How do you feel when you first ding your guitar?
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Depends on how I did it.
Unintentional, IDGAF……but uh, I’ve had a few too many cocktails on some nights and did some stupid things. The most recent would be the butcher knife to my Solar when making a point about how a guitar’s looks don’t effect playability. I made it a point to dial back my drinking intensity after that night.
Unintentional, IDGAF……but uh, I’ve had a few too many cocktails on some nights and did some stupid things. The most recent would be the butcher knife to my Solar when making a point about how a guitar’s looks don’t effect playability. I made it a point to dial back my drinking intensity after that night.
itchyfingers
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Depends on the guitar. If its a shiny impeccable finish, I feel deep pain. If its a relic, it blends right in and I couldn't care less. 
HotRats
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Somehow yes but over the years I've learned to accept them. I take care of my guitars and shit happens anyway. That's life.
Ok..I've dinged my last custom shop Les Paul in the first week and that one hurt a bit.
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JiveTurkey
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Depends on how I did it.
Unintentional, IDGAF……but uh, I’ve had a few too many cocktails on some nights and did some stupid things. The most recent would be the butcher knife to my Solar when making a point about how a guitar’s looks don’t effect playability. I made it a point to dial back my drinking intensity after that night.
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Holy hell! HahaDepends on how I did it.
Unintentional, IDGAF……but uh, I’ve had a few too many cocktails on some nights and did some stupid things. The most recent would be the butcher knife to my Solar when making a point about how a guitar’s looks don’t effect playability. I made it a point to dial back my drinking intensity after that night.
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This is exactly my first thought, damn it, there went a few hundred...
The first time I put a significant ding in a guitar I cared about, I was legitimately sick to my stomach the rest of the day. Then I got over it and moved on with my life.
Today, I care a little less about that stuff. Most things can be repaired if I want it repaired….
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Today, I care a little less about that stuff. Most things can be repaired if I want it repaired….
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It really depends on the guitar and how it happened. If it was something that happened because the guitar wasn't where it should have been, I am pissed for a while. I am very conscious about where my guitars are and how they are taken care of due to some unfortunate accidents in the past. I am usually able to keep them pretty ding free even though I gig them. They are the last thing to go on the stage and the first thing to come off. Since I am as conscious as I am, the dings I get tend to be pretty small and I don't even know they are there until the next time I restring and clean them. That is when I find them. At that point it is hard to get pissed when I don't even know how it happened. Those are the ones I just chalk up to normal use.
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WTF?
You can barely see them after I filled in the ‘dents’ with a Sharpie.
Nacho was over, if that explain things.
I was pretty pissed at myself. I probably did it a year ago? You can’t feel ‘em when you play it, they’re just there to remind me that I do some dumb shit sometimes once I’ve hit that 8th or 9th cocktail.
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A little over 3/4 of my guitar and bass collection was bought used.
The majority of them had their bruises and scars already.
I haven’t bought a new guitar that I had to worry about dings for about 25 years.
I’d rather have someone else take the hit on a new guitar and get a killer deal on it when it’s for sale.
The majority of them had their bruises and scars already.
I haven’t bought a new guitar that I had to worry about dings for about 25 years.
I’d rather have someone else take the hit on a new guitar and get a killer deal on it when it’s for sale.
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I always dread it. When I dinged my JP6, I could hardly play it because I was so focused on the little dings on the upper horn. I’m a little less consumed with the dings now that I’m medicated (OCD, baby), but pre-medication eggplant would be distraught over any kind of damage to my gear (or my belongings in general - furniture, cars, even power tools and similar equipment, which may sound ridiculous but yeah that shit would bother me too). Now I just get really bummed because usually the damage is from me being careless or a bit too toasted.
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Nacho needs to bring more nachos and less cocktailsYou can barely see them after I filled in the ‘dents’ with a Sharpie.
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Nacho was over, if that explain things.
I was pretty pissed at myself. I probably did it a year ago? You can’t feel ‘em when you play it, they’re just there to remind me that I do some dumb shit sometimes once I’ve hit that 8th or 9th cocktail.
