Members knockwood Posted September 19, 2005 Members Posted September 19, 2005 Describe your worst ding experience. Here's mine. My first guitar - only a couple years back. Inherited a beautiful rose Guild dread from a friend. My usual story is that when it came to me, it came with that gaping crack on the treble side of the top - which is essentially true, except that it is a complete load of bull{censored}. Non-bull{censored} version: So I've had the guitar a few months, I've learned to play a little bit. I'm home alone, playing rock star in the livingroom... I get a little too enthusiastically caught up in some catchy rhythm I'm hacking out, decide I'm going to bang out some nifty percussive accompaniment on the guitar's top... only we're not talking about gentle tapping here... We're talking retarded newbie lighting into a scallop-braced spruce top like Bruce Lee on angel dust... "CRACK!" The thing is about 9" long and jagged. Lovely reminder of my genius. Who knew guitar tops weren't made of titanium?
Members kwakatak Posted September 19, 2005 Members Posted September 19, 2005 They say a picture is worth a 1000 words: This is what happens when you don't change a set of rusted-out medium-gauge strings for 5 years I guess!
Members Master of You Posted September 19, 2005 Members Posted September 19, 2005 I laugh not only because I'm stoned, but your name is knockwood:D
Members JasmineTea Posted September 19, 2005 Members Posted September 19, 2005 I dropped a '61 LesPaul Junior. Broke the head in 5 pieces.
Members fingerpicker Posted September 20, 2005 Members Posted September 20, 2005 bought a Tak for 950.00 at Guitarcenter, Applied for the GC card and used that (1 year same as cash deal). I had It three weeks and after a gig I forgot to put it in the truck, and partially ran it over! I had it in a soft case and there was a tube of fast fret in the case. The fast fret wedged into the guitar and left a hole in the lower bout of the top. I took some wood glue and did the best i could, but it looks like ass. I am currently looking for a way to tastefully disguise it, as it is my main gig guitar and I haven't even paid for the thing yet:eek:
Members knockwood Posted September 20, 2005 Author Members Posted September 20, 2005 Originally posted by Fred5 Worst ding ever: I'd heard about neck issues with SGs, but sheesh...
Members JasmineTea Posted September 20, 2005 Members Posted September 20, 2005 A friend of mine ran over a sunburst D-28 with his car while it was in the case. The case was one of those old Martin plastic hardshells. Did'nt hurt the guitar at all.
Members gnurph Posted September 21, 2005 Members Posted September 21, 2005 I've got a Squier Strat - modified for lefty play. The 1st fret was coming up (and I have not friggin idea how or why) so I used a 1" clamp to squeeze it down. Well, now the fret's sunk too low and buzzes very baaaad. Oh, and a beautiful, perfectly round pit in the back of the neck. This was 2 months ago, a testament to my skill at modifying and repairing guitars. P.S. I'm a righty, play righty, but I modified it (ok, had a tech modify it) because I thought it'd be fun to learn left-hand play. And it is a fun aggravating challenge.
Members Cldplytkmn Posted September 21, 2005 Members Posted September 21, 2005 two times in two weeks my roommate at college put my guitar in its case and picked it up without closing the latches... but its my GS330s so no crying over those few dings. I watched one of my friends run over my other friends Kurzweil keyboard with his station wagon once. That was, to put it mildly, entertaining.
Members JasmineTea Posted September 21, 2005 Members Posted September 21, 2005 Ah, the old "pick up the case with out latching it" routine. A friend of mine does that about once a week with '72 strat. Falls out of the case face first on the floor at the bar.
Members knockwood Posted September 21, 2005 Author Members Posted September 21, 2005 Originally posted by JasmineTea Ah, the old "pick up the case with out latching it" routine. A friend of mine does that about once a week with '72 strat. Falls out of the case face first on the floor at the bar. Now that is not funny."No Latches" routine with Tak = Pretty Funny"No Latches" routine + Pre-CBS Strat = Nail Biter
Members Pwn3d Posted September 22, 2005 Members Posted September 22, 2005 I dropped my friends taylor 414ce from about 4-5 feet, only finish cracks. Strange part, my friend wasnt mad.
Members daklander Posted September 22, 2005 Members Posted September 22, 2005 We had trailing plants on the fireplace mantel and cats. The guitars were on stands on the hearth. The cat's still alive....
Members LDF Posted September 22, 2005 Members Posted September 22, 2005 I'm very lucky it appears. The worst for me was dropping a double cd case on my Yairi which dented the wood on the top (no cracks though). ...I remember falling to my knees and almost putting my fist through the floor.
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