I wanted to share my pain here...

[Dr Stankface]

Now THAT sucks

 

[CodeMonkey]

Freddy, that is almost as painful reading as the mic shock was to experience.

 

[bovinehost]

Email me the pic, CodeMonkey, and I'll host it on my dime/bandwidth.

 

[Tom F]

I can't believe how long it lasted! The Bongo fivers are so long that my headstock presents a constant danger to overhead light fixtures, mic stands, miscellaneous humans and wildlife wandering through the back yard.

True! My former bongo five went through a ceiling when I tried to put it in a gig bag that wasn't quite long enough. (Luckily, I did more damage to the ceiling than the bass) My incomign Bongo 4 fretless has a similar character mark on the headstock, although I don't know how that happened.

I wonder what a Bongo would look like "reliced"... <shudder>

 

[Mr Light]

Ah,

Don't sweat it. A nick here or there adds character, I say.

 

[sultrabass]

It was simelteanously the most amazing, and most painful thing I have ever done on guitar. And that's nothing on when I used to have braces and a short in my mic cause it to grab onto my face. That was a headache I assure you.

You ever take a fishing hook and stick it through your lip and then tie the other end to a bowling ball and throw it off a bridge? I hate it when that happens.

 

[Figjam]

mm yummy visual. ^

ow

 

[Freddy-G.]

Freddy, that is almost as painful reading as the mic shock was to experience.

Hey CodeMonkey, congrats on your one millionth post!

 

[CodeMonkey]

You ever take a fishing hook and stick it through your lip and then tie the other end to a bowling ball and throw it off a bridge? I hate it when that happens.

Nope but I now have idea for a fun weekend activity.

 

[syciprider]

Character marks. Nothing wrong with honest wear and tear.

 

[Randracula]

This is a friend of mine who took a hit from a guitar headstock and kept on going for the rest of the set. I now fill in on bass for his band.I stand back by the drummer.......

 

[Bill]

ow!!

 

[Psycho Ward]

I try to keep my gear in the best condition possible, I buy cases for anything that leaves the house and covers for everything that stays in the house. I’m careful on gigs and jams, I watch out for the other guy, like the goofy-ass kid on guitar Sunday night, dance’n around, think’n he’s cool. I’m standing there with a Limited Edition ButterCream SR4 around my neck and he’s there next to me, twirling around with this Fender Square that he actually brags about buying from a wino. This kind of made me nervous…

See my theory is, the nicer your stuff is, the more money you can get out of it when you have to hoc it.

My view on gear…

If you bought it to play, play it. Don’t worry about wear and tear from use, don’t be afraid.

If you bought it to collect or trade, then keep it off the battlefield.


My view of relics…

Wear your own stuff out.




Thank you for reading another chapter of “My View” by Psycho Ward

 

[CodeMonkey]

Headstock wounds are a dime a dozen, especially amoungst those who play hockey stick guitars and pull off spin kicks in their songs....not to single out any style or anything...I see alot of guys sporting black eyes and headwounds now. Play through the pain (like we are football players or something).


Not a guitar related injury or injury to my guitar but I had to play a couple shows at Chain Reaction in Anaheim leaning on a stool on one leg when I blew my knee out. Longest sets of my life.

I pulled the run over the bass trick before too, though I'm not a bassist. My bassist leaned his guit on the back of the car and I ran it over. Took out one of the pots and cracked the pickguard but no lasting damage as he got "asked to leave" the band shortly thereafter, so lasting damage I didn't get to see. Nor pay for.

 

[Bassplyr]

Hey Alvabss, sometimes it's not a good idea to share your pain. Infact now that you;ve shared it, I may have to go to counseling with you. Thanks alot!

 

[Bassplyr]

This is a friend of mine who took a hit from a guitar headstock and kept on going for the rest of the set. I now fill in on bass for his band.I stand back by the drummer.......

At least his bass was ok!

 

[Golem]

This is a friend of mine who took a hit from a guitar headstock and kept on going for the rest of the set. I now fill in on bass for his band.I stand back by the drummer.......
http://imageshack.us

I would assume that all that bleeding is not from the sheer force of the blow but that he got really ripped up by all those needle-like string ends that stick out of guitar tuning pegs? If so, looks like maybe he got clawed by a 12-string !

 

[arrowheadguitar]

I bought this the other day to add to my collection of "silly hats to wear while gigging ", which cause distress to my bandmate and so amusement to me
It should come in handy if he ever gets carried away waving his guitar about though.

.. another one that would do the trick

P.

 

[bovinehost]

I would assume that all that bleeding is not from the sheer force of the blow

I don't know, head wounds of any type tend to bleed a lot. I had a cut above my eye once (boxing when I was a kid) that felt like not much at all and only after the round ended did I realize that I looked like I was actually dying.

 

[tkarter]

I have seen an SR5 make guitards ears bleed.

It wasn't pretty but it sure was fun.

tk