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Post by zontar on Mar 27, 2021 23:56:53 GMT
As an acoustic is used as an example in most of the video, I am putting this here--and some of those things affect an acoustic more than an electric, but they apply to solidbody, hollowbody & semi hollow guitars.
And it is somewhat humourous--which can help people pay attention.
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Post by Sgt Rock on Mar 28, 2021 2:10:31 GMT
all 10 were very good suggestions to follow.
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Post by zontar on Apr 2, 2021 18:46:48 GMT
all 10 were very good suggestions to follow. Agreed, and I also like how he presented them. I once had n choice but to leave a guitar in a car on an unseasonably hot day (But only for a short time) it was okay. But not something I would do by choice. It was in the trunk which actually stayed cool. But the inside of the car was very hot. |
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Post by Bill h on Apr 3, 2021 17:53:14 GMT
Never lay your guitar case on a bar stool and open it.. A lesson I learned the hard way, wasn’t a very bright thing to do anyhow.
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Post by Die Bullen on Apr 3, 2021 17:55:57 GMT
Never lay your guitar case on a bar stool and open it.. A lesson I learned the hard way, wasn’t a very bright thing to do anyhow. Oh boy, I hope not to much damage was done |
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Post by Bill h on Apr 3, 2021 17:58:04 GMT
Never lay your guitar case on a bar stool and open it.. A lesson I learned the hard way, wasn’t a very bright thing to do anyhow. Oh boy, I hope not to much damage was done Fortunately no, thank goodness for tough fenders. |
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Post by zontar on Apr 3, 2021 18:44:12 GMT
Never lay your guitar case on a bar stool and open it.. A lesson I learned the hard way, wasn’t a very bright thing to do anyhow. Same with leaning your guitar case upright against a wall at the top of a staircase. (Fortunately it was a good case--and no damage was done to the guitar.) |
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Post by johnreardon on Apr 13, 2021 8:48:38 GMT
Back in the late 60s, when I had a Strat, for some reason I had to use a taxi to get home from a gig. My amp was in the band van, so I only had my bits and bobs bag and a large rectangular case containing my Strat. Taxi driver said put it on the back seat and climb into the front with my bag, which I did. When I got home,I got out of the front seat, paid him and went into my house. He left with my Strat on the back seat. When I got in the house, I realised I didn't have my guitar, so started panicking.  In those days, hardly anyone had phones, so I nipped down to the nearest call box and phoned the taxi office and told them. The driver was still out on his rounds so they said they would radio him and I should call back the next day. I had a sleepless night worrying whether my one and only guitar had gone. Contacted the office in the morning and they had it there for me to pick it up. I left the driver a ten bob tip So NEVER leave your guitar in a taxi |
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Post by Die Bullen on Apr 13, 2021 11:26:46 GMT
So NEVER leave your guitar in a taxi Very good advice! |
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Post by Bill h on Apr 13, 2021 22:37:52 GMT
Back in the late 60s, when I had a Strat, for some reason I had to use a taxi to get home from a gig. My amp was in the band van, so I only had my bits and bobs bag and a large rectangular case containing my Strat. Taxi driver said put it on the back seat and climb into the front with my bag, which I did. When I got home,I got out of the front seat, paid him and went into my house. He left with my Strat on the back seat. When I got in the house, I realised I didn't have my guitar, so started panicking. In those days, hardly anyone had phones, so I nipped down to the nearest call box and phoned the taxi office and told them. The driver was still out on his rounds so they said they would radio him and I should call back the next day. I had a sleepless night worrying whether my one and only guitar had gone. Contacted the office in the morning and they had it there for me to pick it up. I left the driver a ten bob tip So NEVER leave your guitar in a taxi That had to be a sick feeling, I know I wouldn’t have slept either. Glad it turned out well. |
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Post by johnreardon on Apr 14, 2021 8:50:14 GMT
Back in the late 60s, when I had a Strat, for some reason I had to use a taxi to get home from a gig. My amp was in the band van, so I only had my bits and bobs bag and a large rectangular case containing my Strat. Taxi driver said put it on the back seat and climb into the front with my bag, which I did. When I got home,I got out of the front seat, paid him and went into my house. He left with my Strat on the back seat. When I got in the house, I realised I didn't have my guitar, so started panicking. In those days, hardly anyone had phones, so I nipped down to the nearest call box and phoned the taxi office and told them. The driver was still out on his rounds so they said they would radio him and I should call back the next day. I had a sleepless night worrying whether my one and only guitar had gone. Contacted the office in the morning and they had it there for me to pick it up. I left the driver a ten bob tip So NEVER leave your guitar in a taxi That had to be a sick feeling, I know I wouldn’t have slept either. Glad it turned out well. It was a pre CBS Strat as well. I kept it through 9 years of my RAF career, but stupidly sold it in 1980. I had paid £90 for it in the 60s and sold it for £200. A few years later pre CBS Strats were going for £25k in the UK.
So that's another thing you should never do....'Don't sell guitars'
Here it is in 71. The little boy holding it is my son, now in his 50s
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Post by Die Bullen on Apr 14, 2021 11:17:20 GMT
That had to be a sick feeling, I know I wouldn’t have slept either. Glad it turned out well. It was a pre CBS Strat as well. I kept it through 9 years of my RAF career, but stupidly sold it in 1980. I had paid £90 for it in the 60s and sold it for £200. A few years later pre CBS Strats were going for £25k in the UK.
So that's another thing you should never do....'Don't sell guitars'
Here it is in 71. The little boy holding it is my son, now in his 50s
Wow- I see you had him doing hammer leads and all in the second picture! |
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Post by johnreardon on Apr 14, 2021 18:05:36 GMT
It was a pre CBS Strat as well. I kept it through 9 years of my RAF career, but stupidly sold it in 1980. I had paid £90 for it in the 60s and sold it for £200. A few years later pre CBS Strats were going for £25k in the UK.
So that's another thing you should never do....'Don't sell guitars'
Here it is in 71. The little boy holding it is my son, now in his 50s
Wow- I see you had him doing hammer leads and all in the second picture!  He does actually play and sing. Had his own band before this lot started. He has a couple of Les Pauls, one of which is still at my house
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Post by markr on Aug 6, 2021 10:37:01 GMT
When I was a punk I had a really nice classical guitar and got really drunk, sleep beside it on a Dewey night beside a fire. That was the end of my classical guitar
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Post by george on Aug 6, 2021 11:57:54 GMT
I had a classical guitar once; it was no good so I tossed it on a campfire one night. It went up real good.
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Post by Die Bullen on Aug 6, 2021 14:37:53 GMT
My son destroyed my classical guitar when he was really little. The thing wasn't in great shape to Begin with. He was running in the house and clipped it by mistake. I heard a crash and when I looked the whole top had Caved in with the bridge hanging by the strings. It was not salvageable...
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Post by zontar on Aug 7, 2021 2:01:26 GMT
My Classical had a headstock break from slipping on ice & being in a cheap case--and it hit the ice hard.
Fortunately it was repairable, I still have it, still play it.
But yeah slipping on ice with a guitar in a cheap case is something not to do with your guitar
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Post by highdeaf on Aug 7, 2021 13:33:48 GMT
I had a classical guitar once; it was no good so I tossed it on a campfire one night. It went up real good.
I did that to an old steel-string camping guitar I had. It was slowly becoming unplayable (it started off basically that way). So I did a big Pete Townsend thing with it at sunset and then we sat around watching it burn. The only thing left in the ashes the next morning were some gears, frets and a steel u-channel. Burned up real good, Real good!
In the '70s, we didn't seem to think about these things. I left guitars and amps in vans and trucks over night, at -30C. They survived. Now I read posts on TGP about someone who left their guitars or amps out in -2C for 1 hour and are worried they are ruined. My old Yamaki suffered through RH of anywhere from 5% to 75%. Didn't really pay attention. It even lived in the bright sunshine in one apartment I lived in (sadly, fading the headstock quite badly). I wouldn't do that now, but it's nice to know we, for the most part, worry about some of this too much.
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He does actually play and sing. Had his own band before this lot started. He has a couple of Les Pauls, one of which is still at my house
