Before you spend another dime!!!

Larry Behm · Post by **Larry Behm** » 1 Dec 2016 1:27 pm

Check out all of the element in your signal chain.

I get calls from plays every week or so asking about buying another guitar, or amp or effects unit, or pickup, because they are not happy with what they have.

In the last 3 weeks we found 3 players with bad chords, one with a bad effects unit, one with a bad volume pedal. After identifying these issues FIRST then we were about to make better decisions about what to fix and or buy. Spending $3000 on another guitar or amp when it is a $20 cable is throwing money away because when the new unit comes you still have the same old cable or pedal etc.

Ask - Ask - Ask. There are many here on the forum who would be more than willing to help, ask several, get a few different ideas.

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Mike Schwartzman · Post by **Mike Schwartzman** » 2 Dec 2016 2:16 pm

That's a good tip Larry. Years back before a car crash injury that "cured me of golf", a guy said during a round: " There's no bigger sucker in the world than a golfer with an active credit card...ya can't buy a game"

Maybe I could substitute "PSG player" for golfer in my case.

I chose my 1st very simple PSG rig based on free advise from many given right here. And given the learning curve (only a lifetime)on PSG, there's no sense in handicapping oneself with something as simple as a bad cable. When I was just beginning I knew my rig sounded good even if I didn't.

John Haspert · Post by **John Haspert** » 3 Dec 2016 7:39 am

In my Gig Bag, I carry a cable tester and a cheap voltmeter. Being both a Player and the Sound Guy, those have saved my Bacon many time over. A few spare cables or volume pedal doesn't hurt either. Sorta like "Tuning", Use them Early and Often.

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 3 Dec 2016 7:59 am

"That tuner you're using sucks"

Sometimes it's as simple as that.

John Haspert · Post by **John Haspert** » 3 Dec 2016 8:25 am

Hi Pete, my tuner comment was without context. Sorry about that! I used to spend a fair amount of time helping with Youth ensembles, marching bands, church bands, etc. especially as our kids were going through school. As these younger musicians were starting their journeys, it was always interesting to see which of them actually had the "ears" to hear if they were in, out or even close. To try to get them started at least at the beginning of the practice or performance or whatever, I would say, "Tuning, use it early and often!" I found that it sort of helped to train younger ears a bit when they could hear and see that they were sharp or flat or whatever.

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 3 Dec 2016 8:39 am

Oh John, I was just making a Saturday morning silly comment because I love my buddy Larry!
I was not referencing your Tuning comment, I totally agree with you.
One of our local new steel pickers has been struggling a bit with presets on a strobe tuner, and that is what I <jokingly> said to him.

ps
Just last Friday I played a gig with a really good guitar player who was a Gypsy Jazz type of rippin' solo'ist, but when it came to tuning up with all the other instruments, he was a "Gimmie a G" guy.
I'm like... Gimmie a G?!?! How about you pull your effin tuner out and tune your instrument???

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