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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Hey Gang...
Looking for some advice here. I'm scheduled to play at a very dear friend's outdoor wedding reception for about an hour tomorrow (Sat 4/26). It will be in an "enclosed" tent, but as far as I know we are slated for periods of rain and a temp of 57 or so.
I was thinking that perhaps my Adamas SMT would be ok (with the graphite top), but certainly don't want to chance damaging her-God knows there have been horror stories on the site recently. There will be 150 people in the tent, and I'm thinking that the body heat will greatly affect the temperature in the tent, keeping it warmer than 57. I can store the guitar in the house the rest of the time.
Any input?
Thanks for your time.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Johnny
I can't speak for your Adamas as I don't have one, but I have played wood instruments in conditions like that and generally the instruments are OK. What we usually did was leave the instruments in the cases with the top open for a half hour or so before tuning to acclimatize them so they wouldn't go out of tune while playing, and put them back in the cases during breaks etc. With that many people, and that valuable a guitar, I wouldn't leave it unattended too much, and pack it up in the case as soon as the gig is done and try to put it in a safe place. Ovations are pretty sturdy, and an Adamas should be very tolerant of weather conditions within reason.
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Location: NJ | JOhnny
A number of years ago I had one of my infamous backyard barbecue jams. It started to rain. We kept playing. The first channel in my amp went out. I plugged into the second one. 30 minutes later that died too. We stopped.
Moral: don't let your amp get wet. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Thanks for the input guys.
I played, and all went fantastic. Turns out, they had a heater in the tent (which was huge) and kept the whole place warm.
Michele and I got a great response, considering there was no dj or band. Was well worth the effort and I'm glad we opted to play.
Adamas sounded great and held up fine.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Johnny
Sounds like you did great.
It has been my experience that it's best to show up, whatever the problems, and usually it will work out. Not showing up is bad both for your own self confidence and your reputation as a trouper.
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Baily...
Know what you mean about being a trouper...
Being that it wasn't a paying gig, I didn't want to chance trashing my guitar (with a whompin' crack/neck warp) from a sudden leap into cold, damp weather, just to play a few songs. Been a few stories on here recently of tops cracking from crappy weather.
All worked out. Of course Friday and Sunday were simply gorgeous and warm...had to be Saturday with the sucky weather!
Thanks for your response.
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Location: NJ | Johnny;
Know what you mean about the weather.
Jeanette and I spent a long weekend out on Block Island (just off the coast of Woz's backyard in RI). Spent all day Saturday with a book and a bottle of Myers Rum watching late-coming weekenders disembark from the ferries (vomit machines) at the dock across the street wearing curious shades of green.
Paul T. :
Right downstairs from us was a restaurant/microbrewery. Had a really nice selection, but the thing that got me off the most was a BLACKBERRY Red Ale!! Yum!!!! |
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Location: Scotland | Cliff, the sad state of affairs over here is that it's actually easier to find good British-style beers in the US. The Pale ale that DJ served at the OFC jam is a prime example. Now you just have to learn to serve it at the right temperature. |
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Location: SoCal | Would that be "room temperature"? Lucas refridgerators? |
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Location: NJ | In my mind the BEST line was when John Cleese used to do the Kronenbourg Beer radio "spots" in which he described Euro-beer as:
". . . warm, sweet, smelly , sticky stuff with various forms of pond life living in it . . ."
Be that as it may, I'll take a Boddington's anyday.
hmmm . . . catchy slogan! :cool: |
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'Weather' or not to play tomorrow...
