Well it finally happened. Dropped a guitar.

80's_Metal

80's_Metal

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I dropped a guitar!
My Dean Tyrant bloodstorm......

Never happened in 30 years of playing!
(One time I was hammered drunk and flailing around in the garage and fell down.... Scratched 1 on the tip, but I saved it pretty well)
(And one time I came home and the cable installation guy had knocked my Gibson V onto it's face..but that was carpet and it didn't hurt anything)

Installing Straplocks before I even plug the things in has helped a lot.

Tonight I Was in and out of the garage working a new riff.
Set it down on the stand and it slipped and fell sideways onto the concrete!

All I could do was scream NOOOOO!!! as I grasped at it.

I could blame it on the half bottle of whiskey or the back spasms I've endured today.... Truth is I was just sloppy.

I guess accidents happen. (The other side had a dinger in it when I bought it)

Put a dinger in the V headstock and a small finish crack at the neck line. (Set neck)

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I hate it when that happens.

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I've had guitars fall out of straps and have never used straplocks and I usually am reflexive enough to grab the neck hard and keep the whole guitar from hitting the floor. more than a shot or two and my reaction time is slow enough that I wont catch it.
sorry to see that gouge, but after the first ding I and other feel that any subsequent dings just add more character. Its the big first one that hurts. So I guess that's your "garage drinking" guitar now, hope it never receives structural damage. or get straplocks.
 
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I was just sick when I dropped my first "nice" guitar [American Strat]. Like over 30 years ago I think? Only put one ding in it, no structural damage, but it did not have a scratch on it yet then so I was bummed. As I have gotten older, I have strove to make better music with cheaper guitars, better pups, though I still play a Beck Strat out of the house when I can? If I could have Fender Custom build me a Strat, it would be just like the Beck [perhaps different pups but Beck's Vintage Noiseless are fine for what I play]. Just leave all the expensive ones I thought I needed early on at home now. Oh I still play them. Just can't take them anywhere . . . :sad:

Sorry for your boo boos!
 
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Upon further thought, 80sMetal is always posting all the booze he's drinking even on the day of this accident

So 30 years + nightly jamming + admirable drinking hobby = 1 guitar drop (and only a dinger and no neck break?)

It might be a world record.

Congrats!
 
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Way back when I started playing guitar I hated putting my Epi Dot in it's case every time I was done using it . . . so was leaning it against the wall in the corner of my dorm room for several weeks. Until one time I didn't lean it quite enough and I turned around from the other side of the room to see it slowly fall face down with a loud crashing sound. Everything ended up OK, but I went out and bought a guitar stand that day. :P
 
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NegativeEase said:
Upon further thought, 80sMetal is always posting all the booze he's drinking even on the day of this accident

So 30 years + nightly jamming + admirable drinking hobby = 1 guitar drop (and only a dinger and no neck break?)

It might be a world record.

Congrats!
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I always try to avoid DUI or rather GUI. I don't even go near the corner of the flat where I keep my guitars when I'm F'd up, that way the thought of playing one of them won't even cross my mind... :D
 
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Well.... I just want to clear it all up ha ha ha
I have never really "dropped" a guitar.

I always use Straploks they go on the guitar before I even pick it up and play it once.

This one fell off the stand.

The one that got scratched on the rear tip before was because I fell down, was doing an anthrax mosh kind of thing and I slipped and fell straight on my butt.... Never dropped the guitar, held it up quite well in fact.... But it did touch and get scratched. (Dean Dime O Flame) I sold that one to Lucid a long time ago.

But ya.... All the sloppy drunk wailing around over the years.... I'm surprised I haven't dropped one yet.

Who's giving me the award? Can't wait! Ha ha ha.

Ahem.... I'd like to thank the academy, and all those guys in Tennessee and Kentucky who know what they're doing!
And all my fans... You 2 guys are awesome!
 
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Meh. Not even a worthy battle scar. I have bought guitars with more damage!
 
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80's_Metal said:
Well.... I just want to clear it all up ha ha ha
I have never really "dropped" a guitar.

I always use Straploks they go on the guitar before I even pick it up and play it once.

This one fell off the stand.

The one that got scratched on the rear tip before was because I fell down, was doing an anthrax mosh kind of thing and I slipped and fell straight on my butt.... Never dropped the guitar, held it up quite well in fact.... But it did touch and get scratched. (Dean Dime O Flame) I sold that one to Lucid a long time ago.

But ya.... All the sloppy drunk wailing around over the years.... I'm surprised I haven't dropped one yet.

Who's giving me the award? Can't wait! Ha ha ha.

Ahem.... I'd like to thank the academy, and all those guys in Tennessee and Kentucky who know what they're doing!
And all my fans... You 2 guys are awesome!
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I love it. Great post!
 
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Sorry for the damage but I’ve seen way worse on “new” gear at guitar center. As long as it still plays and sounds great, a few scars never hurt. :friday:
 
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Yeah, mine wasn't a straplock problem either. I just Yorglemeyer Fumblefinger'd it. Back then, I actually called Fender Support I was so upset asking the best method for a possible way to fix it and the tech on the phone said two things. One, not really. Two, do you know we are starting to come out with "Relics" we are actually charging more money for?

:smack: OK . . . nuff said!

FYI, Yorglemeyer Fumblefinger is the universal person responsible for all your f-ups. I know him well . . .
 
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