Guitar Related Injuries

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 5:29 pm

I was restringin my chet last night and i had the B string bent at the end with like 1/2 inch hanging over so i could put it in the tuning machine... i had the guitar on my lap with the headstock to the left and i was tryin to string it through with my right hand (as i am right handed) and i sneezed. my left arm instictively went to cover my mouth and on its way my elbow caught the string with quite a bit of force. u know where this is going... my B string was like 3/8 of an inch straight down into my thumb. This got me wonderin... what other kinds of guitar injuries have people bee subjected to?

btw i pulled it out with a pair of pliers and an ice cube!

Locarius · Unread post by **Locarius** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:03 pm

My back is bad to to constantly sitting and playing hunched over like 3+ hours a day.

filmdude100cms · Unread post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:16 pm

i ripped my arm open a few times when a string popped

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:07 pm

i saw some pics online of a bass player that slapped so hard for a long show that he had a gash in his thumb down to the bone, there was blood on his guitar and his shirt ... it was awesome

SpoonInSpoon · Unread post by **SpoonInSpoon** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:12 pm

tendonitis

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:25 pm

praisedave wrote:i saw some pics online of a bass player that slapped so hard for a long show that he had a gash in his thumb down to the bone, there was blood on his guitar and his shirt ... it was awesome

I did that once when I was playing slide guitar(not down to the bone, but there was blood all over my guitar and pickup), but It wasnt really awesome. I think because I damaged it badly and kept playing for the weeks to follow that my skin is weak in that area, because my thumb gets a huge bloodblister everytime I strum with my thumb, and before that day I never had any problems at all.

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:27 pm

juineaux wrote:
praisedave wrote:i saw some pics online of a bass player that slapped so hard for a long show that he had a gash in his thumb down to the bone, there was blood on his guitar and his shirt ... it was awesome
I did that once when I was playing slide guitar(not down to the bone, but there was blood all over my guitar and pickup), but It wasnt really awesome. I think because I damaged it badly and kept playing for the weeks to follow that my skin is weak in that area, because my thumb gets a huge bloodblister everytime I strum with my thumb, and before that day I never had any problems at all.

were you playin slide without a slide...? im confused howd ur thum get messed?

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:35 pm

I was playing with a slide, but my strumming hand is the one that is messed up. I just played to heavy without a pick-

HCHaikuWarrior · Unread post by **HCHaikuWarrior** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:33 pm

praisedave wrote:I was restringin my chet last night and i had the B string bent at the end with like 1/2 inch hanging over so i could put it in the tuning machine... i had the guitar on my lap with the headstock to the left and i was tryin to string it through with my right hand (as i am right handed) and i sneezed. my left arm instictively went to cover my mouth and on its way my elbow caught the string with quite a bit of force. u know where this is going... my B string was like 3/8 of an inch straight down into my thumb. This got me wonderin... what other kinds of guitar injuries have people bee subjected to?

btw i pulled it out with a pair of pliers and an ice cube!

fuckin a!

my hands get cramped now when ever i play....i wonder if i am develeping a slight case of carpel?

i like tictacs · Unread post by **i like tictacs** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 12:20 am

I stuck the tip of my finger a few times with the end of a string while getting it in the hole or something. Always good for a little blood.

SpoonInSpoon · Unread post by **SpoonInSpoon** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 12:20 am

yeah thats happened. got whipped a few times on the arm by breaking strings.

also got hit across the head with a guitar.

Jer1400 · Unread post by **Jer1400** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 3:28 am

Locarius wrote:My back is bad to to constantly sitting and playing hunched over like 3+ hours a day.

Same. What I do is get a blanket/towels and put it over the chair, then I throw a strap on the guitar and lean back in the chair that way my back's up against it and aligned. It makes it easier if you lean against something like a wall or table...otherwise you could fall back and that just wouldn't be cool. O.o

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:28 am

SpoonInSpoon wrote:yeah thats happened. got whipped a few times on the arm by breaking strings.

also got hit across the head with a guitar.

lets hear that story...

Ryeguy · Unread post by **Ryeguy** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:37 am

one time when i was stringing my guitar, the B string i think popped back up and poked me right in the eyeball. That really hurt.. And I couldn't do anything about it. I felt like that chick who got her eye plucked out in Kill Bill 2.

SpoonInSpoon · Unread post by **SpoonInSpoon** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 11:39 am

praisedave wrote:
SpoonInSpoon wrote:yeah thats happened. got whipped a few times on the arm by breaking strings.

also got hit across the head with a guitar.
lets hear that story...

its a long one, but abbreviated....

during the night of one of my friends gigs at our school (our schools "battle of the bands" competition) he saw me with his girlfriend. now he's definatly a jealous person, so after the show (his band won) he confronted me and asked
"dude what the fuck are you doin with my girlfriend?"
"what?!"
"i said what the fuck are you doing with my girlfriend?!"
"what are you talking about?!"
then the girlfriend, trying to be funny, said
"i'll just say it. we fucked in a van out in the parking lot before the show."
my friend just picked up his electric, and swung at me. i ducked, but still got quite a bit from it.

we now laugh at that.

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