Tim O'Sullivan
Well-known member
Following on from a suggestion on another thread, I present the official dings-on-my-guitar thread!
And to start it off:
This is my ASS, and look at the 2 beautiful bruises, both just about viewable below the bridge and the pickup. This beauties happened when a Mackie PA cab slid off a table, bashed into me, slid off the guitar and landed at my feet destroying a Line 6 shortboard (the cab weighed 63kg!)
Next up, on the same guitar:
3 fantastic chips between the jack socket and the lower strap button. Caused by 1000's of gigs and a dodgy guitar stand or two.
This one is a vintage ding! (circa 1996)
This baby happened only a year after buying the EVH hardtail pictured here. I placed the guitar on the floor at a rehearsal, tripped on the guitar strap somehow and it whacked into a cymbal stand. With the relic craze in full swing, I expect EBMM to offer this as a standard option.
EVH Hardtail again - this is some of my favourite guitar wear of all time!! - 1000's of gigs have created this scratch 'sheen' that you see before you. To create this on one of those shiny new BFR guitars, some light glasspaper or a Brillo pad would probably do the trick.
Moving down a little lower, we see that again heavy gigging has bought all kinds of beautiful chips to the finish around the jack socket.
And finally! a nice mark on the top of the instrument, caused by it being bruised by a friend wearing a bracelet who I had lent the guitar to at a jam session. I would have preferred it not to happen, but hey! I think its added at least $1000 to the value!
And to start it off:
This is my ASS, and look at the 2 beautiful bruises, both just about viewable below the bridge and the pickup. This beauties happened when a Mackie PA cab slid off a table, bashed into me, slid off the guitar and landed at my feet destroying a Line 6 shortboard (the cab weighed 63kg!)
Next up, on the same guitar:
3 fantastic chips between the jack socket and the lower strap button. Caused by 1000's of gigs and a dodgy guitar stand or two.
This one is a vintage ding! (circa 1996)
This baby happened only a year after buying the EVH hardtail pictured here. I placed the guitar on the floor at a rehearsal, tripped on the guitar strap somehow and it whacked into a cymbal stand. With the relic craze in full swing, I expect EBMM to offer this as a standard option.
EVH Hardtail again - this is some of my favourite guitar wear of all time!! - 1000's of gigs have created this scratch 'sheen' that you see before you. To create this on one of those shiny new BFR guitars, some light glasspaper or a Brillo pad would probably do the trick.
Moving down a little lower, we see that again heavy gigging has bought all kinds of beautiful chips to the finish around the jack socket.
And finally! a nice mark on the top of the instrument, caused by it being bruised by a friend wearing a bracelet who I had lent the guitar to at a jam session. I would have preferred it not to happen, but hey! I think its added at least $1000 to the value!
