Anthony Joseph Wiaczek III Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Its happend, guess it happens to everybody but always soul destroying. Practicing in my room with the schecter, squier falls headstock first off the stand and clouts the schecter with the tuning pegs. Knew it before even looking........A chip, right to the wood, might not be big but still soul destroying. Im not a vain person, but I am for my basses. I know its easily fixable (good contact would help please) but its the principle of it, the moral of this story must be: DONT EVER BUY S****Y 3 WAY STANDS OFF EBAY FOR A TENNER!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Undead Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) An elastic band round the neck rest of the stand solves all problems Got a picture of the chip? Edited March 5, 2011 by Evil Undead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Joseph Wiaczek III Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 Will do tonight, be warned that I feel I am making a mountain out of a molehill but I must admit I am very vain when it comes to my basses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Ouch! Only ever use Hercules stands myself. Bombproof, don't fall over, and if they do have problems and are under 5 years old, the distributors will do their level best to sort it out. Three cheers for Strings and Things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlucas Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I am using a £5 wall stand at the moment, i think i might invest in something more secure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 The first chip is gutting, the second is annoying and the third is instant mojo. I still have my late 80s MIJ P-bass and I love every dink now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I feel your pain Most of my kit is second hand but I still cherish it and don't like it to get damaged. I use a battered old workhorse for jam's etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 [quote name='BurritoBass' post='1150800' date='Mar 5 2011, 06:26 PM']The first chip is gutting, the second is annoying and the third is instant mojo. I still have my late 80s MIJ P-bass and I love every dink now [/quote] + 1 If it makes you feel any better, I spent 30 minutes reading through Jerzy Droyd's "Ultimate Bass Set-Up Guide" and an additional hour laying out all of the tools (tuner, capo, cup of tea and a biscuit, rule, measuring templates), in the hope that the first set-up I've done on any bass since Droyd's PDF/book came out would be the best and most accurate one I've done ever and perfectly timed as my new jazz needed a bit of tweaking in time for (it's debut!) gig tomorrow. I then found that the Allen (Hex) key I needed to adjust the truss rod (slightly) was missing, the only one missing from a set of 30! Needless to say, I was GUTTED. FML. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 [quote name='Anthony Joseph Wiaczek III' post='1150593' date='Mar 5 2011, 02:30 PM']DONT EVER BUY S****Y 3 WAY STANDS OFF EBAY FOR A TENNER!!!![/quote] ...especially if you're gonna practice your Mama Mia dance routines next to them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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