Don't you hate it when you get a dent in your guitar?!?! - Page 2

Triple-J · 09-13-2009, 12:03 PM

I don't mind dents sometimes as it suits certain guitars for example my LP baritone is matte black and I've had it for around 4 years now and it's really taken on a life of it's own as the finish has aged.

My biggest guitar accident was with my 2nd guitar which was a used SG and while I was playing it one day the strap buttons came loose and the guitar dropped off me and onto the floor.
Strap buttons come loose all the time so I wasn't worried until I picked it up and noticed that the guitar cord had hit the ground first and had punched up into the body and took a big chunk of the body and the jack socket with it.

I was left with a ruined guitar with a round hole in it where the jack socket used to be and a guitar cord with the jack socket and a huge chunk of wood still attached to it!

Landsi · 09-13-2009, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Triple-J

Strap buttons come loose all the time so I wasn't worried until I picked it up and noticed that the guitar cord had hit the ground first and had punched up into the body and took a big chunk of the body and the jack socket with it.

I was left with a ruined guitar with a round hole in it where the jack socket used to be and a guitar cord with the jack socket and a huge chunk of wood still attached to it!

Man, that is nasty.

Rotatous · 09-13-2009, 02:26 PM

Ha! My cat jumped up onto a really high shelf that's right above my guitars (sitting on stands). As I grabbed him he knocked a hexagonal glass paperweight off of the shelf and onto my main guitar, putting a medium sized dent into the side.

I still love my cat though.

Empryrean · 09-13-2009, 02:55 PM

Dent's are pretty hard to dodge when you're living with a 3 year old who thinks she can hold up your 7321

TheMasterplan · 09-13-2009, 03:25 PM

Hate it more when it's out of your control...

My Les Paul 7 was ....ing mint in every sense of the word but the ....ing strap pegs were stripped. Therefore when I played it standing up for the first time an hour in the top peg just popped out and I managed to grab the guitar just before it completely fell but the corner still hit my nightstand so there's a hairline scratch near the input jack. It's so tiny but it just makes me incredibly pissed off because it was something so stupid.

vampiregenocide · 09-13-2009, 03:34 PM

It depends on how noticeable it is, and how much I like the guitar etc.

Santuzzo · 09-13-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by vampiregenocide

It depends on how noticeable it is, and how much I like the guitar etc.

It's not very noticeable, but I do love this guitar, it's my main guitar actually.
So, when I practiced today, I ran over the dent with my fingers just to remind myself it's there

I_infect · 09-13-2009, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Santuzzo

It's not very noticeable, but I do love this guitar, it's my main guitar actually.
So, when I practiced today, I ran over the dent with my fingers just to remind myself it's there

grrr I hate that. keep that one as a player and keep your other one as a recording guitar. Don't feel so bad we all have our "player conditions"

8Fingers · 09-13-2009, 08:07 PM

yes and no.
Yes if I was studying .
No if I was in a great gig.

EliNoPants · 09-13-2009, 08:18 PM

*I* don't dent my guitars, i've occasionally tagged the headstocks on stuff, but never left a mark

jackass roommates who chip the headstock, and then don't tell you about it on the other hand...THAT pisses me off

vortex_infinium · 09-13-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Rotatous

Ha! My cat jumped up onto a really high shelf that's right above my guitars (sitting on stands). As I grabbed him he knocked a hexagonal glass paperweight off of the shelf and onto my main guitar, putting a medium sized dent into the side.

I still love my cat though.

Needless to say you're lying and had cat for dinner.

I'd piss me off for a few minutes if it was the first dent on a guitar. After that it's just battle scar after battle scar. The only time it'd really bother me is if it was a noticeable dent on a graphic.

And am I the only person that skimmed through the title and thought it was a thread about djent?

CrushingAnvil · 09-13-2009, 08:22 PM

OP, would you like me to take a picture of all 20 dents and gouges on my Ibanez RG7?

troyguitar · 09-13-2009, 08:46 PM

I'm very nice to my gear so it rarely gets hurt by my own actions, but I don't get upset if/when stuff eventually gets damaged cosmetically. It also doesn't bother me when I'm looking at buying used gear.

ZOMB13 · 09-13-2009, 08:59 PM

It bothers me only if it affects playability, but dents from shows I would say no, because those dents are little reminders of that show, which are nostalgic to me.

TomPerverteau · 09-13-2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rotatous

Ha! My cat jumped up onto a really high shelf that's right above my guitars (sitting on stands). As I grabbed him he knocked a hexagonal glass paperweight off of the shelf and onto my main guitar, putting a medium sized dent into the side.

I still love my cat though.

Mine is pretty good about not thrashing the guitars.

MFB · 09-13-2009, 10:17 PM

No.

Why? Cause I'm a man.

Koshchei · 09-13-2009, 10:23 PM

I hate dents. I know it's hard to keep guitars in pristine condition, but just treating them as firewood the second they get that first ding doesn't exactly help them to last the 100 or so years they should be good for.

That said, I probably wouldn't care so much if my instruments were off the rack, where you can just order a replacement by part number, and then tweak to taste.

Andrew_B · 09-13-2009, 10:48 PM

rule of life....

SHIT HAPPENS.... hahaha

Metal Ken · 09-13-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MFB

No.

Why? Cause I'm a man.

agreed. i was looking at the loomis and i've noticed quite a few dings and shit. I treat my gear well, but that guitar has seen about 20 concerts, over 150 band practices, and it shows. There's a pretty nice scratch on the side of the neck that faces the floor, but i buffed it smooth so you cant feel it, and there's another ding to the wood by the control cavity, and a bunch of dents on the back. The trem is starting to loose the black paint on the bass side from palm muting, and a couple small dings on the sides and front. But god damn, it plays great, and it feels great, still looks great. And it has the story behind it.

Kayzer · 09-14-2009, 01:34 AM

Dents on live/touring, studio and working guitars are freaking cool but they suck on collectible, rare and really expensive axes IMO… And the first dent always hurts really bad... ;-)

Prydogga · 09-14-2009, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Santuzzo

knocked over my 1527 onto my desk....this resulted a dent in the back of the neck and a tiny dent on the back of the headtock...AAARRGGHHH

Anybody else that gets bothered when they get a dent in their guitar?

I know your dent isn't paint related but he paint on 1527s chips far too easily! I hit the lower horn with my pick and it chipped off

!!!!! I'm also ver picky when it comes to chips and such, I'm considering painting mine boring white because it already has two chips!!!

Santuzzo · 09-14-2009, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Prydogga

I know your dent isn't paint related but he paint on 1527s chips far too easily! I hit the lower horn with my pick and it chipped off

!!!!! I'm also ver picky when it comes to chips and such, I'm considering painting mine boring white because it already has two chips!!!

My dent is not very deep, so I don't evne know if it's only in the finish (laquer) or if it also affected the wood underneath. I have no idea how thick the laquer is on the neck.

Harry · 09-14-2009, 05:27 AM

Makes me glad I bought my Ibanez RG 7421 used. It wasn't beaten up exactly, a few chips here and there, but it at least made me less paranoid about bringing the guitar to places.

mattofvengeance · 09-15-2009, 06:03 AM

I prefer djent on my guitarz

Emperoff · 09-15-2009, 08:13 AM

I rarely buy a guitar brand new, even my last purchase was a B-stock

So I don't give a shit about dents anymore

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09-13-2009, 12:03 PM	#26
Triple-J the Experimetalist Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: the rain soaked post industrial wasteland known as Manchester, England Posts: 1,662 Thanked: 33 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I don't mind dents sometimes as it suits certain guitars for example my LP baritone is matte black and I've had it for around 4 years now and it's really taken on a life of it's own as the finish has aged. My biggest guitar accident was with my 2nd guitar which was a used SG and while I was playing it one day the strap buttons came loose and the guitar dropped off me and onto the floor. Strap buttons come loose all the time so I wasn't worried until I picked it up and noticed that the guitar cord had hit the ground first and had punched up into the body and took a big chunk of the body and the jack socket with it. I was left with a ruined guitar with a round hole in it where the jack socket used to be and a guitar cord with the jack socket and a huge chunk of wood still attached to it! "I know for a fact that Kurt Cobain never had a problem with Def Leppard, the problem he had was with the other 99 bands that sounded exactly like us" - Joe Elliott "That's the thing about metal, some fans think one band is great and another is just shit while a "normal" person can't tell the difference" - Neil Young

09-13-2009, 03:34 PM	#31
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09-13-2009, 08:22 PM	#37
CrushingAnvil \m Not Jesus Land m/ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 7,920 Thanked: 184 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	OP, would you like me to take a picture of all 20 dents and gouges on my Ibanez RG7? Whoever said "the best things in life are free" hasn't played an 80's RG" - Nick/TheSixthWheel

09-13-2009, 10:17 PM	#41
MFB I'M A MONSTER! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 7,400 Thanked: 84 Feedback Score: 12 reviews	No. Why? Cause I'm a man. (´･ω･`) *In space, no one can hear you bree.* - Metal Ken

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09-13-2009, 02:26 PM	#28
Rotatous SS.org Regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Austin TX Posts: 528 Thanked: 12 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Ha! My cat jumped up onto a really high shelf that's right above my guitars (sitting on stands). As I grabbed him he knocked a hexagonal glass paperweight off of the shelf and onto my main guitar, putting a medium sized dent into the side. I still love my cat though.

09-13-2009, 02:55 PM	#29
Empryrean Haahh!? Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Merced, CA Posts: 4,063 Thanked: 54 Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Dent's are pretty hard to dodge when you're living with a 3 year old who thinks she can hold up your 7321

09-13-2009, 03:25 PM	#30
TheMasterplan Creator//Destroyer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Trenton, NJ Posts: 854 Thanked: 23 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Hate it more when it's out of your control... My Les Paul 7 was ....ing mint in every sense of the word but the ....ing strap pegs were stripped. Therefore when I played it standing up for the first time an hour in the top peg just popped out and I managed to grab the guitar just before it completely fell but the corner still hit my nightstand so there's a hairline scratch near the input jack. It's so tiny but it just makes me incredibly pissed off because it was something so stupid.

09-13-2009, 08:07 PM	#34
8Fingers Banned Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Brazil Posts: 1,142 Thanked: 69 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yes and no. Yes if I was studying . No if I was in a great gig.

09-13-2009, 08:18 PM	#35
EliNoPants ss.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 1,845 Thanked: 36 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I don't dent my guitars, i've occasionally tagged the headstocks on stuff, but never left a mark jackass roommates who chip the headstock, and then don't tell you about it on the other hand...THAT pisses me off

09-13-2009, 08:46 PM	#38
troyguitar SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bloomsburg, PA Posts: 7,389 Thanked: 63 $troyguitar is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $troyguitar is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $troyguitar is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $troyguitar is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $troyguitar is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $troyguitar is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $troyguitar is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ Feedback Score: 10 reviews	I'm very nice to my gear so it rarely gets hurt by my own actions, but I don't get upset if/when stuff eventually gets damaged cosmetically. It also doesn't bother me when I'm looking at buying used gear.

09-13-2009, 08:59 PM	#39
ZOMB13 SS.org Zombie ! Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 3,390 Thanked: 59 Feedback Score: 22 reviews	It bothers me only if it affects playability, but dents from shows I would say no, because those dents are little reminders of that show, which are nostalgic to me.

09-13-2009, 10:23 PM	#42
Koshchei Banned Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Peterborough, Canada Posts: 1,638 Thanked: 9 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I hate dents. I know it's hard to keep guitars in pristine condition, but just treating them as firewood the second they get that first ding doesn't exactly help them to last the 100 or so years they should be good for. That said, I probably wouldn't care so much if my instruments were off the rack, where you can just order a replacement by part number, and then tweak to taste.

09-13-2009, 10:48 PM	#43
Andrew_B Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: sydney Posts: 1,500 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	rule of life.... SHIT HAPPENS.... hahaha

09-14-2009, 01:34 AM	#45
Kayzer SS.org Regular Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 480 Thanked: 49 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Dents on live/touring, studio and working guitars are freaking cool but they suck on collectible, rare and really expensive axes IMO… And the first dent always hurts really bad... ;-) https://www.facebook.com/wearethebleeding www.youtube.com/xtimehascomex

09-14-2009, 05:27 AM	#48
Harry Doom man of Doom. Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Greater Melbourne metropolitan area, Australia Posts: 8,246 Thanked: 59 $Harry is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Harry is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Harry is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Harry is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Harry is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Harry is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Harry is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Makes me glad I bought my Ibanez RG 7421 used. It wasn't beaten up exactly, a few chips here and there, but it at least made me less paranoid about bringing the guitar to places.

09-15-2009, 06:03 AM	#49
mattofvengeance boots2asses Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 4,712 Thanked: 103 Feedback Score: 17 reviews	I prefer djent on my guitarz

09-15-2009, 08:13 AM	#50
Emperoff Hasta la vista, Baby Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Spain Posts: 3,026 Thanked: 17 Feedback Score: 6 reviews	I rarely buy a guitar brand new, even my last purchase was a B-stock So I don't give a shit about dents anymore

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