More funny stories

[SimpleMTS]

C'mon keep this section of the forum alive, there is rarely a post in here. Anyways, post up a funny guitar related story whether its about a gig, something you did trying to impress people, etc. anything funny/humerous thats guitar related, I just love reading these kind of stories.

[NotMasteredYet]

Of all the stuff I've read on this board over the last half year the stories of playing/being on the road/band catastrophies have me laughing wildly! To hear others tell real life events is cool but to hear how bizarre they are make the GREAT!

[hardstarter]

i saw this little band playing at a pizza shop once, doing pretty good, guitarist started soloing and strat slipped, guitar fell right on the floor making the funniest freaking noise! everyone looked and all you could see was me on the floor laughing my *** off!lol

[Jagstang666]

It happens lol. It happened to my Duosonic when I got it. The guy at the stores said the strap buttons were brand new. My mom didn't want me to buy the guitar in the first place since I don't have a job. So I'm on the phone with her telling her how nice the guitar is, while I'm wearing the guitar. The strap button completely came out and the guitar hit the floor lol. Mom on the phone goes "What the hell was that?!?!" So I told her it's the loud people upstairs and she bought it and I never had to hear about it.

[hardstarter]

lol funny but sucks at the same time

[the_dreamer]

Funny thing that happened to me...

My strap never slipped until after I first added straplocks.
After that, it broke off a volume knob (split), tore 3 holes in its body due to falling on a distortion pedals, and cracked the body.

Yow.

[hardstarter]

man that would **** me off

[Jagstang666]

wow that sucks.

[hardstarter]

i was at Sams club and some little kid picks up this display of a little yamaha guitar right, he is having the time of his life and is going crazy! as i watch half laughing he breaks 1 of the strings, calmly sets the guitar down, and runs away, funniest thing in the world!

[Lucidic]

hehehe funny stuff
Once I had a house gig here in Dallas area and we normally had 3k people on up nights this night was even bigger filled up! any ways I had actually quit the gig 3 months before this night. And i went back to say hey and stuff then they asked me to play and sing one. I said sure ( I had been learning this new song they too happend to know So I was excited hehehe MAN I smoked that tune! I was on top of the world! THEN! as the spot light was still on me I said THANK YOU and stepped back to take in the applause (they liked it ) I didnt know they had changed the stage up and . . . I busted my *** so hard right over a drum monitor and my feet flew strait up in the air and I was upside down and I hear 3 thousand people LOL at me =(
BUT THEY STILL LOVED ME =)right ?

hahahaha

[Chicken Picken]

We played this show once in a little old northern Ontario town. Nice club and even nicer PA. We were all doing sound check when the bar helper who was a cousin of the owner came up on stage and started yelling at our drummer for no reason. He was screaming so hard he was spitting and turning red. Problem was he was screaming in some other language we could'nt understand. Our drummer just waived the guy off and tried to find someone who spoke the language.... no luck. This bartender was relentless, pointing his finger and running short of breath.

Our singer who was the dilomat in the band, calmed the man down and was able to get only the following quote mumbled over and over again;

"She MY daughter, no YOU daughter"

Anyhow the show went on and all through the night you could occasionaly see this guy giving our drummer the evil eye. We were all pretty nervous about the end of the show now.

Here's the funny part;

Before our final set we see this hot chick come walting in with this guy on her arm. The guy could easily be our drummers identical twin. Even the same big hair (this was the 80's). So this old man started teeing off on him instead and seem to ignore our drummer for the rest of night. We were all just satring at this look alike for the rest of the night laughing our asses off.

[hardstarter]

omg lol!

[Chicken Picken]

Hey does anyone want to have a "Who stayed in the dumpiest motel" contest?

We once stayed in a motel that had a fire the week before and nearly alf the place burned down. For some reason they were still in business and allowed to stay open. Our room stunk of smoke and the place was ready for someone to just finish it off and throw in a grenade. The only clean thing was the shiney new signs over both beds that said "Absolutley NO SMOKING".

[Shibby]

my guitar strap somehow got snagged on my pants and when I tried to put my guitar in its case, it brought my pants down with it. I was just off stage so no one really saw except my drummer.

[Chicken Picken]

Funny... the drummer always see's everything.

[carnage69]

I was playing in a very small place with my metal band around '95 in Sydney, and when we walked in we thought it was weird that the whole room seemed filled with parents and older folk except for these two black metal doods sitting up front. It turns out that the band before us was doing their first gig ever and had invited all their friends and relatives to come along. It also turns out that these guys played some kind of acoustic folk music.

So they played their set and the two metal guys just sat there in silence through the whole deal drinkin their asses off. Then we came on stage and started playin our death/thrash etc and these two guys went absolutely completely nuts moshing around the place. The complete look of shock on the parents faces was so funny...then our singer who was a bit of a trouble maker says to these two guys... "Hey guys - why don't you take your clothes off!" - and they did.... oh gawd so now we had two naked death metal fans moshin their asses off in front of about 40-50 responsible citizens. It is probably the funniest thing I can remember seeing was the look on these poor peoples faces. I think they probably went straight home and told their sons that there is no way they are being in a band! haha LOL.

[AnTroXCitYxXx]

I dont know if it was really that funny but i was laughing...
This band was playing at the 4th of july thingy we had and They were playing a cover and it looked like they just learned it and the guitar player had a solo to do and he kept pressing the wrong effect on his pedal and it messed it all up..i guess its one of those you gotta be there for it to be funny things

[msg80]

Happened a few years back. I remember watching some Hardcore band at a hole in wall place. I have to admit, they were pretty good. Anyways, in the middle a song, the bass player after moving all over the stage as those bands tend to do, decided to idle by the lead guitarist. The lead, after looking troubled for a few moments, just arbitrarily semi-flying tackles the bass player, nearly sending him off stage. The crowd was torn, not knowing weither they were trying emphasize their intensity or what. Some cheered, while the rest of us stood their perplexed. The amazing part was that they kept playing either way. At the end of the night, while walking out of the front door, I saw the two musicians arguing outside. Apparently, the bass player at the moment was absent-mindedly standing between the lead guitarist and the pedal that he desperately needed to get to.

[supercobra]

I was singing lead for a band in the 80's. We played a party at an off-campus house. Attending the party were two girls that I had been seeing, who didn't know each other.

As we were rocking the joint, we blew the main house fuse, and the lights went out. Both girls were standing up front, right near my mike. In the darkness I got groped, and I still don't know by whom.

[supercobra]

Here's another one: We had a sound man named Gene. Gene must have had $50K worth of gear, which was a lot at the time. Anyway, we would be breaking down our gear, and his, after the show. Most nights, I waited until then to start drinking, because I really cared about my vocal performance.

So we're drinking a tub of Heinekens, and we're all tired. I'm looking at the bar decorations, and I comment on a particular plastic beer sign. "Wow, what a cool sign," I say. Gene looks at it. "Yeah, that's cool," he says. "Put it in the truck."

[thenuge340]

alright so i play at church (yeah dont laugh we play cool music) and i was switching my guitars from my electric to acoustic. everyone was silent and i put the acoustic on and it hits me in the head, making a loud noise and leaving everyone in the church laughing at me... embarassing...

[VooDoo_Chile]

the strap on my guitar is a bit dodgy and one time i was playing it infront of my friends, showing off(as you do) then the strap came at the bottom came loose(but luckily i was holding it by the neck) and the guitar swung right round in a semi circle and twisted my wrist right round which hurt alot. If it had swung anymore i definately would have sprained my wrist.

[Half Fast]

I ran into my old drummer today and he invited me over tonight to do some jammin'. I haven't jammed with him for years. We called our old singer and ended up having 3/5 of the old band back together. So we go into our first song, after not having played together for a couple years, and it's rockin' out :metalhead: . Then, of course, "TWANG".....I broke my A string. No problem, I've got a brand new set of Gibson Ace Frehleys in my case. So I'm sucking down a beer and stringing up a new A....and the damn thing broke! Right at the tuning peg...weirdest thing. Anyway, game over.....no more A strings in the house (and this happened during the FIRST song!)

Well...I ended up taking a 15 min. drive home and grabbed my SG (and another pack of Frehleys) and all's well that ends well. It was cool jammin with the guys again (w/guest bassist), but as many of you will comprehend, I remember why we ended it in the first place.