For this EffectsBay Community Question, I’m going to do it a little backwards. Normally, I would post this question on Facebook and Twitter, then make a post with the results. With this Community Question: What was your most embarrassing stage incident, I’m figuring that the answers *may* exceed the 140 character limit for Twitter, so I’m asking to comment here. I’ll still add replies from Facebook and Twitter to this post though.
Normally, I also focus on the *positive* with these Community Questions, but this not so positive.. but I’m thinking their could be some humorous stories involved. I personally knew a guy that crapped his pants on stage while playing guitar and screaming a line of verse. Like a true showman.. he just *rode with it* and finished the set. I’m wondering if he would even consider it a embarrassing incident.. not sure. So let’s hear yours.. if you dare.
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13 years ago
i hadn’t eaten all day and passed out during a solo gig. i felt things going dark and literally tossed my acoustic (an incredibly expensive and rare guitar) to a guy on the front row, because i had the presence of mind to know i was falling off that stool and would crush it. it had a better chance of surviving being tossing to a guy than to go with me to the floor. 15 minutes later after being revived and eating a banana, i finished the show and all was well. crazy night.
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13 years ago
Broke a string just before this epic guitar riff, so I had to change guitars.. by that time, the moment had passed 🙁
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13 years ago
Once I was in the moment during a show and I went to throw my guitar into the air (I had been doing this regularly) and I didn’t realize I was standing on the cable. Cable caught my foot unexpectedly sending my guitar crashing to the polished concrete floor, ultimately breaking the neck. ugh.
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