A musician friend of mine came to this afternoon’s CSWO gig in the park and said he hardly heard a note out of place… but, to be honest, I hardly heard a note. Something seemed to be wrong with my amp so, although I could hear a little bit of the bass through the main speakers from where I was sitting at the back of the stage (via the DI feed to the main desk), I didn’t get any of the local foldback I was expecting from my own system. That’s the second time that amp set up has let me down….

Of course, testing it back home later in the evening, it worked just fine. The thought struck me – could it be a power supply issue. The amp set up has worked well for me in multiple locations, including on all the dates on the Belgium tour. For that, I used my Jackery battery but this afternoon the PA team asked me to plug into their power instead. The previous time I had an issue, we were in a shopping centre and I was plugged into the power there. I wonder if a slightly odd power supply causes issues with my amp where it appears to be running but doesn’t produce any appreciable output?

One to investigate – perhaps I need a power conditioner unit for when I’m plugging into “mains” supplies of unknown quality?