The Curse Continues!

Flipped Mustang · December 11th, 2004, 10:44 PM

Whenever I get a new guitar, I can't seem to make it through the first few days without damaging it in some way. I've got a long list of tragic stories, but here's an abbreviated list:
Ovation Legend: Had it for one day before my brother sat on it.
Gibson C0 Classic: Dropped a Microphone on the face of it the first day and "imprinted" a grill pattern on the face.
Telecaster: First time I tried to strap it on, I lifted it up to bring the strap around and rammed the headstock into the ceiling, denting the top of the headstock.
And NOW I just got a nice early 60's Gretsch Clipper and was adjusting the bridge and truss rod. I was all finished and ready to put it back in the case when I noticed a two inch scrape across the headstock. Nice and deep. Wasn't there a few minutes ago. Only thing I can think of is that I did it while working with the truss rod. The thing survived for over 40 years and it took me about 3 hours to deface it!
If anyone needs any relic work done on a guitar, just hand it over for a few days. Shouldn't take me long and I don't even need to try... It comes naturally!GRRRRRRRRRRR

Rich

lenny · December 11th, 2004, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Flipped Mustang

Ovation Legend: Had it for one day before my brother sat on it.

i dont know why it struck me so funny hehe .. but

Flipped Mustang · December 11th, 2004, 11:15 PM

Sounds like a bad comedy sketch :) I still can't figure out how you can't see a guitar laying on a chair (though, many a cat have died this way-I've heard!).

Brutalblues · December 12th, 2004, 12:15 AM

relic-ing guitars! LOL
hey, you seem to be good at it...

The look on your brother's face =

Ptrallan01 · December 12th, 2004, 12:31 AM

I know how you feel. Every, and I do mean EVERY new car I have ever owned got its windshield cracked in the first year!Things fall out of trees, drop off the back of trucks and jump up out the road just to break, crack, chip or star my windshield. Just something to live with I guess.

Peter

Flipped Mustang · December 12th, 2004, 01:42 AM

Yeah, I think it might be a higher power's way of reminding us that they're just inanimate objects with a value only because we superimpose a value on them. Then again, I might be a careless fool!! :P

j5 · December 15th, 2004, 02:21 PM

what was that, flippedmustang?
you say that guitars are inanimate?

shhh...
keep it down.
(they'll hear you.)

but seriously,
after that 1st dent, they're a lot easier to be comfortable with.
although that one with your brother.. well... stuff happens.

J-man · December 15th, 2004, 02:38 PM

But of course we know that Teles are indestructable..... :D

Jakedog · December 15th, 2004, 03:02 PM

I feel your pain, seems like every time I get a new/used axe I end up sticking the headstock in a ceiling fan. I don't know what it is with me and ceiling fans, but there always seems to be one overhead when I am lifting a new guitar off for the first or second time.

My worst tradgedy happened because I was short of patience with a dog. I came home from a particularly nasty day at work, and that dog went to running circles around me in the living room at 80 mph, I know he was just happy to see me, but it was driving me nuts so I reached out to give him a swat on his back door. He saw me coming and jumped sideways to get out of the way. When he did, all 70 pounds of him hit my Yairi acoustic at full throttle. He went through it like it was paper. The moral of the story is, be nice to animals, or the powers that be'll gitcha good.

Jake

Flipped Mustang · December 15th, 2004, 04:01 PM

If guitars were alive...oh man, I'd be arrested by now or at least on PETA's hit list :) It is true about Telecasters. last night I banged my '78 into a chair pretty hard and not a mark on the poly (yeah, if it was a nitro paint job I'd be crying again, hehe)!
My dog story isn't as good as Jakedog's, but you know how dogs will turn around a few times before sitting somewhere then slam around and sit hard? My English Springer did this and when he swung around, his butt whacked my '24 Vega tenor banjo I had sitting on the arm of the couch and he sent it flying! Amazingly, there was no damage I could find!
Now, who's ready to send some guitars over to my house so I can play with them?? Huh?? I'll be real careful!!

P.S. I do have a ceiling fan in my house, but so far I've been able to avoid it! Thanks for the head's up!!

lenny · December 15th, 2004, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Flipped Mustang

If guitars were alive...oh man

i'm pretty sure my strat assaulted my '71 tele one night out of jealosy. it flew straight out of the stand(ahem.. i *may* have tripped on the cord) and luckily just grazed the tele. that strat is a jealous one im tellin you..

shakedancer · December 15th, 2004, 08:06 PM

I dented 2 headstocks puting strap on. Hit the ceiling. See, there are other dumb people too

I finally bought a Relic, another dent, who cares!

Flipped Mustang · December 15th, 2004, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by shakedancer

I dented 2 headstocks putting strap on. Hit the ceiling. See, there are other dumb people too

That actually makes me feel better! :)
I think I read somewhere that the Strats rising up against the Telecasters was the first sign of the apocalypse ;)

December 11th, 2004, 10:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Flipped Mustang Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 312	The Curse Continues! Whenever I get a new guitar, I can't seem to make it through the first few days without damaging it in some way. I've got a long list of tragic stories, but here's an abbreviated list: Ovation Legend: Had it for one day before my brother sat on it. Gibson C0 Classic: Dropped a Microphone on the face of it the first day and "imprinted" a grill pattern on the face. Telecaster: First time I tried to strap it on, I lifted it up to bring the strap around and rammed the headstock into the ceiling, denting the top of the headstock. And NOW I just got a nice early 60's Gretsch Clipper and was adjusting the bridge and truss rod. I was all finished and ready to put it back in the case when I noticed a two inch scrape across the headstock. Nice and deep. Wasn't there a few minutes ago. Only thing I can think of is that I did it while working with the truss rod. The thing survived for over 40 years and it took me about 3 hours to deface it! If anyone needs any relic work done on a guitar, just hand it over for a few days. Shouldn't take me long and I don't even need to try... It comes naturally!GRRRRRRRRRRR Rich

December 12th, 2004, 12:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
Brutalblues Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 1,181	Hey Flipped, maybe you have a future in relic-ing guitars! LOL hey, you seem to be good at it... The look on your brother's face =

December 12th, 2004, 12:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ptrallan01 Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 571 3 Photos	Bro Man I know how you feel. Every, and I do mean EVERY new car I have ever owned got its windshield cracked in the first year!Things fall out of trees, drop off the back of trucks and jump up out the road just to break, crack, chip or star my windshield. Just something to live with I guess. Peter

December 15th, 2004, 02:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
J-man Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Wales/Scarborough Age: 20 Posts: 6,371 9 Photos	But of course we know that Teles are indestructable..... :D __________________ Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. - Unknown "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away." - Tom Waits

December 15th, 2004, 03:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jakedog Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cleveland,OH But my heart's still in TE Posts: 3,223	I feel your pain, seems like every time I get a new/used axe I end up sticking the headstock in a ceiling fan. I don't know what it is with me and ceiling fans, but there always seems to be one overhead when I am lifting a new guitar off for the first or second time. My worst tradgedy happened because I was short of patience with a dog. I came home from a particularly nasty day at work, and that dog went to running circles around me in the living room at 80 mph, I know he was just happy to see me, but it was driving me nuts so I reached out to give him a swat on his back door. He saw me coming and jumped sideways to get out of the way. When he did, all 70 pounds of him hit my Yairi acoustic at full throttle. He went through it like it was paper. The moral of the story is, be nice to animals, or the powers that be'll gitcha good. Jake __________________ Oh, the fear I've known That I might reap the praise of strangers And end up on my own All I've sown was a song And maybe I was wrong -Emily Saliers

December 11th, 2004, 11:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Flipped Mustang Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 312	Sounds like a bad comedy sketch :) I still can't figure out how you can't see a guitar laying on a chair (though, many a cat have died this way-I've heard!).

December 12th, 2004, 01:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Flipped Mustang Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 312	Yeah, I think it might be a higher power's way of reminding us that they're just inanimate objects with a value only because we superimpose a value on them. Then again, I might be a careless fool!! :P

December 15th, 2004, 02:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
j5 Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Age: 27 Posts: 110	what was that, flippedmustang? you say that guitars are inanimate? shhh... keep it down. (they'll hear you.) but seriously, after that 1st dent, they're a lot easier to be comfortable with. although that one with your brother.. well... stuff happens.

December 15th, 2004, 04:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
Flipped Mustang Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 312	If guitars were alive...oh man, I'd be arrested by now or at least on PETA's hit list :) It is true about Telecasters. last night I banged my '78 into a chair pretty hard and not a mark on the poly (yeah, if it was a nitro paint job I'd be crying again, hehe)! My dog story isn't as good as Jakedog's, but you know how dogs will turn around a few times before sitting somewhere then slam around and sit hard? My English Springer did this and when he swung around, his butt whacked my '24 Vega tenor banjo I had sitting on the arm of the couch and he sent it flying! Amazingly, there was no damage I could find! Now, who's ready to send some guitars over to my house so I can play with them?? Huh?? I'll be real careful!! P.S. I do have a ceiling fan in my house, but so far I've been able to avoid it! Thanks for the head's up!!

December 15th, 2004, 08:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
shakedancer Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: north of Boston Posts: 1,639	flipped I dented 2 headstocks puting strap on. Hit the ceiling. See, there are other dumb people too I finally bought a Relic, another dent, who cares!