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11-13-2011, 09:34 PM
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Picture the scene: Playing your second gig of the night, this one a squatted pub in the depths of South East London, you're on stage and coming to the last few songs of your set and your mate is passed out between you and your bass amp. She is currently utilizing the guitar you were using earlier in the set as a pillow. You had placed it on the floor for the rest of the set while you took your place on the bass. Look down, have a chuckle and look up again at the crowd. play a bit more, look back down and see her looking rather sheepish and sick on your guitar. Carry on playing - it's hardly a reason to stop a gig, is it?
There's a very very inebriated guy in the crowd, generally making a tit of himself and pissing everyone off. He's fallen over about 5 times by now and it's stopped being funny. He then notices the girl sleeping behind you, makes a bee line for her and falls over so that his head is making firm contact with her buttocks, and his body has landed full pelt onto your instrument. The entire front row pull him off and you continue your song, which by now is the last in your set.
You finish it, and start packing up, only matey's back and he's trying the same trick again. He's pissed you off enough already, so you give him a pretty hefty push away from the stage. He doesn't like this one bit, so he starts mouthing off at you, and before you know it you've been headbutted in, and are now bleeding from, the mouth. Next thing you know, you've got him in a headlock and have punched him in the face at least 10 times with your free hand. The entire crowd pull him away and cart him outside the pub, while your band mates pull you off him.
Rest of the night is pretty damn enjoyable and you don't really think about it again, you go home and go to sleep.
You wake up the next morning and the same two questions repeat themselves in your head all day.
1: What was all that about?
2: How do you clean sick off a guitar without ruining the finish?
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11-13-2011, 10:30 PM
| | | so you guys play a lot of weddings? 
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11-13-2011, 11:01 PM
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11-14-2011, 04:52 AM
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11-14-2011, 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by walterw  so you guys play a lot of weddings? | Laughed so hard it hurt. Damn you!  |
11-14-2011, 05:40 AM
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1) alcohol, it does a body good. Unfortunately, it also destroys brain cells, inhibitions, and coordination.
2) you put it under your hosepipe, rinse it off, hit it with some compressed air to dry it. Then, you quickly sell it as "road worn" at a nice profit before the rust sets in.
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11-14-2011, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by walterw so you guys play a lot of weddings? | mate, you had me in stitches  Quote: |
The first question I would have is: Why did I put my guitar on the floor?
| tbh, it's been fine for 5 years before this incident.
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11-14-2011, 10:41 AM
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11-14-2011, 10:47 AM
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11-14-2011, 12:27 PM
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11-14-2011, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by RustyAxe Wow! I hate church gigs! | Beat me to it
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11-14-2011, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by AltGrendel I'll bet the pay wasn't even worth it. | What is this thing you speak of?
Seriously though, I reckon having this story has paid for the gig by itself!
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11-14-2011, 04:07 PM
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11-14-2011, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Rick Auricchio Are you sure this wasn't a soccer match? | More like a sucker match. |
11-14-2011, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Stumbo More like a sucker match. | Ouch.
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11-15-2011, 09:29 AM
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11-15-2011, 10:53 AM
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11-15-2011, 10:55 AM
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11-15-2011, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by electracoyote Note to self: Must check out the live music scene in London. | +1 |
11-15-2011, 11:38 AM
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Just kidding of course. + 1 on the bouncers comment. They were not doing their job...... And why was your guitar on the floor anyway????
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