We're in the middle of set 2 of 3, bar is PACKED, dance floor jammed with hot girls, we are on the last note of a song and NO BASS. Nothing. Amp cut out. Talk about BAD TIMING! (A GK 400RBIII) First night using my new Ashdown cab, which is 8 ohms, I was running two 8 ohm cabs, so it's not the amp load, and quieter than usual because the Ashdown cab is so much louder than my usual cab. I think it overheated, because it powered back up later in the night.
ANYWAY, I yell over to the DJ to "PLAY ONE SONG". He fires up a tune, I run offstage to grab the Sansamp out of my bass case, plug it in, hook up the DI to the board and tell my guitar player to run me in the monitors, and I'm ready to roll before the DJ's song ends. And it sounded great, no one knew the difference.
So, moral of the story, ALWAYS have a backup. ALWAYS. Because you just never know....
Thanks to Mr. Rath for letting me buy it back from him for just such an emergency.
