear a little. My wife said,"What's the matter, dear?" (Not really, but something to that effect). I mentioned that I had been running thru the list of equipment that I had in my head, and realized that I forgot my Mackie 808M PA head. We got to the job, and through the generostiy of some local players, they managed to help me out with a mixer and an amp. No graphic eq, no effects, not even reverb, but beggars shouldn't be chosers. I should probably toss a little luck in the mix, because the town we were playing in was about 50 miles west of Minneapolis,a population of about 1400 and it was Saturday night about 7:30. The fellas that owned the equipment would not accept any cash as rent, but did allow me to buy them a couple of beers. They said maybe they'd be in need sometime. Good guys. By the way, that list of equipment in my head, is now a list on paper, whenever I do something like that. It never seemed to be a problem 25 years ago. |
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