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Snap!
« on: November 15, 2010, 05:39:28 AM »
Stumbled upon this video today:

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Re: Snap!
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2010, 06:03:25 AM »
I feel sick to my stomach.......Although it does look like it had a previous headstock repair from the colour on the back of the headstock. I still feel sick.
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2010, 06:15:46 AM »
that sure came off easily. i know mayo necks are  fragile but...
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2010, 07:28:00 AM »
Do they really break off so easily?!
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2010, 07:34:17 AM »
the look on his face......

did he bash the singer with it?
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2010, 08:19:53 AM »
Jeez, another one bites the dust.
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2010, 09:48:45 AM »
OUCH!!!
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2010, 11:37:46 AM »
Poor dude!
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2010, 11:52:04 AM »
They don't come off that easily unless they were already in pretty bad shape before due to previous bumps and crashes or very badly repaired. I've bumped TBird headstocks after stable repairs and they held up fine.

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Re: Snap!
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2010, 12:46:27 PM »
The headstock of my '76 cracked when it slipped off my guitar stand onto the carpeted floor of our rehearsal space.

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Re: Snap!
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2010, 12:58:06 PM »
saw a pbass do the same thing.  sometimes just unlucky
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2010, 01:56:39 PM »
Thanks, Rob! :sad:
I'm analyzing this clip like the friggin' Zapruder film, and I've come to a few conclusions:
1) This wouldn't have happened if he wasn't hopping around like a twit. Save that shit for your Aria, numbnuts!
2) There is a part of me that is getting some sort of sick satisfaction from that look on his face - I'm not sure I can explain it.
3) Were they playing U2's "I Will Follow"? The bass probably just lost the will to live.
3) My T-Bird is never leaving the house again, unless it's in a body bag with me. I don't think I could take the trauma - or restrain myself from shoving the broken neck down the (laughing) singer's throat.
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2010, 02:23:43 PM »

 I have 2 '76s with repaired headstocks, they don't cause me any undue concern because if anything the joint is stronger than the surrounding wood. I've fallen onstage with the purple one, hitting a cymbal and taking a chunk out of the backside of the headstock on the way down - somehow, it didn't break! - the crowd got a nice upskirt tho  ;)
 Mike Lull told me that one of his '60s birds repaired headstock let go during a show, to his surprise - the crowd applauded, thinking it was done on purpose!
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2010, 02:30:17 PM »
Quote from: TBird1958 on November 15, 2010, 02:23:43 PM
I have 2 '76s with repaired headstocks, they don't cause me any undue concern because if anything the joint is stronger than the surrounding wood. I've fallen onstage with the purple one, hitting a cymbal and taking a chunk out of the backside of the headstock on the way down - somehow, it didn't break! - the crowd got a nice upskirt tho  ;)
 Mike Lull told me that one of his '60s birds repaired headstock let go during a show, to his surprise - the crowd applauded, thinking it was done on purpose!

Yeah, I probably wouldn't be so freaked out if mine was already repaired, but it isn't - and it's been with me since I was 19, so I'm over-protective.
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Re: Snap!
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2010, 02:47:07 PM »
My non rev snapped, whilst in a gig bag, from a gentle fall onto carpet. I think a direct knock from behind is the worst, and did it for mine.
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