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Title: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: SKATE RAT on October 21, 2009, 06:49:37 PM: i had a great weekend, my band played an awesome gig on Sat. we played really well, sounded good and the crowd was diggin' us.even met a girl 8)........................then this morning i opened my case only to find...

(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/-1.jpg)
my '92 3 knob LPB-1 is broken. shit! damn! i've been so bummed all day.its not even a clean break it's cracked like a spiderweb. how the hell did this happen.this puts all 4 of my Gibsons out of commission. at least i hope it works out with the girl.
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: TBird1958 on October 21, 2009, 06:55:31 PM: :o

That's really harsh........

Those don't move around in their cases, WTF happened? Fall off it's stand when you weren't looking?
Bummed for ya.
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: SKATE RAT on October 21, 2009, 06:56:33 PM: i think i bumped into our singer during our last song.its not pulled apart much just cracked. i didn't notice it until i went to play it again
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Post by: the mojo hobo on October 21, 2009, 06:57:04 PM: Man that sucks, but the same thing happened to my SG JR. Broke in the case, don't know how it happened. The good news is that it was 40 years ago and once fixed it stayed fixed.
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Post by: the mojo hobo on October 21, 2009, 06:57:48 PM: BTW, good luck with the girl.
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Post by: Freuds_Cat on October 21, 2009, 07:17:39 PM: Explain the situation to the girl, if she shows you some sympathy then you know you are on the right track ;)
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Post by: SKATE RAT on October 21, 2009, 07:18:03 PM: wow, theres one just like it on ebay for $1700. ? whats that guy smoking? i only paid $360 for mine.
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: SKATE RAT on October 21, 2009, 07:24:14 PM: sympathy is not quite what i'm after. but damnit, the girl's not the important thing here.
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Post by: Nocturnal on October 21, 2009, 08:30:36 PM: Quote from: SKATE RAT on October 21, 2009, 07:18:03 PM
wow, theres one just like it on ebay for $1700. ? whats that guy smoking? i only paid $360 for mine.

That guys an idiot. He's had it listed that high for months. The LP Standards don't even sell for that much. There have been a few like yours on ebay lately, but for a lot more than you paid for yours. Hope you can get yours fixed.
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: Dave W on October 21, 2009, 08:38:28 PM: Ouch! Be sure to take it to someone with Gibson headstock repair experience.
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Post by: Freuds_Cat on October 21, 2009, 10:03:08 PM: Nah not sympathy like offering her lace hankerchief to you but like she understands how important a beautiful instrument can be.
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Post by: Chris P. on October 21, 2009, 11:20:07 PM: That's bad. Good luck with it and the girl!
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Post by: doombass on October 22, 2009, 01:24:18 AM: Not amusing when that happens. I suppose it's not cracked through the headstock. An experienced person can fix it nicely but the crack will still be visible. Once fixed you'll get used to it. I smashed off the headstock off my Ripper. I was bummed out for a few hours but started the repair work the day after the break. Now theres only a line visible as reminder and I feel it's more of a history mark to me now.
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: uwe on October 22, 2009, 04:43:19 AM: That's not a horrible break. Settle down, no use crying over spilled milk or broken maho. A good luthier will repair this for you (perhaps by injecting some glue without even taking the break apart) and who knows the glued break might still hold when that other relationship might be long forgotten ... ;)

It could have been the bump with the singer, it might have been an old fissure and then someone bumped the case too hard. Release string tension and bring it to the doctor. Best of luck!

Uwe
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: EvilLordJuju on October 22, 2009, 06:34:09 AM: That's why I like ones that already have a headstock repair. If you break them again, it doesn't affect their condition or value.

Seriously though, welcome to the club. You can now call yourself a Gibson owner.... ;)
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Post by: TBird1958 on October 22, 2009, 09:25:35 AM: There should be some sort of *free clinic* for these kinds of things ;)
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Post by: Denis on October 22, 2009, 09:29:18 AM: Skate Rat, that sucks! I hope you can get it fixed quickly and be back in business soon.

Quote from: TBird1958 on October 22, 2009, 09:25:35 AM
There should be some sort of *free clinic* for these kinds of things ;)

How about health insurance for them!
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: uwe on October 22, 2009, 12:55:35 PM: BassAid or BassCare? :mrgreen:

No, you really can't have that, you want to choose your own luthier, guys, and pay for him, not have some state socialist behemoth tell you where and if you can have your bass repaired!!! You want notices like this?

"Dear Comrade Bass Owner,

The Officer Council of the LCWAC (Luthier Collective Work Acceptance Committee) of the Vladimir Lenin 1st People-Owned Guitar Repair State Combine have reviewed your application from two years ago and found that current efforts to meet the five-year-instrument-repair-plan cannot afford the anti-collectivist sacrifice of a single instrument repair for solitary hedonist purposes. Your bass - or its remnants - will shortly be expropriated without compensation. You are further expected to report at a swamp-located CBTIF (Change for the Better Temporary Internment Facility) for solidarity training within short, details of which will be communicated in a separate notice including the appropriate AVI (Application for Voluntary Internment) forms currently unavailable due to general paper shortage. Please fill in the forms in BOLD TYPE.

The LCWAC will be in contact with you again after it has absolved its customarily spontaneous Fidel Castro Commemoration People's Parade which is about to begin.

Obamawards and upwards, we watch over you all!

The LCWAC"
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: EvilLordJuju on October 22, 2009, 01:12:37 PM: Quote from: uwe on October 22, 2009, 12:55:35 PM
No, you really can't have that, you want to choose your own luthier, guys, and pay for him, not have some state socialist behemoth tell you where and if you can have your bass repaired

The NHS (national headstock service) is something our nation is VERY proud of!
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: godofthunder on October 22, 2009, 01:52:58 PM: That is a big bummer but that is part of the charm of being a Gibsonite. That is a pretty easy repair and it will be stronger than before. Welcome to the club !
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: Highlander on October 22, 2009, 03:07:40 PM: Misery loves company... not new and still not repaired and still don't know how it happened...

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/LuFear/LuFear013.jpg)

All is not lost, Bryan... now you gotta find the time to sort that G3!
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: uwe on October 22, 2009, 04:00:47 PM: I have four or five repaired neck break Gibsons and old Epis. They all do fine service and the necks are stable.
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Post by: jmcgliss on October 22, 2009, 07:01:12 PM: Distractions like this sometimes mean something. Devote some time to assessing the girl's kharma potential (+ or -).
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: SKATE RAT on October 22, 2009, 07:03:59 PM: i'm begining to think this girl is bad luck. now my Ipod doesn't work aaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhh!
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Post by: Dave W on October 22, 2009, 10:13:43 PM: Post her pic. We'll decide. 8)
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Post by: exiledarchangel on October 22, 2009, 11:45:15 PM: Agree! :D
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Post by: eb2 on October 23, 2009, 06:50:48 AM: She did it.
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Post by: TBird1958 on October 23, 2009, 09:43:14 AM: Forget about the girl!
Fix the bass, it's your real friend ;)
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Post by: gearHed289 on October 23, 2009, 09:45:31 AM: I've seen worse. It will be fine. Good luck!
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Post by: TBird1958 on October 23, 2009, 10:01:44 AM: Yup!

2 of my '76s were busted - much worse than that. I think they may actually sound better than the unbroken one ;D
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: uwe on October 23, 2009, 11:03:39 AM: Only chrome is a man's best friend.
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: SKATE RAT on October 24, 2009, 08:02:51 PM: i'm typing this with my new monitor.my old one died (only 2 years old).
between Sat. and tues. all my stuff is breaking.
1.my bass
2.my camera (which i had at same show i broke the bass and took a picture of the "girl")
3my ipod deleted 80% of the music (almost 8,000 songs) and won't sync up with my computer any more)
4.my phone keeps turning off when i send a text.
5.my computer moniter died.
WTF?
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Post by: Freuds_Cat on October 25, 2009, 02:59:53 AM: The gurl is jinxed man!! :o
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Post by: Dave W on October 25, 2009, 08:14:01 AM: Does she weigh the same as a duck?
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Post by: Lightyear on October 25, 2009, 11:44:33 AM: ;D ;D
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Post by: Highlander on October 25, 2009, 11:50:10 AM: I strongly recommend abstaining from anything of a sexual nature until you're through this rather dubious part of your life...

there are some things you just DON'T want to tempt, and FATE is one of them... :o
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: Pilgrim on October 25, 2009, 02:28:02 PM: Quote from: Dave W on October 25, 2009, 08:14:01 AM
Does she weigh the same as a duck?

Quite obviously, she has changed Skate Rat into a newt.
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: Dave W on October 25, 2009, 02:31:11 PM: He got better.
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Post by: Highlander on October 25, 2009, 03:36:03 PM: BRING OUT YOUR SKATE RATS... (BONG...!) BRING OUT YOUR SKATE RATS... (BONG...!) BRING OUT YOUR SKATE RATS... (BONG...!)
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: Denis on October 26, 2009, 05:55:23 AM: Quote from: Pilgrim on October 25, 2009, 02:28:02 PM
Quite obviously, she has changed Skate Rat into a newt.

What else floats?
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: Pilgrim on October 26, 2009, 07:37:00 AM: Quote from: Denis on October 26, 2009, 05:55:23 AM
What else floats?

Skate Rat? Very small basses?
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: Dave W on October 26, 2009, 08:06:13 AM: Quote from: Denis on October 26, 2009, 05:55:23 AM
What else floats?

See my reply #33 above. ;)
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Post by: nofi on October 26, 2009, 11:18:57 AM: witches
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: uwe on October 26, 2009, 11:47:06 AM: Quote from: SKATE RAT on October 24, 2009, 08:02:51 PM
i'm typing this with my new monitor.my old one died (only 2 years old).
between Sat. and tues. all my stuff is breaking.
1.my bass
2.my camera (which i had at same show i broke the bass and took a picture of the "girl")
3my ipod deleted 80% of the music (almost 8,000 songs) and won't sync up with my computer any more)
4.my phone keeps turning off when i send a text.
5.my computer moniter died.
WTF?

This is a natural reaction, dear rodent. You are shedding your materialistic skin/fur now that you have found your purpose in life. All that useless stuff you cluttered your life with in the absence of having someone to really emotionally connect with.

Shall we now erase your account here too?

Of course without a pic (and you said you did photograph her, so don't try to edge out now), we can't really clarify whether she is worth the sacrifice ...

From Brooklyn too?
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Post by: Pilgrim on October 26, 2009, 04:07:09 PM: AH, then if SKATE RAT weighs the same as a duck..........
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Post by: SKATE RAT on October 26, 2009, 07:45:40 PM: my purpose ? ??? i'm not shedding anything. i would rather have my stuff not break. emotions are a weakness!
can't post that pic 'cause the camera is busted.
i don't get the whole duck,newt floating thing?
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Post by: slinkp on October 26, 2009, 07:59:22 PM: Here ya go Skate Rat, this should explain it ....
http://www.youtube.com/v/zrzMhU_4m-g&hl=en&fs=1&
Title: Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
Post by: SKATE RAT on October 26, 2009, 08:06:44 PM: so i should burn her?
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Post by: Dave W on October 26, 2009, 09:20:52 PM: Not if she outweighs a duck.

Too bad about all your troubles, it has to be coincidence.
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Post by: uwe on October 27, 2009, 04:57:20 AM: Burning first and asking questions later seems to be good East Coast tradition ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA46QrgFx7s
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Post by: uwe on October 27, 2009, 05:00:18 AM: Quote from: SKATE RAT on October 26, 2009, 07:45:40 PM
my purpose ? ??? i'm not shedding anything. i would rather have my stuff not break. emotions are a weakness!can't post that pic 'cause the camera is busted.
i don't get the whole duck,newt floating thing?

This would make you the immediate hero in all women-populated fora, you horsewhisperer! :mrgreen:
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Post by: Denis on October 27, 2009, 05:24:08 AM: He might be a cursewhisperer...
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Post by: nofi on October 27, 2009, 09:16:43 AM: he might be...wrong.
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Post by: Pilgrim on October 27, 2009, 07:24:49 PM: He might be a shrubber.

Clearly, the lad needs to rent a certain movie and commit it to memory.
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Post by: drbassman on November 15, 2009, 05:04:54 AM: Get her fixed, she'll be fine. My NR went from this..............

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/drbassman/60s%20NR%20TB/100_0477.jpg)

to this and she's fine....................

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/drbassman/60s%20NR%20TB/100_1208.jpg)

Nothing is beyond repair!!!! Once you save them,they become really special IMHO.
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Post by: SKATE RAT on November 15, 2009, 07:45:23 AM: yeah,she's fixed. i'll pick it up tomorrow.hope he did a good job.
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Post by: SKATE RAT on November 17, 2009, 12:32:30 PM: so "Elaine" is home all fixed up.playes great!thanks to Evan Gluck.
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Post by: TBird1958 on November 17, 2009, 01:50:18 PM: I think a pic is in order.......and you could include Mr Lee.
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Post by: lowend1 on November 17, 2009, 01:58:41 PM: Quote from: SKATE RAT on October 21, 2009, 07:18:03 PM
wow, theres one just like it on ebay for $1700. ? whats that guy smoking? i only paid $360 for mine.

A girl???
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Post by: SKATE RAT on November 17, 2009, 03:03:08 PM: ask and ye shall receive.
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/044.jpg)
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/046.jpg)
sorry my POS camera froze up before i could get a shot of the repair, but it looks the same as the first pic i posted anyway.
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Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on November 17, 2009, 03:18:47 PM: Cool that your LP's fixed.
Now get that camera fixed & post pics of the wench er lady.
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Post by: SKATE RAT on November 17, 2009, 03:20:24 PM: oh she's gone!
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Post by: Highlander on November 17, 2009, 04:12:16 PM: A bit runnier than your used to, Sir... ;D

(Sorry Bryan, another Pythonism...)

Never thought of using a lizard to stop an instrument being knocked out of it's stand...

I'm guessing "Elaine" is the Gibbie and not the girl... ;)
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Post by: TBird1958 on November 17, 2009, 04:29:51 PM: Nice!

I see Mr Lee has splendid taste when it comes to basses ;)