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oddjob
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A Fndr HM - it was back in the EARLY 90's at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus (the place in Columbus to play back then) - we were running around the stage like banshees - big hair, ripped jeans, cheap wirelesses, instruments strapped real low and my guitarist (6'4") did his best Steve Vai throw... not to be outdone I gave it a try (me=5'8"... IF I'm having a great hair day). The combo of a longer neck, even longer strap and shorter bass player saw my bass fly over my shoulder, strap detach and bass plant, neck first, into the floor.
Chuncked the headstock, seperated the neck from the body (screws stripped out) and crushed my ego. If that were all that happened that night I would have been real happy... but it got much worse.
I grabbed my other bass and got through the rest of the night... almost. Got to the last song (think it was Bombtrack by Rage) and I had a "speaker malfunction." I had an acoustic 4x10, 1x15 stack - the speakers actually sat in their own tubes and the tubes had a neon blue paint around them - looked real cool at the time (with the grill off - which it was) - anyway, in the middle of the song and 3 of the 4 10s fell out of their tubes - pulling out the wiring, 2 of the cones ripped upon impact. Walked off stage and the owner said that in his 15 years of hosting bands he had never seen a player have a night like that. Very Spinal Tap-ish.
5 weeks later after a trip to the luthier and $250, it was like nothing happened to the bass (the cabs were scrapped for newer Peaveys) - and I made $35 that night (which was good $ on the CMH scene back then)
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zuma
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I'm sorry man but that is so damned funny...the highlight of my day. Thanks for sharing that!
Calaveras
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I had a similar story. My old band was doing a tour of the west coast in 91 or 92 and we had a gig in LA at some Punk warehouse place in Northridge.
We get there early and start drinking before the show (it was a punk band after all). When its our turn we get up and play about 4 songs and I have an amp malfunction. Dotn recall what it was but another band lent us their head. Then we get one more song out and the drummer want to call it quits.
I was pretty drunk at this point so I spin around to say something clever to him and my bass just comes off the strap somehow and starts falling off towards him.
I have no idea why but decide to go with it and pretty much huck the bass right at the drum kit. From about 20 feet away.
Beleive it or not I still have that same bass and it never needed any repair.
Not an EBMM, it's a different brand not known for solidbody basses. I think the graphite in the neck and the aluminum body pieces may have saved it.
Played in TJ the next day and nearly lost the drummer to some crooked cops.
We get there early and start drinking before the show (it was a punk band after all). When its our turn we get up and play about 4 songs and I have an amp malfunction. Dotn recall what it was but another band lent us their head. Then we get one more song out and the drummer want to call it quits.
I was pretty drunk at this point so I spin around to say something clever to him and my bass just comes off the strap somehow and starts falling off towards him.
I have no idea why but decide to go with it and pretty much huck the bass right at the drum kit. From about 20 feet away.
Beleive it or not I still have that same bass and it never needed any repair.
Not an EBMM, it's a different brand not known for solidbody basses. I think the graphite in the neck and the aluminum body pieces may have saved it.
Played in TJ the next day and nearly lost the drummer to some crooked cops.
