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I've been fortunate enough that my gear has never been damaged at a gig BUT I
have been blowed up real good at a gig. It was a backyard party in the late
'70's and an aspiring chemist friend of the band filled a Folgers can with some
kinda aluminum nitrate powder. The lead guitar was to step on a foot pedal that
would detonate the powder causing a great smoke bomb. Unfortunatley the night
air compressed the powder and, when the switch was hit, it exploded with a blast
that moved me a couple of feet and sent shrapnel into the ribs of the keyboard
player.
The chemist friend now works for Standard Oil.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: reverbrob
To:
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:35 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Jazzmaster Bridge moving: the plot thickens
I think you said you have Mustang saddles, so it's gotta be those
bridge screws. Obviously you need something stronger than Loktite,
and it's probably available at the next gig, for free. Get your long
cord and spend Set 3 out among the dancers as they stagger around
with drinks in their hands--- preferably tropical concoctions with
rum and pineapple juice and all that sticky stuff. Shouldn't take
long to get several drinks dumped onto the JM. Wipe off everywhere
except the bridge and let it dry until next gig. Those screws will
never move again.
Which maybe prompts a future thread--- gigs where our gear got
unbelievably slimed, grimed, and trashed.... the ones where we spent
the next day/week/month trying to clean it all up...
Rob Woolsey
Detonators
--- In , "rio452001" <mpietra102@a...>
wrote:
>
> This is a follow-up to my earlier posts about how the bridge on
both
> my AVRI and CIJ JM's moved, so that it would be perfectly set up
but
> then the bridge would move down and I'd fret-out on higher note
bends
> etc.
>
> So I brought them in to my guitar-guy, who set them up and applied
> lock-tite.
>
> got them home, and played the AVRI at rehearsal last night...
within
> an hour, I was fretting again... and then during one song, the
guitar
> actually became noticeably and progressively out of tune, as the
> bridge sank rather quickly...
>
> At that point, I gave up and picked up my Jaguar, which is what
I'll
> be playing at tomorrow nite's gig.
>
> I haven't even tried the CIJ.
>
> I'm now thinking I may have a more serious problem with the JM's,
and
> they're going to have to go back in the shop, unless someone can
> think of another fix.
>
> Any other thoughts from the members here?
>
> Much obliged,
>
> Rio
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