Argghhhhhh

My amp blew up last night. I was on my way to a gig and thought I'd have a jam in the few minutes I had to spare. I turned on my amp and it started making this really weird noise I've never heard before and then something blew up and it started smoking so I quickly turned it off.

I found out at that moment that Saturday afternoon is maybe the most inconvenient time to have something go wrong with your gear. There are no hire places open and any friend who you can borrow from is either (a) not at home (b) not answering their phone or (c) using the amp themselves that night or even (d) a really frustrating combination of the aforementioned three. I did eventually get one. And I'd like to throw out an enormous thanks to that person because they got me out of an incredibly rubbish situation.

So I got the amp, the gig went really well and that's kind of the end of the story. But if you can avoid it, make stuff go wrong before the weekend. It's a lot easier.