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J-man · May 1st, 2012, 04:09 AM

Adjust the controls on their guitar, even when playing unplugged?

I know it won't change a damn thing, but it bothers me if they aren't turned all the way up.

Westerly Sunn · May 1st, 2012, 04:14 AM

Have you tried an SSRI?

Seriously, I do this too...

but you probably don't wanna be in my club!

fuzzbender · May 1st, 2012, 04:21 AM

depends, what amp aren't you using?

J-man · May 1st, 2012, 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuzzbender

depends, what amp aren't you using?

Blackstar HT-1R.

J-man · May 1st, 2012, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westerly Sunn

Have you tried an SSRI?

Seriously, I do this too...

but you probably don't wanna be in my club!

It depends, does your club have cake?

Westerly Sunn · May 1st, 2012, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J-man

It depends, does your club have cake?

Are you kidding? We have found cake-flavored ice-cream to go with it!

flyingbanana · May 1st, 2012, 06:10 AM

double post....

in reverse.

flyingbanana · May 1st, 2012, 06:13 AM

I thought I was weird. I have to turn my knobs all the way down. Force of habit I guess.

Nick JD · May 1st, 2012, 06:58 AM

Get ya hand off the knob.

mal paso · May 1st, 2012, 10:35 AM

This sounds like something I would do!

And now, unfortunately, I'm going to have to start doing it.

fezz parka · May 1st, 2012, 11:04 AM

Uh....no.

Jakedog · May 1st, 2012, 11:06 AM

Yep. Cracks my wife up. Sitting, watching TV, no amp, no cable, and I'm still flipping the pickup switch for different passages I'm practicing. Funny stuff.

Deaf Eddie · May 1st, 2012, 11:59 AM

Yes...

Prism879 · May 1st, 2012, 01:01 PM

Yup! Playing without having everything just right, it pleases not my OCD.

vjf1968 · May 1st, 2012, 01:57 PM

I do when I practice too, even though I am not plugged in I still like to practice transitioning from front to back pick up while practicing a song. I like to do it at the right time.

It's no different than playing the silent piano.

Jack S · May 1st, 2012, 02:01 PM

Hey, I'm not using a Dumble right now!

Paul in Colorado · May 1st, 2012, 02:52 PM

Guilty as charged. I first noticed it back when I had a Jazzmaster and I was at this trailer park playing by the pool. These two little kids came up and asked me what the knobs did. I told them and realized that I turned them to a certain spot even though it made no difference at all. I still do it.

hypnotoad · May 1st, 2012, 04:33 PM

Yup, I do that too. Playing unplugged while watching TV and flipping the pickup selector or turning the volume pot to max.
I know I do it but I have not figured out why.... :-)

grinchmonkey · May 1st, 2012, 04:43 PM

I not only do that, but I have recently noticed that I have some sort of OCD tick of turning the volume all the way up during solos or between passages of a song or at pretty much any time during a gig/practice even though I never turned it down before. My brain knows that it is all the way up, but I still reach there and try to roll it up. I do the same thing if I am holding a guitar and talking to someone, not even playing it, I have to turn it up.

May 1st, 2012, 04:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
J-man Super Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Wales Age: 24 Posts: 11,764 19 Photos	Does anyone else.. Adjust the controls on their guitar, even when playing unplugged? I know it won't change a damn thing, but it bothers me if they aren't turned all the way up. __________________ "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."

May 1st, 2012, 04:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Westerly Sunn Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: S.E. North Carolina Posts: 6,442 329 Photos	Have you tried an SSRI? Seriously, I do this too... but you probably don't wanna be in my club! __________________ "My, my, doesn't the world look fresh and clean today. Look at that sky, as if not a thing was going on under it." - Sadie Thompson

May 1st, 2012, 06:58 AM	#9 (permalink)
Nick JD Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: May 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Age: 40 Posts: 13,396	Get ya hand off the knob. __________________ You need to roll the dice to be in the game.

May 1st, 2012, 11:06 AM	#12 (permalink)
Jakedog Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cleveland,OH But my heart's still in TX Posts: 9,628	Yep. Cracks my wife up. Sitting, watching TV, no amp, no cable, and I'm still flipping the pickup switch for different passages I'm practicing. Funny stuff. __________________ It's not a mini-van, it's a manly van, and it's awesome.

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Deaf Eddie Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sunny San Diego, CA Posts: 2,458 14 Photos	Yes... __________________ YMMV - I been wrong before...

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May 1st, 2012, 04:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
fuzzbender Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: dislocation Posts: 8,604	depends, what amp aren't you using?

May 1st, 2012, 06:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
flyingbanana Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Southern, California Posts: 5,112	double post.... in reverse.

May 1st, 2012, 06:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
flyingbanana Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Southern, California Posts: 5,112	I thought I was weird. I have to turn my knobs all the way down. Force of habit I guess.

May 1st, 2012, 10:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
mal paso Banned Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Bloomington, IN Age: 36 Posts: 3,644	This sounds like something I would do! And now, unfortunately, I'm going to have to start doing it.

May 1st, 2012, 11:04 AM	#11 (permalink)
fezz parka Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In a movie... Posts: 12,466	Uh....no.

May 1st, 2012, 01:01 PM	#14 (permalink)
Prism879 Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: USA Posts: 355 4 Photos	Yup! Playing without having everything just right, it pleases not my OCD.

May 1st, 2012, 01:57 PM	#15 (permalink)
vjf1968 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Philadelphia Age: 45 Posts: 4,562 4 Photos	I do when I practice too, even though I am not plugged in I still like to practice transitioning from front to back pick up while practicing a song. I like to do it at the right time. It's no different than playing the silent piano.

May 1st, 2012, 02:01 PM	#16 (permalink)
Jack S Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Berwyn, IL Posts: 2,901	Hey, I'm not using a Dumble right now!

May 1st, 2012, 02:52 PM	#17 (permalink)
Paul in Colorado Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fort Collins, CO Age: 60 Posts: 9,705 3 Photos	Guilty as charged. I first noticed it back when I had a Jazzmaster and I was at this trailer park playing by the pool. These two little kids came up and asked me what the knobs did. I told them and realized that I turned them to a certain spot even though it made no difference at all. I still do it. __________________ "Can y'all play some Skynnard? Y'know, like 'Stairway to Heaven?'" -Drunk cowboy at Trail Dust Days, Pine Bluffs, WY

May 1st, 2012, 04:33 PM	#18 (permalink)
hypnotoad Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Luxembourg/Europe Age: 42 Posts: 108	Yup, I do that too. Playing unplugged while watching TV and flipping the pickup selector or turning the volume pot to max. I know I do it but I have not figured out why.... :-)

May 1st, 2012, 04:43 PM	#19 (permalink)
grinchmonkey Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 33 Posts: 425	I not only do that, but I have recently noticed that I have some sort of OCD tick of turning the volume all the way up during solos or between passages of a song or at pretty much any time during a gig/practice even though I never turned it down before. My brain knows that it is all the way up, but I still reach there and try to roll it up. I do the same thing if I am holding a guitar and talking to someone, not even playing it, I have to turn it up.

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