mlu said:When i stepped on my cable, it pulled the bass, along with me down to the floor. With the me being right by the edge, i fell the stage, an end of the strapp came off, causing the bass to swing and hit an audience member.
This would have been a good try at playing it off like you were going for a stage dive.
But nobody would have bought it.
IMO your a big man for admitting falling off stage. I did the same. Two many drinks! And just a touch of attitude took me to the floor.
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Tripped and fell off stage
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That would have been funny to see. Not for the audience member.
At my bands last show, I had to sing and my mic was out so I had to use the guitarists and he is shorter than me so I had to bend down and I made it through the whole song and then at the end I was making fun of myself for having to do that and I fell backwards. Worse yet it was caught on tape. Things happen at shows you just have to try to make the best of it.
At my bands last show, I had to sing and my mic was out so I had to use the guitarists and he is shorter than me so I had to bend down and I made it through the whole song and then at the end I was making fun of myself for having to do that and I fell backwards. Worse yet it was caught on tape. Things happen at shows you just have to try to make the best of it.
It's definitely something that I worry about all the time. I've been dangerously close to taking a tumble. At my size, it would be catastrophic. Luckily, nobody would have been injured since we don't have any fans. 
In another band I was in, in the middle of Enter Sandman, our singer decided to venture onto the dance floor. (wait, Sandman? dance floor? yeah i know) Anyway, on his way back up on stage, he tripped on a monitor and tried to cover it up by acting like a "spent rock star".
When he introduced the band, he got my name wrong too. The gig was a disaster. Three days later, the band broke up.
In another band I was in, in the middle of Enter Sandman, our singer decided to venture onto the dance floor. (wait, Sandman? dance floor? yeah i know) Anyway, on his way back up on stage, he tripped on a monitor and tried to cover it up by acting like a "spent rock star".
When he introduced the band, he got my name wrong too. The gig was a disaster. Three days later, the band broke up.
unbridled said:Wireless
+1
Staplocks. (I've gotten my whole band hooked on Dimarzio straps)
+1
Although, this didn't keep me from falling off the stage once. At local venue called Pink-E's. The club has a great stage with more lights than most, and they love to use their fog machine. Well...just as I was going into my solo, I stepped forward on the stage. The lights glaring into my eyes...the floor covered in fog...couldn't even see the wedges to use as a reference for the end of the stage. Luckily, my jedi-like reflexes kicked in and I was able to land somewhat gracefully on my feet. The crowd thought it was awesome.
PLEASE!!! Post the video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=br4mDh-dYMQ
Hey man it's happens to the best of 'em...
Posted before, I think, but it might help MLU to know he has some company to help quaff his pint of misery.
When I'm using a cable, I run the cord through my belt loop, and leave plenty of slack between the bass and the belt. Simlarly at the other end I tuck a loop of a couple of feet of cable through the handle of my rack. That way if the cable gets tugged theres a couple of feet at each end which get yanked before anything solid is reached.
It's saved me plenty of times - I started tucking some slack into the rack after the drummer stood on a brand new (expensive) cable, and ripped the jack plug open. Now the slack just pops out, and all is well.
Of course there is a remote chance that if the instrument end of the cable gets yanked really hard I loose my pants...
Ian
It's saved me plenty of times - I started tucking some slack into the rack after the drummer stood on a brand new (expensive) cable, and ripped the jack plug open. Now the slack just pops out, and all is well.
Of course there is a remote chance that if the instrument end of the cable gets yanked really hard I loose my pants...
Ian
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I tripped over a monitor once and I busted my ass. Kept playing though and tried to play it off like I was exhausted from rocking out too much. The laughter from the audience said otherwise...
I smacked a girl in the head with the pointy end of my Kramer headstock last night. She and a friend were dancing too close to the front of the stage and I made a quick turnaround to run back to my mic for backup vox --- SMACK!!!! Right upside her head. She rubbed it for a couple of minutes. No blood luckily! I apologized profusely and all was forgiven. 
I'm glad you weren't hurt worse - hope your back is better!
But duct taping a cable to a bass...what a great way to ruin the finish! That adhesive on duct tape is eeeeevil.
Go for the straplocks, by all means.
I personally use the Invalid Link Removed on just about everything. They're really inexpensive and available many places, and require no mods to the bass. As long as you take care that your strap pins are firmly anchored, they work great. But a loose strap pin lets the whole thing go boom.
But duct taping a cable to a bass...what a great way to ruin the finish! That adhesive on duct tape is eeeeevil.
Go for the straplocks, by all means.
I personally use the Invalid Link Removed on just about everything. They're really inexpensive and available many places, and require no mods to the bass. As long as you take care that your strap pins are firmly anchored, they work great. But a loose strap pin lets the whole thing go boom.
I was in a metal band that was pretty brutal, the singer got gored and bled often from head stocks.
Well one day we were playing at a venue in madison, the stage is about 5 and a half feet up.
We were all rocking out and the guitarist and I ended up colliding, and I rocked out of his way.... just so happened I rocked out right off the tall stage.
I ended up breaking both of my ankles and doing tendeon damage to both feet as well.
Weird thing was, they didn't give me hard casts because they said I'd just mess them up and have to come back to get the re-done (I was like 17 at the time).
So I had two broken ankles, soft casts and no way to walk. I had shows linned up nearly every other day for a month only a week after this happened. So I put big socks on, unlaced my old Nike's that had the elastic tounge and duct-taped all around it and up my leg.
Made my own cast and played all the shows... rocked out too.
Wow I was totally dumb about that when I was younger.
Hardcore
Peace
-Benny
Well one day we were playing at a venue in madison, the stage is about 5 and a half feet up.
We were all rocking out and the guitarist and I ended up colliding, and I rocked out of his way.... just so happened I rocked out right off the tall stage.
I ended up breaking both of my ankles and doing tendeon damage to both feet as well.
Weird thing was, they didn't give me hard casts because they said I'd just mess them up and have to come back to get the re-done (I was like 17 at the time).
So I had two broken ankles, soft casts and no way to walk. I had shows linned up nearly every other day for a month only a week after this happened. So I put big socks on, unlaced my old Nike's that had the elastic tounge and duct-taped all around it and up my leg.
Made my own cast and played all the shows... rocked out too.
Wow I was totally dumb about that when I was younger.
Hardcore
Peace
-Benny
+1 Always!
I find myself very nervous about falling off the stage. Saturday we did an outdoor gig for an equestrian club. They had a flatbed trailer for a stage, and there was no rail on stage left, with at least a 4-foot drop to the ground. The keyboard player tends to set up too far to the left, which crowds me over. I barely boogied at all, for fear of making a hasty exit!
bah, falling always gives the audience something to talk about aside from how much you rocked (or sucked).
