New Guy with a horror story

[Werdna]

i was planning on carrying the bass down the stairs with me but the told us we had 90 seconds to compleately clear the stage and so i focused on my amp first that was a mistake, its way more durable.

 

[Werdna]

o and he worked there. If he had been in another band i would have destroyed his ****.

 

[Aussie Mark]

Moral of story

"put bass in its case before teardown"

The guy who threw the bass should also have his head torn off.

+1 on both counts.

 

[RitchieDarling]

Hey Werdna!

Check your email!



Ritchie

 

[Werdna]

Check your email!



Ritchie

Check your PMs!

 

[cat_empire]

all i can say that is if someone ever did that to my 30th, then i would turn myself into some sort of overgrown, angry, muscular, ironic punishment dispenser and then in a fit of rage would find his house, and set fire to to it afterwards telling him that (ironically) "its ok, woods meant to burn a bit."

Then in a continuation of my fit of rage, i would insert a street sign up his ass, not really ironic, but still satisfying.

 

[EBMM7181]

I'm a pretty calm guy, easy going, but If someone did that to my bass, I would SNAP. There's no telling what I would do.... It wouldn't be pretty, I know that!

 

[Disquieter]

but seriously, get compensated, and MAKE SURE EVERY OTHER BAND IN TOWN KNOWS ABOUT THAT PERSON!!!

bands turning against a venue can ruin it, it happened recently in town here, a popular venue for bands, turns out the manager was sexually harassing the female employees, and they all quit at once, and the bands stopped playing there, and the guy ended up having to sell the business.

 

[Werdna]

local bands wouldnt ruin bogarts, though that is a good idea......

 

[Beth]

Welcome, Werdna!

Wow, sorry about your bass. I would be LIVID! I'm still snickering about the suggestions of sweet revenge the other forumites had.

The bands may not want to put Bogarts out of biz, but it could raise some issues with the owner/investors about the way its being ran...

-Beth

 

[guitarball]

Hey everyone i'm new here, just got a used SR4 a few months ago from Guitar Center but just found this forum. I'd like to start off my time here with a little story from last weekend.

I was playing at battle of the bands (it was the Bogarts HSBC for any of you who live near cincinnati) and the guys who work it are compleate jerks. After i was done playing with my band we started the teardown and it was going well, we loaded the drums and my stack in the elevator to take it from the stage to the street out back. The way everything was put in the elevator was the drums on the right and my two cabs on the left not stacked on each other. My SR was on a stand just outside the elevator.

heres where it gets bad.

The guy loading the elevator picks up my bass and throws it on top of my cabs but it slides off the side and falls 2 1/2 feet down on to a metal floor hitting the headstock on the floor tom on its way down. I tried to see if it was ok but the guy slammed the elevator door shut and said "its fine they're made to be thrown around" when i went down the stairs to the bottem to unload, i pulled my baby out of the elevator and saw that there was 2 chips in the headstock from hitting the tom then the floor and a chip on the side from hitting the floor. I tried to go back up to see the guy who did it but the next band was already going on and we weren't allowed back up.

So now, though it still sounds the same, she will never be as beautiful as she once was.

well......that sucks !!
good thing yer bass is made outta real nice, solid kik ass wood......you'll be okay....and for sure watch it a little closer next time..
b

 

[mrpackerguy]

Sorry to hear about that but.......by the same token, on the positive side of things, welcome to a not-so-elite or exclusive membership in a group of us that own a Music Man bass with "mojo"!

In all seriousness, I would think value is not that affected. Just refer to it as a "slight mishap".

 

[oddjob]

Welcome, Werdna!

Wow, sorry about your bass. I would be LIVID! I'm still snickering about the suggestions of sweet revenge the other forumites had.

The bands may not want to put Bogarts out of biz, but it could raise some issues with the owner/investors about the way its being ran...

-Beth

Sad part about it is that the employees at Bogarts have a LONG running history of bullying Battle of the Band contestants (and opening bands) around and the mgt have continually ignored complaints about them. Stories of cabinets, drums and guitars meeting "accidents" during teardown run rampant around Cincy - I personally saw a singers personal mic stand being thrown on the elevator and going through a kick drum head.

Now, I like Bogarts and other places like it (Newport in Columbus, the Madison in Covington, etc.) and they are nice venues to see shows (saw Army of Anyone there in December) - but it is sad when I see things like this happen (happens mostly with younger bands that don't stand their ground).

 

[SteveB]

Three words: small claims court.

 

[midopa]

wtf

 

[Rano Bass]

When I play I take my basses out myself and put them back myself.

Exactly what i do.
That's why i use a good gig bag, to carry my bass everywhere i go.
Welcome BTW!

 

[Big Poppa]

bad story..bad guy.....a bass with battlescars....cool

 

[bovinehost]

Three words: small claims court.

Three equally small words: punch to throat.

This boy needed punchin'.

the or maybe he had some issues left over from childhood?

Jack

 

[tkarter]

The next ding on the head stock would be from me hitting the dummy in the head with it.

tk

 

[Bill]

I was cringing when I read that. Good grief! That guy deserves a headstock down his throat!