Author Topic: Dropping guitars (Read 3332 times)

badgermark · « **on:** September 22, 2007, 04:21:55 PM »

Ok, hands up if you have dropped your pride and joy.

I did, just now my telecaster fell off its top strap and crashed into my pedal board. Luckily the damage was reduced to a bent cable jack and a chip out of the finish.

I felt like a dick.

Anyone done any serious damage to their baby then? Think we all saw Oli's (was it Oli?) fanned build topple, and that made me cringe... Anyone got any horror stories?

A prize will be awarded to the person with the most damage to the most expensive instrument. With proof of course.

hunter · « **Reply #1 on:** September 22, 2007, 04:42:15 PM »

Early 90s my Hamer Sunburst fell of a guitar stand on stage (usual "shaky improvised stage" problem).

The neck broke - luckily behind the nut, I glued it with 2 component glue - no change to tone or sustain.

I paid 3000 hard earned DeutschMark for the Hamer, that was a shiteload of money back then (Les Pauls were 2200 DM).

Antag · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2007, 05:24:08 PM »

Only really bad one was a cursed 70s Gibson SG I used to have.

Recently I've dinged the top corners of both my Jackson Kelly & RR1T on walls/doorframes, but that only resulted in tiny paint chips :(

Thankfully no major mishaps with any of my really valuable guitars... :crossfingers:

Antag · « **Reply #3 on:** September 22, 2007, 05:25:17 PM »

Quote from: badgermark

Think we all saw Oli's (was it Oli?) fanned build topple, and that made me cringe...

Actually this is a new one on me - care to elaborate?

badgermark · « **Reply #4 on:** September 22, 2007, 05:30:31 PM »

Owch,half way down the page

Orkestra · « **Reply #5 on:** September 22, 2007, 05:57:09 PM »

When I first got my Jackson RR1, the case lid slammed down of the upper horn and dented it... then a week later my ex bassist dropped his bass on the 21st fret and dented the ebony board and sliced the fret almost in half.

I've dropped my RG570/2020 so many times i've almost lost count. The best one though was when I was pulling a Vai and swining my guitar round my neck at this photoshoot. I must have done it too much because my dimarzio strap lock and screw came right out of the $%&#ing body! My guitar went flying and slammed into the pavement and came to a rest in the side of this guys van, setting the alarm off.

no one laughed... until that night, the mother $%&#er was back on track and shredding out... then i burned the headstock with a candle at the Moles Club in Bath, by accident, and then we got banned from there after I threw up on a bouncer.

Man I love my RG!!!! :D

psy · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2007, 08:26:11 PM »

The headstock of a BC Rich Mockingbird was smashed clean off when an amp fell on it at a gig once. It was a sad day :( I got it repaird though. That was about 10 years ago. The join is starting to give a little now though. I'll have to have it re-done at some point.

Elliot · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2007, 09:45:39 PM »

I dropped my Fender Esprit the other day - it has a minor dent in it and the intonation was screwed up - the pedal it fell on didn't fare too well and I had to change the smashed up knobs.

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2007, 10:14:26 PM »

No real horror stories but me and a mate both got guitars for xmas back when we were at school aged 13. We were 'jamming' (I say that in the broadest possible meaning of the word) and I crouched down to turn up my amp - headstock hit the deck and took a big chunk out of it about the size of a fingernail. This was in the xmas holidays so the guitar was less than a week old.

Other than that, the closest was when I stupidly leant my LP against a chair on a wooden floor in a recording studio - obviously it went crashing to the floor soon as I steped away. Luckily no damage - that guitar is blessed, it's still my main squeeze.

I remember playing a gig and the other guitarist in the band had his giflfriend's Les Paul as a backup. Leant it against his amp and it went flying - headstock cracked off (ouch!). The guitar was a total POS but he got it repaired anyway and never told her. The repair cost £90 which was more than the guitar was worth. He's living with that lass now - wonder if he ever confessed (probably not knowing him, heh).

Oh, I've got one and it's a corker. Was lifting my Fender Tonemaster head out the boot of the car, the hardwired mains lead got caught in the boot lock and the amp was torn from my hands as I went to walk away. The amp hit the deck and the cab smashed open at the corner. I had to screw and glue it back together - not very pretty, but it got the job done.

:twisted:

dave_mc · « **Reply #9 on:** September 23, 2007, 12:54:10 PM »

couple of tiny chips from walking into doors/walls with the headstock, but nothing major, luckily, touch wood... :lol:

plastercaster · « **Reply #10 on:** September 23, 2007, 01:32:08 PM »

Quote from: dave_mc

couple of tiny chips from walking into doors/walls with the headstock, but nothing major, luckily, touch wood... :lol:

+1, do that allll the time
I'm a real clumsy bar-steward, so I'm amazed nothing worse has happened to them.

38thBeatle · « **Reply #11 on:** September 23, 2007, 01:43:14 PM »

The very first time I used my Tele at I gig it fell from my strap and hit the stage and marked it but was still in tune so all was well.
My old Strat has had so many incidents over the years I have had it, it has a patina for sure and looks mildly like it has been through relic process only it is for real.

Ratrod · « **Reply #12 on:** September 23, 2007, 02:25:27 PM »

My Yamaha SG has been dropped, but not by me. My ex Explorer dropped from the strap wich caused some cracks in the finish.

My ex Tele, well I didn't drop that one, I threw it. :twisted: Not a scratch on the thing.

I never dropped my Gretsch........STRAPLOCKS!

Johnny Mac · « **Reply #13 on:** September 23, 2007, 02:42:04 PM »

I may have told this one before, but for those who haven't read it...........

My friend plays guitar in the Zepp tribute Whole Lotta Led. When the Gibson les Paul custom shop Jimmy Page replicas were issued, he bought one for 8 grand odd, on finance too. :( Yes it fell off it's stand when they were loading up after a gig and the headstock snapped off! He got it repaired but it must have dive bombed in value, which is ironic in a way as your paying all that money for a damaged instrument in the first place.

the_bleeding · « **Reply #14 on:** September 23, 2007, 08:33:34 PM »

i dropped my eastwood last week, i almost cried. I'm in res in uni and the floors are carpeted concrete. It fell straight onto the headstock, and then the body hit, and lay face down. Knocked the shite straight out of tune. After long inspection and retuning, i foudn a hairline crack in the paint along the neck joint but nothing else... still plays and sounds the same. Could the crack be in the wood too?