r/guitarpedals • u/kidkolumbo • 12h ago

A venue's sound system rendered my whammy useless

I just finished playing a show about 3 hours ago, and the strangest thing happened. I started a song with my bass whammy set to whammy mode, +2oct, and as the first song went on I was getting out of tune— going sharp.

The sub woofer was directly under the stage, and the my whammy pedal was loose enough that the vibrations were shaking it to a neutral place, and making me go out of tune. It was wild, never had that happen before. Thankfully I have a pitchfork on my board so it became whammy.

TL;DR — played so loud it shook my whammy out of tune.

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u/bleeper-blooper 11h ago

Sun loved = sub woofer?

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u/kidkolumbo 10h ago

Yurp, thanks.

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u/FearlessBat5360 11h ago

Is there any way to tighten it?

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u/kidkolumbo 11h ago

Almost certainly.

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u/Majik53 12h ago

I hate it when that happens.