That's what I like about you Mr. Eye. You are truly a rocker with the proper attitude, and that's no BS.
When I was young and dumb, broken foot or no, some SOB would have paid on the spot, and in blood, for my broken guitar and foot.
Now that I'm old and wiser, and broken to the point I can no longer do the crazy dance, I'd lick my wounds and plot revenge, but those plans would never include civil court for such a trivial matter.
Civil court is where you seek relief for serious wrongs not covered by the criminal code. Call me silly, but a broken foot and easily replaceable guitar are not what I'd call serious wrongs. A broken foot will heal, and a custom shop strat can be duplicated by the same custom shop that built the first one. It's a hassle, but it's by no means a serious life changing event. A serious wrong would be something which could not be made whole like being paralyzed by a broken back, or having your legs crushed to the point they are essentially pegs on which you balance ( carefully) because the alternative, at least according to the medical professionals, is to lop them off just above the knee.
In truth and seriousness, I'd take my 20 plus years of experience writing letters to various government contractors warning them of the dire consequences of failing to meet a contracted delivery date, failing to conform to drawing specifications, etc, and make it sound like the full weight of the legal system would be brought to bear on all parties responsible for injuring me and breaking my equipment. I would end said letter with a request for a one on one meeting with the club owner(s) to discuss options. I would then send that letter in hopes it would lead to a reasoned discussion on what to do about what happened. If they refused to respond or did so with an effoff attitude, I'd decide at that point what to do next, but IME, given a chance to be reasonable the vast majority of us will do exactly that.
Call me easy, but dumping the bouncer would be enough to satisfy me. Why punish the owner for the ignorance of someone else? I pay for good insurance to cover medical and I've broken more than one bass doing stupid things so why punish someone who is just trying to make a living?
Oh and BTW...try to keep in mind this was posted under bass humor and gig stories, so some replies attempting to make light of what happened should be expected.
