I tripped on the Wire.. and My guitar fell...

Kira · #1 04-05-2009, 12:00 PM

Ok... maybe its not as bad as it sounds... but its my first i've done something this stupid... So I was doing worship just 30mins ago, with My Taylor WHCM plugged in with 2 of my buds and as I set it down on the stand and walk off the stage... I tripped. As I felt something on my foot walking down the stage, I quickly turned to see the body hit the carpet floor and I dove my hands just in time to catch the neck. Quite Epic. Anyone else wanna share their first dammit situations?

jwenting · #2 04-05-2009, 01:55 PM

Last year the neck on my Ibanez AF snapped spontaneously when I picked it up to play.
Not a nice experience, having a 4 week old (to the day) guitar come apart in your hands.

jeastman · #3 04-05-2009, 03:32 PM

Several years ago I loaned my Ibanez to one of my students to play at church. It was the first guitar I had spent, what was to me, a good deal of money on. He used it and left it on the stand on stage. Later that night he and two other high school boys started tossing a tennis ball around. Now I have not had the pleasure of raising teenagers yet (I have a 3.5 year old and two that are 16 months), but I should have known this would happen. It doesn't take long for a game of toss to turn into a game of "let's see how hard we can whip the ball at each other". Well the first uncaught throw sailed passed the inended catcher, towards the stage and "CRACK" right into the front of my guitar. I ran over, picked it up and strummed...sounded funny...looked inside and both arms of the x-brace on the top were split. What a shot! The boy was sufficciently apologetic (and really a nice kid) and on the upside...I finally convinced my wife I needed that new guitar. Say hello to my first Taylor...thanks kid

CitizenAudio · #4 04-05-2009, 03:48 PM

I always take off my strap and unplug every single time I am done with a set. FOR THIS VERY REASON

ewalling · #5 04-05-2009, 04:31 PM

As a young undergraduate I came home well-oiled one evening and partook of a little experiment viz. to see if I could remove the neck of my Kay acoustic with my head. Unfortunately, it turned out I could ...

#6 04-05-2009, 06:37 PM

Coulda been a lot worse...God works in mysterious ways...

kydave · #7 04-05-2009, 06:41 PM

Any situation like this (and over 40 + years there've been a few) involves language that few hear in church.

DenverSteve · #8 04-05-2009, 08:05 PM

It happens. It's going to happen again. Pick it up and play some more.

christopherlinn · #9 04-05-2009, 08:50 PM

There was a time where I was leading praise for a praise night affiliated with my school's Christian Club, and I snapped the G string while strumming quite mildly. The praise night was about to start in an hour or two so I had to rush to the nearest Guitar Center to pick up a pack of elixers because my backup set was (surprisingly...) missing the G string. We were in the cafeteria of my high school and I put it down on a chair (since we were lacking stands), running out of the cafeteria when all of a sudden, I felt a slight tug on my right leg and hear my Taylor 314ce crash to the ground. Might I add that the ground was made up of tile. I died a little bit inside while exclaiming a word that shouldn't be exclaimed in church, but LUCKILY, there was absolutely no damage. At least I don't think there was...

It was like, two or three years ago and it still plays fine. PHEW!!!

jwenting · #10 04-05-2009, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kydave

Any situation like this (and over 40 + years there've been a few) involves language that few hear in church.

I'm sure the proprietor does hear...

Rosco NZ · #11 04-05-2009, 10:30 PM

I had a nice Sako .308 with a walnut stock a few years ago. One day I fell down a slip and after I picked myself up I noticed a hairline crack through the pistol grip. I gave it a twist and it snapped clean in half!!

Rosco

Kira · #12 04-06-2009, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwenting

Last year the neck on my Ibanez AF snapped spontaneously when I picked it up to play.
Not a nice experience, having a 4 week old (to the day) guitar come apart in your hands.

O.o do guitars really snap just right out of the blue without impact?

Kira · #13 04-06-2009, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwenting

I'm sure the proprietor does hear...

"Dammit" may sound rude, but I'm sure its clean

jwenting · #14 04-06-2009, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kira

O.o do guitars really snap just right out of the blue without impact?

they can. Of course the most likely reason is that there had been a weakness in the wood of some sort that over time and under stress from the strings became a crack.