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A.B.Negative · July 21st, 2009, 03:28 PM

I've had a Digitech Bad Monkey for a while and it's always worked as it should. I plugged it in today and everything was fine until I switched it on. No sound at all! The light comes on but there's nothing from either output. When switched off, my signal goes through as normal.

Do you think this will be easy/cheap to fix? I haven't looked inside the pedal and I don't have any electronic test equipment.

Help!

A.B.Negative · July 21st, 2009, 04:07 PM

Next time I'll check the volume isn't all the way down before I panic!

mikfer · July 21st, 2009, 04:24 PM

Many times I've plugged in the pedals, made sure they are on, plugged into the amp . . . no sound or just a loud hum . . .

On yeah, ya gotta put the plug into the *guitar* as well.

zombuswoof · July 21st, 2009, 04:26 PM

Ha! I feel ya on that one. Last night I cleaned the pc boards on my Rivera and when I reassembled everything to test it today I was sure I killed it. Nothing on either channel with the volume and master for each up loud. Then I remembered that if you zero out the bass, mid, and treble controls you get nothing. Turned those up and the glorious Rivera clean started coming out again. Definitely my "Doh!" moment of the day.

RodeoTex · July 21st, 2009, 04:33 PM

Heck I was just about to send you my Bad Monkey when I first saw this thread...

JayDee · July 21st, 2009, 05:52 PM

I can't tell you the number of times we've started to freak out at soundcheck because nothing was coming out of FOH only to realize the channels were muted. It's become a running joke.

Ivan · July 21st, 2009, 06:13 PM

thats a new one!

I once thought my amp was broken but it turned out I hadn't plugged my instrument lead in yet!

A.B.Negative · July 22nd, 2009, 05:13 AM

I feel much better now I know I'm not alone!

xjazzy · July 22nd, 2009, 05:32 AM

A friend of mine had all is cables checked in his weeding band just to find the sound board plug was not connected to energy!!!

FMA · July 22nd, 2009, 11:27 AM

My favorite -- and I have to admit that this has happened more than once -- is when I'm getting no sound and a bandmate suggests checking to see whether the guitar is plugged in and I say, of course, the guitar's plugged in and when I look down, it's not.
Talk about a d'oh moment.
Always gets a pretty good laugh, though.

magicguitar · July 22nd, 2009, 11:49 AM

Yup it's those common and SIMPLE mistakes that throw us into a panic... but don't they make life interesting?!?

mwaym · August 15th, 2009, 12:39 AM

I've panicked more than once when something wasn't plugged in. Especially since I put the pickups in my Tele and my Strat myself.... and Im not good at soldering !!!!

Larry F · August 15th, 2009, 11:23 AM

You name it, I've done it. Again and again and again...

Home Grown Tele · August 17th, 2009, 01:10 AM

Been through the same thing with a volume pedal. Freaked out until I finally realized the pedal was in the up position and volume was turned off!

Tonemonkey · August 17th, 2009, 04:21 AM

My routine idiocy at sound checks is to plug the lead into my amp, then into my Pedal input, then output to my guitar....on a TB pedal....sound, select the pedal.....silence....PANIC!

Tw*t.

HootieUK · August 17th, 2009, 06:04 AM

My fave is plugging in, amps on, tuner off......NADA

I lose count of the times I don't put a patch lead into one of my battery-only ('cos they sound better) ZVex pedals.

Old dog new tricks?..........no way!

Steve / Hootie

July 21st, 2009, 03:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
A.B.Negative Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Scotland Age: 43 Posts: 428	I'm an idiot! I thought my Bad Monkey has died! I've had a Digitech Bad Monkey for a while and it's always worked as it should. I plugged it in today and everything was fine until I switched it on. No sound at all! The light comes on but there's nothing from either output. When switched off, my signal goes through as normal. Do you think this will be easy/cheap to fix? I haven't looked inside the pedal and I don't have any electronic test equipment. Help! __________________ "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." Last edited by A.B.Negative; July 21st, 2009 at 04:07 PM.

July 21st, 2009, 04:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
A.B.Negative Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Scotland Age: 43 Posts: 428	Next time I'll check the volume isn't all the way down before I panic! __________________ "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."

July 21st, 2009, 04:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
mikfer Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Charlottesville, Virginia USA Age: 50 Posts: 125	Sheepishly admits . . . Many times I've plugged in the pedals, made sure they are on, plugged into the amp . . . no sound or just a loud hum . . . On yeah, ya gotta put the plug into the guitar as well. __________________ Honor Est Omni - "Honor is all"

July 21st, 2009, 04:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
RodeoTex Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,930	Heck I was just about to send you my Bad Monkey when I first saw this thread... __________________ Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose.

July 21st, 2009, 06:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ivan Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 562 2 Photos	thats a new one! I once thought my amp was broken but it turned out I hadn't plugged my instrument lead in yet! __________________ Ivan

July 21st, 2009, 04:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
zombuswoof TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 72	Ha! I feel ya on that one. Last night I cleaned the pc boards on my Rivera and when I reassembled everything to test it today I was sure I killed it. Nothing on either channel with the volume and master for each up loud. Then I remembered that if you zero out the bass, mid, and treble controls you get nothing. Turned those up and the glorious Rivera clean started coming out again. Definitely my "Doh!" moment of the day.

July 21st, 2009, 05:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
JayDee TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Missouri Posts: 55	I can't tell you the number of times we've started to freak out at soundcheck because nothing was coming out of FOH only to realize the channels were muted. It's become a running joke.

July 22nd, 2009, 05:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
A.B.Negative Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Scotland Age: 43 Posts: 428	I feel much better now I know I'm not alone! __________________ "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."

July 22nd, 2009, 05:32 AM	#9 (permalink)
xjazzy Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portugal Age: 29 Posts: 1,706 6 Photos	A friend of mine had all is cables checked in his weeding band just to find the sound board plug was not connected to energy!!! __________________ Still got the Twang! myspace.com/jpmartins

July 22nd, 2009, 11:27 AM	#10 (permalink)
FMA Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,524	My favorite -- and I have to admit that this has happened more than once -- is when I'm getting no sound and a bandmate suggests checking to see whether the guitar is plugged in and I say, of course, the guitar's plugged in and when I look down, it's not. Talk about a d'oh moment. Always gets a pretty good laugh, though.

July 22nd, 2009, 11:49 AM	#11 (permalink)
magicguitar Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fallon, Nevada Age: 61 Posts: 797	Yup it's those common and SIMPLE mistakes that throw us into a panic... but don't they make life interesting?!?

August 15th, 2009, 12:39 AM	#12 (permalink)
mwaym Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: anderson, indiana Age: 45 Posts: 260	I've panicked more than once when something wasn't plugged in. Especially since I put the pickups in my Tele and my Strat myself.... and Im not good at soldering !!!!

August 15th, 2009, 11:23 AM	#13 (permalink)
Larry F Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Iowa City, IA Age: 56 Posts: 3,432	You name it, I've done it. Again and again and again... __________________ larry

August 17th, 2009, 04:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
Tonemonkey Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gibraltar !! Age: 43 Posts: 764	My routine idiocy at sound checks is to plug the lead into my amp, then into my Pedal input, then output to my guitar....on a TB pedal....sound, select the pedal.....silence....PANIC! Tw*t. __________________ It doesn't mean a thing if it doesn't have that twing!

August 17th, 2009, 06:04 AM	#16 (permalink)
HootieUK TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oxford UK Posts: 21	Idiot <- too My fave is plugging in, amps on, tuner off......NADA I lose count of the times I don't put a patch lead into one of my battery-only ('cos they sound better) ZVex pedals. Old dog new tricks?..........no way! Steve / Hootie

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