At a large church to play bass. My daughters actually attend that church and since I haven't played in church in a while my daughters told their new creative guy that I played and might be willing to assist.
I had a meeting first over coffee to just assess the situation and see if I was even interested. After coffee I agreed to take the next step which was meeting the team and watching some rehearsals and such.
So far so good and then the A word was mentioned. Time for an audition.
So I gather up my gear taking my William Campbell Pendragon 5 bass and my small pedal board.
www.tdpri.com
In preparing for the audition I was playing a lot through garage band on the IPad with the tracks in the background. It is not the best and it is kind of buzzy as all the computer equipment contributes to the noise but it is better than making the neighbors angry with a 4x10 rattling the windows.
So I get the audition and we end up in a music room with just the creative guy and me. I ended up using the house rumble 25 (Ver1) that they had there with my bass and pedal board. As I plug in I notice that the Rumble is buzzing pretty good. So I adjust the tone controls but still can't get that buzz to go away and my bass sounds weird, like a car that has had a couple of spark plugs missing.
Anyway I persevere and I think I am in, just waiting to be scheduled.
So last night I grab the dragon to do a little practice and it is buzzing really bad in the IPad, more than normal. I decide to just run some scales so I grab my Rumble 25 (the new one which is dead quiet) and plug in the headphones and the bass is buzzing bad. I changed cables and the buzz is still there and since I don't have the pedal board plugged in it has to be the bass.
I pull the back plate and start looking around to see if something has moved and to my dismay I see that the bridge pup lead that goes to the blend pot is just hanging out in the cavity. It is occasionally making contact with the jack causing a really heavy buzz.
Apparently when I decided to replace the batteries before the audition I pulled on the wires a little too hard and broke a connection. I am such a moron!
I had a meeting first over coffee to just assess the situation and see if I was even interested. After coffee I agreed to take the next step which was meeting the team and watching some rehearsals and such.
So far so good and then the A word was mentioned. Time for an audition.
So I gather up my gear taking my William Campbell Pendragon 5 bass and my small pedal board.
What did I just buy?
I was browsing FB Marketplace the other day and stumbled on something I had not seen before. Well, that is not exactly true, I had seen one similar to it that a friend had back in Springfield MO in the late 90's. The spralted Maple body design was very interesting. The inlay on the...
In preparing for the audition I was playing a lot through garage band on the IPad with the tracks in the background. It is not the best and it is kind of buzzy as all the computer equipment contributes to the noise but it is better than making the neighbors angry with a 4x10 rattling the windows.
So I get the audition and we end up in a music room with just the creative guy and me. I ended up using the house rumble 25 (Ver1) that they had there with my bass and pedal board. As I plug in I notice that the Rumble is buzzing pretty good. So I adjust the tone controls but still can't get that buzz to go away and my bass sounds weird, like a car that has had a couple of spark plugs missing.
Anyway I persevere and I think I am in, just waiting to be scheduled.
So last night I grab the dragon to do a little practice and it is buzzing really bad in the IPad, more than normal. I decide to just run some scales so I grab my Rumble 25 (the new one which is dead quiet) and plug in the headphones and the bass is buzzing bad. I changed cables and the buzz is still there and since I don't have the pedal board plugged in it has to be the bass.
I pull the back plate and start looking around to see if something has moved and to my dismay I see that the bridge pup lead that goes to the blend pot is just hanging out in the cavity. It is occasionally making contact with the jack causing a really heavy buzz.
Apparently when I decided to replace the batteries before the audition I pulled on the wires a little too hard and broke a connection. I am such a moron!
