Imp
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turned up to play tonight and i was to use an ampeg SVT, rented by the promoter. (not sure of the model, but christ almight it had half a dozen tubes the size of beer glasses in 
)
i arrived, and it's been sitting on standby for quite a while - panel's hot.
anyway, i walk over to it and i've literally taken off my scarf with the gig bag still on when this typical ageing rocker runs over and proceeds to give me a 5 minute lecture on how i shouldn't touch anything because it's a classic amp etc etc etc - fine, whatever, i'm DI-ing and staying near the monitors anyway - it's only a DI link hitting the amp.
i walk round the back of the amp to stash the gig bag and notice something which made me dive for the power and quietly beckon him over from his group of fellow elitist prats..
the cab was plugged into the preamp out. if i'd taken it off standby it would have cooked, and it'd have been my fault - worst thing was, the guy didn't even seem to register the importance of this - i was still a 'f--ing kid'.
god-freakin'-****.
)i arrived, and it's been sitting on standby for quite a while - panel's hot.
anyway, i walk over to it and i've literally taken off my scarf with the gig bag still on when this typical ageing rocker runs over and proceeds to give me a 5 minute lecture on how i shouldn't touch anything because it's a classic amp etc etc etc - fine, whatever, i'm DI-ing and staying near the monitors anyway - it's only a DI link hitting the amp.
i walk round the back of the amp to stash the gig bag and notice something which made me dive for the power and quietly beckon him over from his group of fellow elitist prats..
the cab was plugged into the preamp out. if i'd taken it off standby it would have cooked, and it'd have been my fault - worst thing was, the guy didn't even seem to register the importance of this - i was still a 'f--ing kid'.
god-freakin'-****.
