Members Jim-Bass Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 I did the silliest thing I've ever done on my bass over the weekend...I was putting on new strings..mmm...much needed, and I was a looking forward to the fresh tones. I must have been day dreaming because I took the old D string off, went to put the new one on ...as usual, the length of the new string needed to be cut back a little ...I like 2 and a half wraps around the post , this was too long ...so I sort of measured that and cut it, wound it, tightened. all good except ...I had used the freakin' new G string!! So now I've got it sorted, but a G string that barely wraps once around the peg ...I keep thinking it's gonna fly off, or if I snap it it will literally snap. Annoying 'cause I was using a brand name string (ie., big $)...sometimes I use cheapos...I have boiled an old G string as back up. Anyone done anything stupid like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jim-Bass Posted July 31, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 p.s - this was on the Fender Jazz, hence the problem. If it had of been the Ric, it wouldn't have mattered. maybe I'll just swap the G strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassred Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 can't say I've done that one before.... luckily I've been carefulnough. I can see how you'd do it, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 I started with a maple neck sunburst '74 P-bass. Defretted the neck with a screwdriver and filled the slots with plastic wood. Replaced the ash body with a hard rock maple slab from Mighty Mite. Replaced all the stock hardware with gold-plated/brass parts. It looked, sounded and played like sh*t. I was 17 at the time, but should have known better. I left it in the music room at school the last day of senior year and never went back for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members snd4c Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 Im practicing my Bass Flips and spins with my practice bass unfortunately I was to close to my bed post and damaged a bit of the wood. The Bass was fine though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassman1956 Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 Sold my second Reverend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members playdrums Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 I didn't get serious about the instrument soon enough. Pretty dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Trauma_Luna Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 when i was very very noobi bought that {censored}ty combos with bass, amp, picks, bag, book, tuner, hamburguer, bunnys, cows and all that {censored} that you dont need and it was too many {censored}ing expansive X_X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HumptyThumpty Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 Just did this over the weekend. I decided to try flats on my G&L SB-2 and I remembered that a friend who owns a small guitar shop said he found a new set of Fender flats that came in the case with a trade in, and he'd sell them to me for $20. I bought them and put them on and didn't think much about that they were: .105 .090 .070 .055 Evidently .055 is way bigger than .045 because it broke the nut at the G string. After I got to looking at them they are huge compared to the old strings. Now my SB-2 is down till I get it into the shop, plus I wasted $20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Death Hands Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 I cut a set of Elixirs off REALLY short, as you did, but it was the whole set. I was a stringing newbie. I took the Jazz to school a couple of times. Fell on it going up some steps. Busted two ribs, and, worst of all, the bass now has a slightly bent tuning key. I've picked the things up to play them... pretty dumb, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jmseymour Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 When I used to have my old MIM P-bass, I had a softshell case for it that had straps that you wear like a backpack. The first day I brought it in, walked up the steps, and smacked the neck pretty damn hard on the ceiling going up the stairs. The bass was okay, but a definite "D'oh". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members basschick22 Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 i took the neck off my sonic blue '96 mia pbass. it went back together fine, but i should let a real tech. shift the neck for me. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassdudeguy Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 Im practicing my Bass Flips and spins with my practice bass unfortunately I was to close to my bed post and damaged a bit of the wood. The Bass was fine though you should of just stopped at "i was practicing my bass flips and spins" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkee1 Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 I used to have a Fender Princeton Champ Guitar head, and to get a more hi- fi sound, I used to run a cable from the speaker out of the champ into the inout of my Acoustic 135 combo. Sounded good, till that powered output started burning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Good Shirt Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 I trimmed the end of a flatwound string before bending it for the machinehead and the winding unraveled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ec437 Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 So one time one of my basses was laying on the floor next to a billiards table, and if you can't guess where this one is going, someone knocked a ball off the table and it landed straight on the neck, leaving a nice big divet in one of the frets. I still haven't gotten around to fixing it, because I am a lazy ass. Also, another time I was playing in front of several hundred people, and when some guy was in the middle of a prayer of all things, I knocked the sheet music right off the stand. Bam, right into my strings above the pickups, which luckily were not muted. That was embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BEAD Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 It was dumb enough that I'm not telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassesofalessergod Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 joined talkbass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mlwarriner Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 took ely's advice on something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flod Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 I defretted my first bass without knowing what I was doing. Chips a plenty! Then as to be even stupider I took the finnish of without knowing how... stupid, stupid, stupid. I could've had a cool headless no worries bass, but now I have a piece of {censored}ty wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L-1329 Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 Sold my second Reverend! I don't think this falls into the category of dumbest things you've ever done. Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 Grabbed the fuse on my old Peavey Minx 110 combo while it was still plugged in. Cursing ensued. I was cleaning the Yamaha while I still had it, and I had it laying in the case on the floor. I turned around and tripped on the guitar stand that held the Daion, sending it falling face-first. The headstock hit the Yamaha right in the arm contour area, leaving a huge gouge. I'm lucky I didn't take the Daion's headstock clean off. I eventually killed that Minx by putting a fuse with too low an amperage in it. It made a cool sound and never, ever turned on again. I hated that amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ModmanQ6 Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 Routed my Tele and added a jazz pup to it with a blend knob. At the time it was a nice fix for my sound - in retrospect, I killed my resale value. Oh well, I don't think I'll ever sell it anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crescent Seven Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 Got married. If I can find a way out of mine alive it won't ever happen again, promise you that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lug Posted July 31, 2007 Members Share Posted July 31, 2007 Changed pups, tuners, and bridge on EBO without keeping originals (back then there were only "old" basses, not collector items). Left an original Ampeg Scrambler at a guitarist's house (they sell for about $1000 now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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