I should be so lucky

WEDNESDAY 8/29/18 11:37AM--I'm 98% sure I fixed my guitar amp myself...let's put it this way: I plugged it in, turned it ON, and then plugged my guitar into it--and it didn't blow up...I will test it more thoroughly tomorrow here at home...I might turn it on and let it run for a few minutes, to further confirm that it's working properly...As for FB, I'm not making any announcement; I don't wanna jinx it...as far as a real test goes, I have no idea whatsoever if I'm going anywhere Thursday night, and if so, where...

         But needless to say, I am thankful to the Powers that be that I only spent $84 dollars...THURSDAY--I ran a test this morning...turned the amp on, let it sit for 30 minutes, maybe a bit more...plugged "eBay" into it...I wanted a bassier/deeper tone than I had been getting...then I remembered--the guitar has two TONE knobs...using them made all the difference...still dunno if I'm going out tonight or if so, where...

       So I ended up at the OTWC...James Mabry is hosting, Andy is playing drums; Nancy is here; James (the host) says he really doesn’t feel like playing much… So I might have plenty to do... if I had had MY way I’d be in the corner that I used to occupy all those years ago… Instead I’m right next to James’ amp--not really happy about that...such is Life... trying not to let the presence of any other much better guitarists get to me--good luck with that, right?  Suddenly I feel like a beginner, like I just started playing a couple of years ago…and not 50 years ago... I thought it would take a while but it didn’t-I’m sorry I came out here tonight… if all I have to look forward to is backing up Nancy, I’m going to be really unhappy…but at least I’ll find out if the amp works, right ?

I can’t leave...all my gear is onstage...

10PM- sure enough, I backed up Nancy…I didn't enjoy most of it.. I even did a couple songs myself; I didn’t really want to but I was pressured into it… and of course generally, my playing really sucked… part of the problem is actually, the house band--they’re not very versatile, but they know how to play the blues...I guess there’s still about two hours to go...

The other guest guitarist (not the host)  isn’t THAT much better than me, but he plays out way more than I do...dunno if he actually practices, but I bet he warms up before going out to play ANYWHERE...don't really know (and I shouldn't care) what if anything he thought of my playing...at some point, I relaxed and decided to hell with it...he MIGHT have been gone by then; the keyboard player was (I think) gone by then as well, allowing me to play that Bob Weir style of rhythm guitar that I've subconsciously "borrowed" from him...that was as much fun for me as all that soloing...

Did some more songs with Nancy, but by then I was warmed up...and my amp worked as well as I wanted it to...accidentally left it on when I left the stage the first time...that didn’t seem to hurt it... I think it’s safe to make the news public...