reventlos
Joined: May 23, 2006
Posts: 209
Costa Mesa
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Posted on Sep 12 2011 11:53 PM
and I've been around so long, there's been plenty! I have no idea why I'm posting this, but maybe it's time to think about hanging it up: I play in so many bands that I'm constantly loading and unloading different equipment into the mighty Westfalia. So, I show up at the Thursday gig with everything I need except, you guessed it, a GUITAR! 40+ years of playing, and I've never pulled that one before. Stupid, stupid, stupid.........
(Why I love my bride-to-be: After a panicky call she had my seafoam Strat in my hands in 20 minutes. Saved the night, but not my dignity).
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BillyBlastOff
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1070
Ventura County, Calif.
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Posted on Sep 13 2011 12:04 AM
That's awesome Matt! I'm glad the story had a happy ending! She's a keeper!
— Be careful following the masses. Sometimes the "M" is silent...........................
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Stokemon
Joined: Feb 09, 2010
Posts: 413
Goleta, CA
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Posted on Sep 13 2011 12:12 AM
 I know of what you speak! A couple years ago my buddy called from the beach and said to get down there because a swell was filling in. So I grabbed my board in its bag, wetsuit, booties, snacks, jug of hot water, etc., threw it in the van and headed out. Had to wait 20 minutes for a parking spot, changed into wetsuit and booties then pulled the board out of the van....NO FIN!! I'd forgoten that the night before I pulled the single fin out and was going to change it to a 2 + 1 but got distracted. So I had to change back into my street clothes, give up the parking spot, drive home, put in the fins, drive back, wait for another parking spot, change into wetsuit again, etc. It was a fun session, but I was burning the whole time. This all happened in front of my friends and they were laughing their asses off!
— You're not drunk if you can put your socks on while standing.
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morphball
Joined: Dec 23, 2008
Posts: 3324
Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Sep 13 2011 08:22 AM
I'm not going to laugh, it sounds like something I might do.
— Mike
http://www.youtube.com/morphballio
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Surfabilly
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 852
Connersville, Indiana, USA
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Posted on Sep 13 2011 11:05 AM
Leaving the house without keys?
— Fast Cars & Loud Guitars!
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WoodyJ
Joined: Apr 05, 2006
Posts: 1547
Bethlehem, GA
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Posted on Sep 13 2011 11:39 AM
I brought my Stratocaster to a Christmas gig I played back in the early '80's when I was in a corporate party band.
That would have been OK, except I was the bass player.
— Jack Booth
(aka WoodyJ)
The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005), 2025
The Hula Hounds (1996-2000)
The X-Rays (1997-2004)
The Surge! (2004, 2011-2012)
Various non-surf bands that actually made money (1978-1990)
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Sep 13 2011 12:19 PM
Arriving without a guitar shows a certain musical zen. A child-like trust in nature. "Music will happen. Someone will lend me a guitar. My betrothed will arrive with a guitar. I will sing. Something." What's embarrassing is arriving with equipment that doesn't work or breaks and can't be fixed and no one will lend you a replacement.
That said, it may be time to institute a checklist system. Include keys and pants.
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WhorehayRFB
Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Posts: 3331
Huntington Beach, CA
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Posted on Sep 13 2011 12:46 PM
My old band hired a drummer for a gig last minute. He showed up without a snare. He called his wife & asked her to bring him one. She brought him another tom. I think what surprised me the most was that the wife of a drummer didn't know the difference between a snare & a tom.
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elreydlp
Joined: Sep 04, 2009
Posts: 1800
Temecula, CA
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Posted on Sep 13 2011 01:12 PM
BillyBlastOff wrote:
That's awesome Matt! I'm glad the story had a happy
ending! She's a keeper!
+1 to that!
It's ALMOST happened to me a few times!
My most emabarrassing was when our band was playing for the Miss St. Andrews (my high school) Pageant in 1966. We had 2 drummers, but there was only room for one kit. We decided that Bobby, who sang lead on many of the songs would be the "front man, since he also had some great dance moves. Early into our first song, he did a split and ripped his black pants from front to back, exposing his white boxers and his "junk". It seemed like the entire auditorium did a collective gasp and then started laughing. Bobby got himself tucked in and finished the song. One of the teachers who was helping the girls get dressed backstage came out with some safety pins. We played "Wipeout" while Bobby made repairs. We finished our set, but I heard about that night for YEARS!_
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25686
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Sep 13 2011 02:49 PM
Sounds like too many gigs Matt,
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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GuitarBob
Joined: Jul 31, 2009
Posts: 139
Monterey, CA
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Posted on Sep 14 2011 06:05 PM
At least you left it @ the house!
We had a double-header and I left mine leaning on the picnic bench at the 1st gig. In panic mode across town at the 2nd setup when the drummer pulled in saying 'Got your guitar here, big dummy!'
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davidphantomatic
Joined: Oct 12, 2008
Posts: 580
San Antone, TX
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Posted on Sep 16 2011 05:25 PM
I'm glad your wife was able to come to your rescue, reventlos!
I've got a similar story.
I have to take my gear with me to work, because we usually practice after I get out.
So I'm loading everything in and lean my case horizontally against my car until I can get it packed in.
As I pull away from my driveway I hear a thud, I roll forward into the driveway and don't hear it again, so I head on to work.
I get to work and open my backdoor to get my guitar out and as I do I realized that thud I heard was my guitar falling.
And much to my horror, I realize my guitar is now laying in my driveway in the middle of the day.
I run inside tell my boss I've got an emergency and have to leave.
So many panicked phone calls later, I get the phone number of a neighbor that runs a daycare out of her house and she went and picked it up and held onto it until I could get home.
I swear all that stress must have shaved at least 5 years off my life, since then I've been much more careful.
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elreydlp
Joined: Sep 04, 2009
Posts: 1800
Temecula, CA
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Posted on Sep 18 2011 12:21 AM
If it had been a Jazzmaster, there might have been 2 in the driveway when you got home.
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Stokemon
Joined: Feb 09, 2010
Posts: 413
Goleta, CA
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Posted on Sep 18 2011 02:01 AM
elreydlp wrote:
If it had been a Jazzmaster, there might have been 2 in
the driveway when you got home.
Hah! I just restrung and intonated 2 of my Jazzmasters. Right about now, I'd gladly drive to San Antonio, leave them both in Davidphantomatic's driveway, turn around and drive back to CA. Probably less hassle than what I just went through.
But...I'll LOVE them again in the morning 
— You're not drunk if you can put your socks on while standing.
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Big_Ryan
Joined: May 01, 2011
Posts: 578
San Diego
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Posted on Sep 18 2011 09:37 AM
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da-ron
Joined: Jan 02, 2009
Posts: 1307
The original Plymouth, UK.
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Posted on Oct 23 2011 04:23 PM
About 2 months ago we had a gig on a local pub. Drummer forgot his stool, bass player forgot his lead, what did I forget? Most of the notes. Our worse gig ever.
— http://thewaterboarders.bandcamp.com/
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Johnny_Z
Joined: Nov 02, 2010
Posts: 97
Austin, TX
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Posted on Oct 23 2011 07:40 PM
Here's one I won't foget.
Many many moons ago my band played at a local club. We're doing our soundcheck and I cannot get any sound out of my bass amp - double checked everything but still no sound, so at this point I'm panicking because I think the amp is broken or I blew out the speakers. So the sound guy comes over to help me - he can't figure what's wrong either so he gives me a direct box so he can at least get my bass signal to go through the house PA. So we do the gig this way - the audience can hear me fine but I can barely hear my bass while playing on stage which really screwed me up the whole night. Anyway I managed to get through our set and when it was over the sound guy comes up to me and says 'I just want to check one more thing'. He looks at the speaker cable going from my amp head into the cab and pushes in the connector about 1/4" and SNAP. The connector was in the cabinet input jack but not fully engaged - DOH!!! Don't know how either of us missed that - man did I feel like a dope.
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BJB
Joined: Jul 28, 2008
Posts: 413
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Posted on Oct 25 2011 06:29 PM
Fortunately, the most embarrassing thing to happen to me was getting a radio station on my MIJ Jaguar. The volume control was loose, and since Japanese Jaguars don't have a ground wire for the volume control, the guitar lost its ground and became an efficient radio antenna! As the song ended, "Sweet Home Alabama" was clearly audible though my amp. Fortunately, I had a spare guitar with me so I switched to it and saved further embarrassment.
— If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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elreydlp
Joined: Sep 04, 2009
Posts: 1800
Temecula, CA
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Posted on Oct 25 2011 08:46 PM
BJB wrote:
Fortunately, the most embarrassing thing to happen to
me was getting a radio station on my MIJ Jaguar. The
volume control was loose, and since Japanese Jaguars
don't have a ground wire for the volume control, the
guitar lost its ground and became an efficient radio
antenna! As the song ended, "Sweet Home Alabama" was
clearly audible though my amp. Fortunately, I had a
spare guitar with me so I switched to it and saved
further embarrassment.
Proof positive that the Jaguar is Spawn of the Devil!
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