Members woodsmandan Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 I got electrocuted pretty bad by my first amp. It was an old Paul amp, those were cheap tube amps made in Montreal by Pine Electronics in the sixties. It was one of those cheap circuits with only 1 transformer and weird tube types that run on high voltage, and of course, with an ungrounded 2 prong plug...So sure enough, one day it went POW! while I was playing and I was knocked right off my feet. The shock was quite violent, going trough both hands and going up my arms...afterward, my head felt a little like a cuncution and I felt dizzy for a couple of hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KillDozer Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Medial Epicondylitis. Jamming around in my bedroom one day and felt my left elbow go. Somehow it's spread to my forearm and hand as well. Hurts like a mother when I do most things, and worst if I try to play. Man, I miss being able to play guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ztanner25 Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 pulled a muscle getting my cab out of the trunk in my civic...hahaha and frequent stabs from cut off strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thomasmiranda Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 I think it would have to be when I was first starting out, I tried to do a Pete Townsend windmill which I always thought looked cool as hell... I also decided to try the windmill move one day. Sad part is I didnt even have my guitar on, I was just screwing around doing some air guitar windmills...So im really getting into the song, and I do a windmill with full force, and smash my hand into the light fixture above my head, which was quarter inch thick glass. Shattered the glass everywhere and my hand immediatly starts gushing blood. I instantly realized that the 2 gaping wounds in my hand were gonna need stitches, so i wrap my hand in paper towels and run out the door and hop in my car. So im flying down the road when I hit a corner to fast and slide halfway into someones yard (it was winter and the roads were icy). Luckily I didnt get stuck in the snow in the yard but that would have made the whole thing suck even more. Anyway, needless to say i was a little embarased when the doctor said "so how did this happen?"For the next few weeks I had to explain to everyone I knew why I had stitches in my finger. {censored}ing air guitar I still have 2 huge scars on my index finger and I laugh every time I look at it.good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scarlet_Worm Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 not me, but my singer, was crouching and singing and our bass player slipped and kicked the mic right into my singers mouth, knocked all of his bottom teeth in...bled for like 45 minutes...{censored}in crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chrisjd Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Typical {censored}, strings under the fingernail etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Savage Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 I was sitting down cleaning a closet that I was storing some gear in and a mic stand fell and cracked me one just under my eye on the eye socket bone. It opened up about slit about 1.25" that just hung open. I think I could see my bone... I slapped a piece of tape on it to close it up and kept working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poe36 Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 This isn't an injuring just an act of stupidity. There's this kid at school that "plays guitar" and will do anything for attention. He came to school bragging about something for attention. When I ask him what was up, he said "not much, I shoved a high E string up my penis last night. I took it out when it started to bleed." I don't know how true this is, but the imagery along makes me want to cry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hegmatronicon Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 This isn't an injuring just an act of stupidity. There's this kid at school that "plays guitar" and will do anything for attention. He came to school bragging about something for attention. When I ask him what was up, he said "not much, I shoved a high E string up my penis last night. I took it out when it started to bleed." I don't know how true this is, but the imagery along makes me want to cry!I'll pass the hat around and give you a large sum of money to never EVER post something like this again.I feel sick now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Cohn Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 i was doin some gnarly upstrokes one day during rehearsal. Came up a little too hot, say good night to the nail on my ring finger. ripped it right off. One time i was singing on stage and was on front of the stage, and was walking backwards, tripped over a monitor, hit my tail bone directly on the corner of the monitor, then onto the ground. I couldnt sit comfortably for weeks. it took FOREVER to heal. And i always get my shins dominated while moving my cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thread Zeppelin Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 First gig ever, dropped my pick. I had stupidly forgot to have extras at hand, and the pick flew into the crowd. I ended up having to play the rest of the song with my fingers. I didn't realize i was bleeding until after the gig ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 496dart Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 A good shock from a SLx Marshall while biasing it. I somehow touched the lead at the OT. Man, biggest jolt ive had so far from an amp. Left a nice pea sized , white burn on my finger and my entire arm hurt for about a half hour ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Thread Zeppelin Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Blurry pic, but you can really see the blood on the strings. It's kinda hard to spot on the guitar, but there's splatters on the neck binding that you can see fairly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XelderX Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 I was electrocuted pretty bad trying to plug a transformer into my power conditioner on my old rack. The conditioner was mounted on the back of the rack so you had to reach up inside the rack and plug things in blind. I don't know exactly what happened, but I came to laying on my back with a nice burn mark on my bicep where it was touching the metal trim around the rack case. This was on stage just before a show. All my gear still worked just fine, thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sekler Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 repetitive motion injury, been going on for over 2 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave Owens Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 poked in the thumb a few times with barbs on the headstock.i think the worst was setting the bais on an amp..zapped myself twice in ten minuntes from the juice in the caps..thats a real eye opener.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 impaled my thumb on a string end pulled my tricep lifting my orange cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zehn Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Dislocated shoulder from hauling a cab up some stairs one time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nerine Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 The string under the finger nail trick is always a good one, happened plenty of times!!Also, i have had a string end (headstock end) (6th string too) hit me right on the eyeball as i moved the uncutoff strings (like clearing a bush to see through it) as i looked for something on a shelf behind my guitar. It struck my lens with brute force as it twanged from my grip.It hurt.Had a coupla shocks, jumped off a stage onto my ass during a gig. Thats about the rest of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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