Broken rib playing guitar??
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:14 pm
Have any of youz guys ever broke a rib playing guitar??? I did. Of course, I tell everybody that I broke it during a rugby match (lol) – but, truth is I jammed my guitar into my rib cage and broke a rib. Well, I severely bruised it if nothing else.
I was nervously going through a sound check on a very cramped stage full of drums, microphones, amps, keyboards, etc. a couple of weeks ago. I was sitting on the edge of the stage sitting on a drummers stool that was too low for me right in front and almost touching the bass drum – that wasn't going to be used, anyway. And, I wasn't happy with the sound the “man” was giving me, my PorchBoard, or my bass player's tone. During a lull in the sound check I thought I might gain a little extra space if I “scooted” up a bit. At which time I must have hit one of the mic stands – which started it tipping over slowly forward – off the stage. I reached out for it very non-nonchalantly, but as I said my guitar was in my lap and restricted my movement a bit and I couldn't grab it. It continued on it's slow turning faster fall off the stage so I increased my effort to REACH OUT FOR IT. And, all of a sudden I got this horrific pain shooting through my rib cage right where my guitar was tucked. I yelled out like a 6 year old with his first sliver in his finger!!! My first thought was “how in the world am I going to play in an hour?”
The pain did subside enough to play that 40 minute segment, but “where” I held the guitar did make a difference in the level of pain and constantly on my mind – which made for a rather mediocre performance. Well, that's my excuse – and, I'm stickin' with it!!! LOL
Am I the only idiot out there that has ever broken a rib playing geetar??
I was nervously going through a sound check on a very cramped stage full of drums, microphones, amps, keyboards, etc. a couple of weeks ago. I was sitting on the edge of the stage sitting on a drummers stool that was too low for me right in front and almost touching the bass drum – that wasn't going to be used, anyway. And, I wasn't happy with the sound the “man” was giving me, my PorchBoard, or my bass player's tone. During a lull in the sound check I thought I might gain a little extra space if I “scooted” up a bit. At which time I must have hit one of the mic stands – which started it tipping over slowly forward – off the stage. I reached out for it very non-nonchalantly, but as I said my guitar was in my lap and restricted my movement a bit and I couldn't grab it. It continued on it's slow turning faster fall off the stage so I increased my effort to REACH OUT FOR IT. And, all of a sudden I got this horrific pain shooting through my rib cage right where my guitar was tucked. I yelled out like a 6 year old with his first sliver in his finger!!! My first thought was “how in the world am I going to play in an hour?”
The pain did subside enough to play that 40 minute segment, but “where” I held the guitar did make a difference in the level of pain and constantly on my mind – which made for a rather mediocre performance. Well, that's my excuse – and, I'm stickin' with it!!! LOL
Am I the only idiot out there that has ever broken a rib playing geetar??