Things you never, ever want to do. . . .

[edrod]

Wow, Capt that is sad to read and see.

Also, don't trust sound guys, most don't know what they are doing lol

 

[dannymusic]

Don't allow someone else to turn on a dry ice or smoke machine during a gig without testing it first to make sure it doesn't completely obliterate all of your pedals, switches and most worryingly the edges of the stage!

HAHAHAHAHA... that was good

 

[guitarman23]

CaptMoto, im sorry to hear that, wow that must really suck...


Thing you always want to do!
if you don't have a strap lock always make sure your strap is on right or it will release and you probably drop your guitar, that's one thing that happened to me.......

 

[GoKart_MoZart]

...Also, don't trust sound guys, most don't know what they are doing...

They know exactly what they're doing - texting their friends, checking out the barmaids, turning the bass way up and the vocals way down...

 

[Purple ASS]

Never pay deps at the end of the evening until the trailer is loaded !! This also applies to all brass player !

 

[meenahga]

Never climb onto a single pedestal bar table to to do a guitar solo without first establishing that all the screws that hold the table top onto the pedestal are present and functioning.

 

[meenahga]

Oh yeah, never allow a drunk drummer to load a flash powder pot. They tend to put too much in and sometimes forget to extinguish their cigarette first, and end up with no eyebrows for awhile. On second thought, never allow drummers to do anything, but play.

 

[NorM]

Oh yeah, never allow a drunk drummer to load a flash powder pot. They tend to put too much in and sometimes forget to extinguish their cigarette first, and end up with no eyebrows for awhile. On second thought, never allow drummers to do anything, but play.

I know you need a drummer but what about the opportunity to make a submission on his behalf for a Darwin award? That's gotta be worth something.

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Don't let a 63kg Mackie powered cab fall off a table, miss your feet by inches, and destroy you Line 6 Shortboard.....

 

[meenahga]

If you happen to be driving a 1972 Loadstar International Schoolbus / converted to band bus (yeah, the big 32 footer) full of gear, at 3:30 am after a gig, and you come to a huge downhill (2 mile long mountain), and maybe you had a couple of beers earlier in the night... NEVER decide to find out how fast you can get the whole rickety rig going. You may end up going wicked fast (93m.p.h.) and when you let up off of the gas pedal, the middle drive shaft may go flying off, (never to be seen again). Then as your stuck along side the road, walking to a phone, your drummer drives right by and never sees you, leaving you stranded till the next morning!

 

[Bungo]

Don't let a 63kg Mackie powered cab fall off a table, miss your feet by inches, and destroy you Line 6 Shortboard.....

Actually, respect to the Shortboard, that's relatively little damage after being squashed by a 63kg cab.

I bet your feet wouldn't have faired so well!

 

[slipagent]

Always bring a spare set of keys.......outdoor gig....light mist of rain so we took a 10 min rain stoppage and my van was the closest...put all the bands guitars, spares as well in for protection....10 min later the rain stopped and opps all the guitars and the keys were locked inside......can you say broken window.....FAST!!!!!!

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Actually, respect to the Shortboard, that's relatively little damage after being squashed by a 63kg cab.

I bet your feet wouldn't have faired so well!

They are pretty sturdy!

 

[Luiz Gustavo]

Always put your guitar back in the case imediatelly after end of the show.

Avoid curious people and distracted ones messing around with it or trowing it to the floor accidentally.

Never trust in a roaddie completelly.

 

[B2D]

NEVER use new gear for a gig without setting it up, integrating it into your rig, and using it for a rehearsal first. If you don't, you WILL have problems of some sort. I guarantee it.

NEVER gig without a backup guitar and/or amp.

 

[SharonG]

1. Never mix beer and wine and then try to run and jump up on stage at full speed........didn't figure out there was a problem till someone in the audience pointed out there was blood running down my ankle. (That was a lonnnnnggggg time ago.)

2.Never wear a very low cut blouse without checking it out with the bass on or you'll be doing a Janet Jackson!

 

[jamminjim]

- never play trumpet into a mic on a stand on New Years eve with 150 dancing drunks in front of you.

-always play a cheap guitar in that same circumstance, or any guitar you don't mind someone barfing on....

 

[Spudman]

Don't let the new guitar player use the garbage can under the coat rack on the bus for an ashtray...unless your coat is on your bunk.

Don't ever take the sheriff's underage super hot daughter back to your motel room for the night.

Don't clean the pots on the console before a gig unless you plan to test it before the gig.

Don't ever touch the lighting rig while holding your guitar strings.

Don't ever do 5 shots before the set starts with the really big flash pots.

If it is your birthday make sure you don't play your good guitar during the set that the rest of the band planned to cream pie you in...and don't stand next to your pedal board when they do.

I'm just guessing that these would be really good things not to do.