belgian Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 I raved for years on my duotone to friend who's gigging a lot. He came over last night to try it out and I couldn't get a decent accoustic sound out of it, I am running it trough a D-tar mama bear, normally it sounds really good with an accoustic amp. I felt really embarassed - he drove 50 miles to check it out. Checked it out this afternoon, and after a lot of knob twisting, I suddenly realised the problem was the battery in the preamp. Measured it out and it was low but not dead. Putted in a new battery and everything was great again. I feel like a real idiot now. Now he'll have to come back and he already emptied half of my stock of Chimay.
Guest pirateflynn Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Now he'll have to come back and he already emptied half of my stock of Chimay. LOL
MCChris Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 1/2 the Chimay! Damn it amigo...you are hurtin'! : )So's he if he drank that much Chimay. I would be.
geoff_hartwell Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 I suddenly realised the problem was the battery in the preamp. I did the exact same thing once with active pickups in a bass after wasting several very expensive hours of studio time. A painful but valuable lesson for me! Geoff
belgian Posted May 25, 2008 Author Posted May 25, 2008 Just called him, got his wife on the phone saying he wants a Talladega now, however he is still recovering....,
raymund Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 Chimay ?Could you invite me to another showoff with a dead battery ?
fractal Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 I bet he figured out how to remotely drain your battery so he would have to come back...
MTM105 Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 allow me to segue:What is the difference between an alcoholic and a normal person?When upon discovering a dead car battery, a normal person calls AAA. An alcoholic calls the suicide hotline.
veatch Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 I once picked up an $1800 bass for $700 that sounded like *ss hoping i could "fix it". (The store i bought it from had a 10 day return policy...) When i got home, all it needed was a new battery. Sometimes, life is good.
crunchee Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 About 10 years ago, I saw this in a Bargain Post:'1962 Fender Bassman Head, needs work, $300.'I get to the guy's house to try it out, and it sounded really anemic-even though it apparently had a recent service (there was a shop's service calling card stapled inside) and looked really clean. I check the back, and I find that the speaker jack that the speaker was plugged into (a 8 Ohm speaker in a combo amp) was the 'Ext. Speaker' jack (the secondary jack-does anybody even use those?), not the 'Speaker' jack (the primary jack) on the amp. I swap the speaker lead to the primary jack and try it again-and it perked right up! Even though those old Bassman heads normally use a 4 Ohm load, and not 8 Ohms like this guy had hooked up.Sold! I still use the amp today, no service needed. But I didn't tell the guy what I suspected.
formula73 Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 I am intimately familiar with idiocy. I amaze myself almost daily.
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