The gear or is it me?

hannigan · September 6th, 2009, 02:16 PM

I own too much gear so I try many set ups guitars amps stomps, so Last week I was experimenting with different set ups and I found a combination that was sounding real sweet .
I left town for a few days and when I returned home everything was set up the same , guitar, amp, and fx.
But when I went to play it sounded wrong. The Main thing that changed was my emotional state.
Which makes me realize its not the gear its me.

brokenjoe · September 6th, 2009, 02:18 PM

Is that a rhetorical question? Because you seemed to have answered it in your post.

hannigan · September 6th, 2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by brokenjoe

Is that a rhetorical question? Because you seemed to have answered it in your post.

Indeed it was. For some reason I feel all philosophical today.

J-man · September 6th, 2009, 02:43 PM

This happens to me too.

jjkrause84 · September 6th, 2009, 02:47 PM

Yeah....I don't change the settings on my AC15....some days it is the greatest amp EVER made....other days it's, well, just another piece of kit.

Strange how that happens...

Frontier9 · September 6th, 2009, 02:51 PM

Yeah - it's a strange phenomenon - I'll find a set up that I'll love only to come back to it a day later and go "Huh? What was I thinking?"

It's frustrating to say the least. It also makes me not trust my ears as much as I'd like to.

emu! · September 6th, 2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by hannigan

I left town for a few days and when I returned home everything was set up the same , guitar, amp, and fx.
But when I went to play it sounded wrong. The Main thing that changed was my emotional state.

So, THIS seems to be the clue.

Exactly WHAT happened in those few days away...if I may ask?

all_identaties_taken · September 6th, 2009, 03:11 PM

It sounds like tired ear syndrome to me, it happens all the time in the studio. You mess about all day and finally lay down a track late in the evening which sounds great, the next morning you play it back for your management pleased and punch only to realise it sounds like someone doing Karaoke blind drunk.
Hour on hour off is the answer.

hannigan · September 6th, 2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by emu!

So, THIS seems to be the clue.

Exactly WHAT happened in those few days away...if I may ask?

Visiting family my brother and I are adults but when we are together it is like we were still ten years old.
Emotional states have a lot to do with perception, but the tired ear thing does make a lot of sense.

September 6th, 2009, 02:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
hannigan Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: sno couny washington Posts: 362	The gear or is it me? I own too much gear so I try many set ups guitars amps stomps, so Last week I was experimenting with different set ups and I found a combination that was sounding real sweet . I left town for a few days and when I returned home everything was set up the same , guitar, amp, and fx. But when I went to play it sounded wrong. The Main thing that changed was my emotional state. Which makes me realize its not the gear its me.

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brokenjoe Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Toronto Age: 47 Posts: 1,594	Is that a rhetorical question? Because you seemed to have answered it in your post. __________________ "Son, always eat your vegetables.... and stay away from those whole tone scales!!"

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J-man Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Wales/Scarborough Age: 21 Posts: 7,384 19 Photos	This happens to me too. __________________ "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." - Oscar Wilde

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all_identaties_taken Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 867	It sounds like tired ear syndrome to me, it happens all the time in the studio. You mess about all day and finally lay down a track late in the evening which sounds great, the next morning you play it back for your management pleased and punch only to realise it sounds like someone doing Karaoke blind drunk. Hour on hour off is the answer. __________________ John. „Als das Kind Kind war, ging es mit hängenden Armen, wollte der Bach sei ein Fluß, der Fluß sei ein Strom, und diese Pfütze das Meer." ~ Lied Vom Kindsein – Peter Handke

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