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Dropped my Sadowsky

#21
squish said:
We were recording at the studio yesterday and had just gotten all the levels and were ready to roll. I stood up from the sofa and the strap unhooked itself from the top horn and my beloved Metro P-Bass came crashing down to the concrete floor. Ugliest sound I can remember hearing in a long time. Monster cable was destroyed as well, but I didn't care much about that.
The accident left cracks and scuffs on the bottom edge near the cavity cover and bottom horn. Bought it new back in Feb. Pretty sick about it.
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(resisting the urge to say "squish!")

Sorry to hear it, man! Get yourself some strap-locks! In the meantime, just call it "mojo" and don't sweat it ;)
 
#24
You can use the red rubber gaskets from Grolsch beer bottles. Each 4 pack comes with enough gaskets to do two instruments, and the beer is a nice bonus.

I don't like Schallers because sometimes the straplock will swivel upside down (if you move around a lot) and then your bass "drops" an inch or two, when the straplock repositions itself correctly. It can make you flub notes, when it happens.
 
#25
Jeff K said:
Man, that sucks. I'm so sorry for you. Please don't take this wrong, or think I'm lecturing in any way, but this really demonstrates the importance of straplocks. Even if you just use the .49 cent rubber washers from a hardware store. I use Schaller straplocks on many of my instruments; but on some, I just use the rubber washers like below. Believe me, that strap will not slip off because you have to stretch the gasket to get it over the strap button when you first put it on.

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Ya know...
Instead of stretching it OVER the strap button...
Why didn't you unscrew it, put the washer on, then the strap, and screw it back on? :P
 
#30
Jeff K said:
Man, that sucks. I'm so sorry for you. Please don't take this wrong, or think I'm lecturing in any way, but this really demonstrates the importance of straplocks. Even if you just use the .49 cent rubber washers from a hardware store. I use Schaller straplocks on many of my instruments; but on some, I just use the rubber washers like below. Believe me, that strap will not slip off because you have to stretch the gasket to get it over the strap button when you first put it on.

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good idea! since we do not have straplocks available and i have started jumping around while playing that is going to work!
what i was doing was that i never took off the strap ever! so the hole remained as tight as it was new so the strap never comes off
 
#33
Sorry 'bout that, man. As long as the bass still sounds great and is structurally OK, try not to worry about it too much. And whatever you do, don't keep replaying the incident over and over in your head. I chipped the headstock on my custom-made Curbow about two weeks after I got it, and no matter how many times I relived it, the outcome never changed.
 
#34
all your support is helping.

after a day or two and much vodka i'm feeling better about it. my sadowsky is not flashy at all. just a red p-style body with white pickgaurd. so yeah, it is more of a workhorse.

when i plugged it in to the console after dropping it, there was an electronic buzz, but not sure if it was from the drop. so i just grabbed my jazz (that has strap locks) for the recordings. anyway, i'm not sure if the buzzing is permanent. i'll have to plug it into my big rig to find out.

it's like having that door ding in your car. nobody else knows it's there, but your eyes go right to it. guy in my band said that he'd be happy to make the damage more uniform by dragging it behind his jeep...
 

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