a roadie accidently hit my left thumb with a hammer. i soldiered on, lol.
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Worst injury received while playing bass
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Wasn't "playing", but I poked my left index finger really really bad once while restringing. It was the G-string. Wasn't paying attention when I fed the string through the bridge. It was more of a stabbing than just a poke actually. It got infected and had to get a tetanus shot and take antibiotics. Didn't play for about a month. That was long ago when I didn't have health insurance. Cost me close to $350 in late 90's dollars.
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Dude, what band are you in that shoots cannons off?!
Or he just worked in a place that had lots of tanks or artillery.Either a military band or some ensemble that really likes Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
Circa 2002, getting my ass kicked by jamming one-on-one with one of the QOTSA drummers. It was brutal. It felt injurious.
I luckily didn’t get injured, but someone threw a pint glass that hit the lower bout of my bass when I was playing a show at the Rendezvous in Seattle in 1991. Never saw who launched it, but would have smarted if it hit my hand. The back door of that club opened to an alley that was frequented by crack enthusiasts. When someone left the bar via the back door, that was an opportunity for people to wander in for a free show.
That same gig, someone in from the alley told me I was “Bass Thunder on the bass.”
That same gig, someone in from the alley told me I was “Bass Thunder on the bass.”
I got a bad ankle sprain when the back of a stage semi-collapsed.
I also reached over once when a guitarist broke a wound string. The core broke, the winding was intact, so the string was hanging there. In my mind, I thought I could yank on the thing, and fully snap it, getting it out of the way. What actually happened was I pulled a few inches of spiral metal through the palm of my hand. I looked at our set list - one song to go, I contorted my hand to put pressure on the wound, and played on. At the end of that tune, I realized there was another page of songs - that was a very long set. My bass was pretty much covered with blood at the end.
I also reached over once when a guitarist broke a wound string. The core broke, the winding was intact, so the string was hanging there. In my mind, I thought I could yank on the thing, and fully snap it, getting it out of the way. What actually happened was I pulled a few inches of spiral metal through the palm of my hand. I looked at our set list - one song to go, I contorted my hand to put pressure on the wound, and played on. At the end of that tune, I realized there was another page of songs - that was a very long set. My bass was pretty much covered with blood at the end.
The United States Army. 155mmDude, what band are you in that shoots cannons off?!
I use a neoprene strap that has some stretch/spring to it and in taking it off one time I somehow managed to catch it on clothing or something and it zipped back and I took a tuning peg to the face. It was so close to my eye that I have been very careful not to repeat the mistake. I like the visual appeal/style of an eye patch but I don't think it's worth the depth perception.
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23 years ago on a metal gig, I put my foot down the wrong way in a crack in the stage, and dislocated my ankle with enough force to pop my kneecap out. Knock on wood it hasn't given me any grief... Yet.
Sometime once told me that my tone sucked. Worst injury received in any occupation.
The worst injury I've had while playing was to my sense of pride.
Jumped off a drum riser onto a carpeted stage, and all I felt was white pain. Finished the night on one foot! Torn meniscus is no joke. I hobbled for a month after that one lol.
Those Roto SS 66’s can sure make a mess! 
The bare spot between the pg & bridge was a mound of blood 
A blood sacrifice to the craft...In 2012 I spent the summer in Europe with no access to a bass (though I did buy a bouzouki to scratch my musical itch). The day after I returned stateside my band had a gig. I knew the music so lack of recent rehearsal was no problem but, because I hadn't touched a bass in months, my right hand had no calluses and that gig destroyed my fingertips. I powered through and played the whole show:
Like the OP, my story happened in Chicago, but I was on guitar.
Soundchecking at Exit, I went to jump off the stage and hit my head on the rebar construct above the stage they called, "The Thunderdome".
Landed flat on my back, whacked my head pretty good, mebbe out for a second or two.
To add to the story, that was the night the bassist, Todd, wore a dress, and he and the drummer both did windowpane.
It was a headache all around.
Soundchecking at Exit, I went to jump off the stage and hit my head on the rebar construct above the stage they called, "The Thunderdome".
Landed flat on my back, whacked my head pretty good, mebbe out for a second or two.
To add to the story, that was the night the bassist, Todd, wore a dress, and he and the drummer both did windowpane.
It was a headache all around.
