Off Topic The self ownage thread

[edrod]

The "what is this for?" thread gave me idea.

We are all musicians and have done some pretty darn stupid things on stage or during practice. I would like to share some of mine and hope you will too.

1. Forgot to plug my guitar cable to my guitar once and freaked out for around 15 minutes during sound check. The funny part was that my bandmates had not noticed and we were all going nuts.

2. I hit my singer with the headstock of my guitar.

3. Just like #1, I had my volume all the way down.......... the rest is history.

I have a lot more.

Eddi

 

[Jack FFR1846]

Hit my effects pedal to change the effect setting.....didn't notice I hit the volume pedal at the same time....all the way down. The sound guys looked like someone dumped a bucket of ants in their pants.

jack

 

[Ricman]

My first Les Paul Copy. Got it home and decided that the bridge saddles would look better if they were in a nice straight line rather than all staggered.
Sold it on a couple of years later....damn thing never played in tune....

 

[leftyguitarblue]

Was setting up for a gig and I smelled dog crap. I had it on my strap somehow. I thought that a dog had **** on the stage. Turns out I had stepped in it on the way in. I might of had a couple drinks first.

 

[luv]

Not a stage moment (not a live player), but stupid moment....

Was at GC buying my Sub 1 and the previous owner had strung the strings all bass ackwards (some strings wound properly...some strings wound backwards) and I didn't notice. I plugged in and the guitar was badly out of tune, so I tried tuning on the fly with no tuner. I was tuning some strings up when I was wanting to go down and vice versa. It was ugly...never even came close. And of course you're in GC so you have to have some volume to even here yourself.

After a couple of minutes I gave up and just started playing...sounded like crap. And then I said "this guitar is sweet, I'll take it".

 

[koogie2k]

Spiked my singer with my getup and broke tuning keys and went out of tune...ooopppss

 

[INMT]

There's nothing like your rig being on and not working,4 sets of hands trying to find what it could be. Going crazy because it's eating up stage time, then to have a short blonde from the crowd (my wife) yelling " the standby switch stupid!".
Yeah.......

 

[Astrofreq]

Right before our best most rocking song, I turned on the Boss tuner to tune. Being a dork, I didn't turn it off, so when the huge hit came in, no guitar. Lame, lame, lame.

 

[spychocyco]

Didn't happen to me, but a guy I know, and it's my favorite stupid stage story of all time. He built his own flashpots using black powder. They went off just fine, of course no one saw the stage for the rest of the night.

 

[Nik_Left_RG]

Didn't happen to me, but a guy I know, and it's my favorite stupid stage story of all time. He built his own flashpots using black powder. They went off just fine, of course no one saw the stage for the rest of the night.

LOL.. Definitely brought a smile to my face..

Tried to be all cool and step up to the middle for a solo.. MY headstock collided with the bass's headstock(was trying to form a kind of a formation like --> / \).. Mine was a cheap @#$ guitar but the other guy had a brand new one(not naming it) and he was not happy at ALL.. Till to this day.. I know its lame.. but thats all I got for now

 

[whitestrat]

Oh, I've had a few... ranging from forgetting to turn on the amp on stage to forgetting to plug in the cable before doing a rock pose on stage... Whahahaha...

But the worse bit was when I was talking to a fellow guitarist, and discussing about why I found BOSS modulation pedals to be really thin. All because I tried a Boss harmoniser and I found the sound to be awful, thin and weak. We were trying to find the reasons, then he asks: Wait... Did you put the harmoniser before or after the gain pedal?

DOH! Then it hit me... It was before... *slaps forehead*.

He didn't stop laughing at me for weeks...

 

[zombi]

There's nothing like your rig being on and not working,4 sets of hands trying to find what it could be. Going crazy because it's eating up stage time, then to have a short blonde from the crowd (my wife) yelling " the standby switch stupid!".
Yeah.......

The standby... more times than I'd like to admit. Too many drinks and forgetting the combination to the guitar case... Leaving the power cord to the head at home... Blowing a cab because the head was set to the wrong ohms... Um yeah.

And another great memory... Not of what I did but the singer. So our singer had had a few too many. The part of the song comes in where I sing right? The next part is all guitar. So the singer runs off right as I start singing, runs through the audience, into the bath room, throws up, and makes it back to finish the song. Thank god I've quit drinking...

 

[DTJPPR]

My favorite is, during a solo of course, I jogged my way center stage, then, oops! The Singer had dribbled some water on the front of the stage while taking a swig, and I went sliding forward... Off the stage and into the crowd. It was about a 4 foot drop to the floor... Guitar was fine and still in tune though, haha. I Felt like a total tool.

Luckily, none of the members of my band Drink before we play(afterwards, it on), so We've avoided many of the drunken mishaps.

 

[zombi]

Yeah, I'm not in that band anymore...

 

[Dizzy]

#1

1991 : I was an 18 yr old Uni Student, and had just bought my new JS1, which was my pride & joy
(obviously before my EBMM's )

Was playing a great pub gig, when 2 double-decker bus loads of chicks on an 18th birthday crawl rolled in.
We were thinking "YEESSSSSS !".

My JS1 was in it's stand when the bass player ran across the stage to vent his excitement to the roadies.

He tripped on the lead, JS1 went ass-up in a big way.

At the time where absolute coolness was required (sooooo many babes), I ran over to the guitar and cradled it in the middle of the stage, looking horrified, checking for dings and scratches up to the light - what a friggin dork !

Guitar was OK.

Eventually I realised I looked like a dick-head and settled down, but I still cringe every time I think about it.


#2

Not me. but our Bass Player - but made us all look crap.
Playing a big University gig in a Marquee.
Big song at the time was "Better" by The Screaming Jets.

Bass Player had brain fade (if that is actually possible) and started intro in different key.
Guitar intro comes in - ewwwwww.

Horrified looks from rest of band - and crowd.

Bass player looks at everyone else as if it's THEIR fault, and calls out "In B !"

He keeps going , so Guitarist reluctantly goes up to B to compensate.

(I was actually singing this song and was wondering how the hell I was going to sing the end bit a full step up)

Bass player finally realises catastrophe and goes back to A without warning.

More horrified looks.

Was OK by time vocals started and rest of song rocked, but no-one has f%$#ed up the start of that song as much as he did.

 

[Slingy]

This thread cracks me up!

While playing a fingerpicking part in a church service, I swallowed my pick. It got stuck half way down my esophagus and I began to feel really sick, couldn't finish. Went to the emergency room and got knocked out and they pulled it out through my throat with a tiny camera and grabbers.

 

[Dizzy]

I don't think our old mate "The Stoner" posts here any more.

I know this is the "Self Ownage" thread, but this link truly belongs here.

Footage courtesy of Tim O'Sullivan's YouTube channel !

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk4K3bLPdpE]YouTube - The Stoner Plays 'All Right Now'[/ame]

 

[whitestrat]

While playing a fingerpicking part in a church service, I swallowed my pick. It got stuck half way down my esophagus and I began to feel really sick, couldn't finish. Went to the emergency room and got knocked out and they pulled it out through my throat with a tiny camera and grabbers.

I take it you no longer hold the pick in your mouth now when you fingerpick?

Just kidding... I hope that pick didn't cut the throat lining?

 

[marduke]

i think the worst ive done is leave the volume control on my tonelab all the way down.. and just about to start the set im freaking out. double checking my guitar, the leads, my amp is on etc.. took about 5 minutes before it clicked... haha

 

[mikeller]

I normally keep my picks weaved in-out of the strings in the mid-fingerboard area.

During a recent gig, I went to change guitars (from my Silo to an Axis), left the pick I had beeen using in my hand, grabbed the Axis to start play and couldn't get much in the way of music out of it. When I finally determined the problem I had a pick weaved in the strings and one in my hand I then tried to flip the spare pick out of strings while with one finger while not missing a note - determination and stupidity at the same time