Quote from Forum Archives on April 19, 2015, 11:22 pm

Posted by: teajaismit <teajaismit@...>

Was the "big rig" in the exact same spot as the last time? And were you standing/sitting in the exact same spot? If yes, then that rules out any nulls of the sound waves.

I wondered if the plugging/unplugging cleaned of corrosion of the jacks when I read your post.

   TomS

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Bill and Sherry Crann <crann@echoicemi.com> wrote:

Hi friends,

Wow - I just had a major point driven home this week. 

I was asked to play bass for our community concert choir because
they needed someone who could read sheets and improvise off chord
charts for different songs.  I showed up with my practice rig and my
"big rig".  I've been using the practice rig this winter (we live in
Michigan), and had stored the big rig out in the garage.  It's
warmed up some but has been damp out there the last couple of weeks.

So I showed up, tried using just the practice amp because they were
going to mic it and put it through the house, but the director
wanted a bass solo-ish part for one song and the smaller amp just
didn't have the oomph or phatness of tone that I wanted.  So I set
up the big rig (bass to Presonus tone box to Crown power amp to a
Carvin 4x10 with a horn) expecting that I'd need to turn it way down
so I didn't blow the pianist across the stage. 

I turned on my rig, and proceeded to be horrified by the floppy,
thin, wavery sound coming out of it.  Talk about dead spots - I was
only getting every other note to sound it seemed.   I seriously was
thinking maybe mice got into it while it was in the garage and had
chewed up stuff that I couldn't see from the outside.  It was
especially bad on Fs and Bbs, which was going to suck badly because
one bass-feature piece is in F 🙂  So I kept playing scales and it
started sounding a little better, though nothing at all like my big
rig should sound.  After practice I was wracking my brain to figure
out what was going on.

The next time we got together - 2 days later - "my rig" was back. 
It sounded awesome - tight, punchy, growly, and LOUD (I did end up
turning it way down at that point).  I think it just needed to warm
up and dry out (the cones are paper fiber) to get the mojo back.  
Everything seems to be working as it has in the past, and I think it
was dampness and not mice that caused the issue.

So I'm trying to think of where else I can store my equipment when
I'm not using it 🙂  And if you've had equipment in storage in a
not-ambient atmosphere, maybe it just needs to acclimate to sound
right.  Oddly enough we have played some venues when the humidity
was high but I don't recall ever having my rig sound like it did
that first night at practice - and I hope I never do again....

Alternatively, has anyone tried "bagging" their equipment in such a
storage situation, and does that keep out the moisture well enough? 
I'm not sure where I would store my equipment elsewhere, so the
garage may be my only option. 

Grace,

Sherry

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