The day my faith in Fender was shaken (severely)

trivletrav

Now i know what you're thinking: Really? what on Earth could've happened to bring that about?

well i'll tell you:

the day was June 2nd, 2006 and my old band "The 16 Hour Day" was playing alongside A Lost Cause and The Rewards at a local venue called Academy of Guitar. well all was going well until it was our turn to take the stage...i was setting up and everything went through ok. then halfway through our first song, my input goes out on my 70's reissue. At least that's what i thought it was. but no, that wasn't it, because i motion to the bassist (mike) to keep the groove, and i switch to my ol' standby...a fat strat. well 30 seconds into that, the *Holy Censor, Batman* thing does the SAME thing!! so i say "*Golly Gee* we're lucky this was a jam anyway!" so i figure out that it was the cable leading from my cry baby to the amp! so i chuck it aside and just plug straight into the fender combo that i have (Fender Dyna Touch III Stage 1000).

after that i got really nervous about it maybe happening again.

why did that shake my faith in Fender? because everything except the wah pedal was Fender. Guitar, amp, cables...but i mean in fairness the cable was old and i shoulda known better...but i mean up on stage i thought it was an input on the guitar or the input on the amp...

my faith is now stronger than ever! haha

but you know what really sucks about this?

guys from my old band were there to see if my songs would be any good...which they were...but i mean it was the first song that i had problems on! THE FIRST SONG! Argh...

lol it still pains me to think about it...

but its good to talk about it...

teleman77 · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:07 am Post subject:

That kind of situation will happen to anyone at anytime. Embarassing? Of course it is, but shake it off and move on. Cool

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Matney X · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:57 am Post subject:

Invest in some monster cables... if and when they go out, you just go to GC and get new ones for FREE!
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trivletrav · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:12 am Post subject:

you know i've honestly never been to a guitar center!

*gasps*

haha

we have an excellent local music store that i go to...because the nearest GC is in Denver..which is an hour out of my way...

at least...

monster cables eh? i will check it out! thanks!!

Matney X · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:57 am Post subject:

Where in CO are you, again?
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whatever's available · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject:

says Fort Collins...

the nearest GC to me is Vegas. about an hour exactly.
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Matney X · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject:

Wow, I'm blind.

I LOVE FoCo!

The closest GC to me is a whopping 5 minutes away, by freeway.

I can ride my bike there in like 45 minutes.
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trivletrav · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject:

haha! FoCo!!

yes that's where i am..

also known as: The Fort, Krakertown, or The white city!

haha

(seriously...there is no ethnic diversity...14 African American students in my high school graduating class of 685...FOURTEEN!!!!! *What the Heck*????)

it sucks!!!

i'm a white guy! and i'm saying it!

lol

Matney X · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:14 am Post subject:

I went to band camp two years in a row at CSU, and it was CRAZY diverse. Maybe I got a jaded perspective from that.

In any case, the CSU campus is the friendliest, most chill, campus I've ever been on.
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Herb · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject:

Is Gary Atkins still the Dean of Music at CSU in Ft. Collins?
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trivletrav · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject:

i honestly don't know herb...

i go to Front Range.

but i think i remembered hearing that name before.

yea CSU's campus is really nice. i wish i had money enough to go there...but Front Range has its perks too...smaller classes and hotter women actually...hahaha

Herb · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject:

Gary's an old aquaintance, he used to be half owner of a music store in Denver with my cousin. Gary is Jim Atkin's son, and Chet's nephew. But he studied guitar from Johnny Smith in Colorado Springs and plays that style jazz. He's a monster!
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Kebmel · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject:

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