Dio-bass Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Mine was I was playing in a bar and some drunk guy throw me a beer, it got all over my bass. Of course I was kick out of the place cause I beat the hell out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olioli Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I left my Charvel on the back seat and I had to do an emergency brake on the motorway...it flew against the seat rails and was left with 4 massive dents... The most terrible thing I have seen...I was chatting with a pal who works in a music shop when this guy came in looking upset...his little toddler just toppled his guitar stand and his Firebird headstock had snapped off...but not cleanly at all. He bought his guitar new 2 weeks prior to the accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 The 92 Big Bear/Landers Quake knocked a big rock onto my Beautiful '88 Strat Darn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dio-bass Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 The 92 Big Bear/Landers Quake knocked a big rock onto my Beautiful '88 Strat [evil] Darn it. Damn bro!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl200 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 My 59 Les Paul Jr. was stolen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I've been pretty lucky. other than the normal small dings and dents, the worste for me I guess is when my Les Paul was knocked off it's stand while breaking down after a gig. One of the original tuners got snapped off. I just replaced the whole set with Grovers. Ironically, I saved my buddies Strat last week from a similar fate. My drummer has a nice SSH Strat and he brings it to gigs for me to borrow. We were breaking down after an outdoor gig and were in a rush because a storm was coming. I had my LP in one hand, an acoustic in the other hand and the Strat was on the stand. Someone bumped it and it was headed strait for the hard wooden deck when I caught it on the top of my foot right before it slammed. Needless to say he was thankfull for the catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Nothing yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 The 92 Big Bear/Landers Quake knocked a big rock onto my Beautiful '88 Strat Darn it. I left my Charvel on the back seat and I had to do an emergency brake on the motorway...it flew against the seat rails and was left with 4 massive dents... The most terrible thing I have seen...I was chatting with a pal who works in a music shop when this guy came in looking upset...his little toddler just toppled his guitar stand and his Firebird headstock had snapped off...but not cleanly at all. He bought his guitar new 2 weeks prior to the accident. Case it. You just never know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Nothing bad to me, but my Uncle who owns a beautiful LP Custom in wine red (not sure of year but he told me it would be worth about 6 thousand dollars today) Had his son drop it and break the Headstock off. It got reglued and is stronger than it used to be but, DAMN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PP_CS336 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I once owned a Gibson ES-335 (Red)...a Contemporary Christian band I was once in was playing at a church pig roast. During a break the lead singer's 1 and 1/2 year old daughter decides to run over to the band stand. She runs right into my guitar on the stand. It fell off and the headstock snapped right off the guitar. I nearly died. Luckily the church that was covering the band paid for the repair. The luthier did a great job on it (he was a former Gibson VP who left and started his own company). Couldn't even see where the crack was and it played great. I unfortunately had to part way with the guitar later. At another outdoor party some drunk was walking too close to the band stand and knock both my Les Paul Custom (Alpine White) and Martin D-35 off their stands. Dings maximus. Luckily the organization we were playing for covered the cost of whatever repairs were required. My Les Paul even had one of the Grover Tuning pegs bent. I no longer have the Gibson Les Paul. The moral, I guess, is I shouldn't play outdoor gigs and leave my guitars on their stands during the breaks other wise the "break" is on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Headstocks into the ceiling fan. I've done it with my Casino and the Strat I used to own. I've also picked up my Martin with the case not latched - there are two chips in the top from the latches hitting it. Other than that... not much. My J-45 has a repaired crack on the side and a dent in the top, but that was done by the previous owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 On my 80 LPC a piece of fret marker inlay was chipped off during scalloping[crying] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 On my 80 LPC a piece of fret marker inlay was chipped off during scalloping[crying] That's only the second worst thing. Scalloping the neck in the first place wins first prize... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 When I was around 15 or 16 years old, the strap slipped off the button and headstock crashed on to the ground taking a nice chunk out of it. I have used strap locks ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 That's only the second worst thing. Scalloping the neck in the first place wins first prize... LOL!!! Certainly from your perspective I get what you're saying[biggrin] , but I just couldn't stand the low flat frets, and the way my finger tips were trying to dig into the board when playing while standing up. My wrist had to articulate way over while playing lead and it just bothered me, which is why it never was played for so many years. Now it feels perfect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 For my lg-12's 40th birthday my family decided to buy it a "real" case to replace the old "cardboard thing" (which was falling apart) it came with. We packed the guitar up in the old case (case, baby blanket wrapped around guitar and belts to hold the case closed) and trotted off to Guitar Center. We (sales guy, son, wife and myself) tried quite a few cases, but due to the small body/large headstock nothing fit (got the "you could always cut this, shave that or compress this" speech). The sales guy says I got a couple more cases that are missing keys, one looks like it's a good fit let me try it out. He and my wife come back with the lg-12 and the case, nice heavy duty case and the guitar fit great but.. There was now a small gouge in the top, near the binding. [biggrin] Sales guy says "did that happen here?"[angry] . The old lg-12 hadn't been out of the fargin' house in 20 years, and aside from my wife and kids moving the case a few times, nobody but me had touched the thing! He took quite a bit off the cost of the case and knocked quite a bit more off the SG and Line-6 amp we were buying for my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 My ex wife stepped on the neck of my Takemine acoustic and broke the headstock off and thought it was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dio-bass Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 My ex wife stepped on the neck of my Takemine acoustic and broke the headstock off and thought it was funny. That hurts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Years ago I had an Electra Omega. Put it on the stand, walked away and tripped over the guitar chord. It spun around and dropped to the floor with the fretboard in the top of the stand and the body near the strap button hitting the concrete floor. Put a chunk in the body on the binding. Years later, a friend, who played guitar in a band I was in, was also a furniture repairman. He took it to his shop and when he brought it back, if you didn't know the chunk was there, you wouldn't know it was there, like it never happened. All's well that ends well. Now I am very carefull when I step away from my guitar on the stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Thankfully, the worst thing that has happened to me was my brother slamming a door on my SG's headstock. It only chipped a very small piece of wood and finish off the top corner. The door had a bigger dent than my SG. I think that the moral of the story is that: 1. you should never leave your guitar on a stand unattended 2. all unattended guitars should be in cases 3. guitars that don't want injuries should just stay in the case at all times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 The only biggies I remember, I lucked out because guitars were in their cases. Both were fires. In both instances the guitars were cased and at floor level. Somehow I chipped the finish off the end of a peghead on an inexpensive 335 clone when playing a saloon. No other damage at all. I still can't figure how that happened. No damage at all using a solidbody - can't recall what brand I was using at the time - as a bayonet at a saloon gig where the guy insisted if I didn't give him my guitar to play he was gonna take it whether I liked it or not. He changed his mind. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PP_CS336 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 My ex wife stepped on the neck of my Takemine acoustic and broke the headstock off and thought it was funny. Is that why she's your "ex-wife"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 The 1st neck on my Kramer broke 2x. The 2nd neck broke once. Most of the others have a few nicks and scratches. My Explorer and Truckster are both flawless. My Jaguar is pretty banged up but nothing serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KL Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 The 92 Big Bear/Landers Quake knocked a big rock onto my Beautiful '88 Strat Darn it. You mean it knocked a big rock into your '88 HISTORIC strat . . . that there is a piece of history not a couple of dings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Playing a fourth of July gig at a rough bar in Camp Verde Arizona years ago and I ended up with a bullethole from a 25 auto in my LP. Don't even know for sure when it happened hopefully while it was in the stand on stage and not while I was playing it but it was such a loud bar nobody ever even heard the pistol shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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