Magnolia Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Fractured right hand, several stitches and repetitive strain on my thumb! Thats me out of action for a few weeks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Sorry to hear... my worst nightmare are jazz drummers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Bummer. When I broke my arm a couple of years ago I carried on gigging on keyboard bass. Actually was a good experience, made me approach stuff from a different angle etc. Also stopped me from getting tetchy about the injury,and gave me something to concentrate on. Worth considering - hope things improve soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMunkee Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 [quote name='casapete' post='883799' date='Jul 2 2010, 10:59 AM']Bummer. When I broke my arm a couple of years ago I carried on gigging on keyboard bass. Actually was a good experience, made me approach stuff from a different angle etc. Also stopped me from getting tetchy about the injury,and gave me something to concentrate on. Worth considering - hope things improve soon.[/quote] +1 - you don't need a bass to play bass, or even 2 arms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-Bass-M Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Taking it one step further, amputation of either arm would be my worst nightmare. Although, if it were the right arm then I suppose you might be able to hook up some sort of pick-holding prosthetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Bajo Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 How did you get repetative strain on your thumb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 "just plug into this behringer DI box and then into your amp" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-Bass-M Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Guitarist: "I've written this bass line that I want you to play..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnolia Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 [quote name='El Bajo' post='883858' date='Jul 2 2010, 12:27 PM']How did you get repetative strain on your thumb?[/quote] I anchor my thumb on top of the pickup, and where im quite a heavy handed player press down quite hard with it. Balls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colledge Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 [quote name='Magnolia' post='883909' date='Jul 2 2010, 01:02 PM']I anchor my thumb on top of the pickup, and where im quite a heavy handed player press down quite hard with it. Balls![/quote] damn, sounds just like me..... better lay off it a bit then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMunkee Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Use a pick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnolia Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 [quote name='Colledge' post='883923' date='Jul 2 2010, 01:15 PM']damn, sounds just like me..... better lay off it a bit then.[/quote] Its got to the point where is hurt quite a bit just to grip things, and even when i write with a pen. I know i probably have bad technique so has prob taught me to adjust it a bit. Best to do it before prolems flair up though! [quote name='BassMunkee' post='883943' date='Jul 2 2010, 01:35 PM']Use a pick! [/quote] Pick...whats one of those then Fingers all the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Playing with a pick finally knackered my right wrist a few years ago. Had to learn fingers properly, all new different kinds of pain... wish I'd kept the finger thing up 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Wishing you a speedy recovery. Best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShergoldSnickers Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 This literally was a nightmare - and I dreamt it several times. I'm playing with the band in public, and just thinking of chucking in a few tasty morsels as it's in a quiet section, and..... the neck gives way where it's bolted onto the body. So there I am holding two pieces of now useless timber. There is no Freudian interpretation. Oh no there isn't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMunkee Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 [quote name='Magnolia' post='883964' date='Jul 2 2010, 01:54 PM']Its got to the point where is hurt quite a bit just to grip things, and even when i write with a pen. I know i probably have bad technique so has prob taught me to adjust it a bit. Best to do it before prolems flair up though! Pick...whats one of those then Fingers all the way![/quote] In fairness I use both, depending... ...anyway that's a bit off topic - hope the OP has a speedy recovery regardless of how spanks his plank!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Bass falls over and snaps the headstock off the neck...and it is a neck-thru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donut Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 [quote name='M-Bass-M' post='883853' date='Jul 2 2010, 12:21 PM']Taking it one step further, amputation of either arm would be my worst nightmare. Although, if it were the right arm then I suppose you might be able to hook up some sort of pick-holding prosthetic.[/quote] Who needs a pick when you can play like [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eskvyuzF1-Y"]this[/url]? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 (edited) I drank a lot of beer a while ago and broke myself trying to get in my own house, resulting in my cream Ric getting blood all over it (as for some unknown reason I attempted to play bass when I got in the house, I really dont know why) and also finding out id fractured my thumb in two places. Which meant I couldnt hold / support a bass with the fretting hand, so 3 months of gigs had to be cancelled.... and I had to wear some kind of plastic "thumb dildo" to support the thumb pieces back into place. Not good! Hope you recover soon Mag! Edited July 3, 2010 by Stag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRadford Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 [quote name='donut' post='884189' date='Jul 2 2010, 06:01 PM']Who needs a pick when you can play like [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eskvyuzF1-Y"]this[/url]?[/quote] Wow, thats cool.. Im guessing the scarf thing wrapped around the neck allows him to play like that, cos when I try it just sounds like a right mess with hardly any note definition at all. The scarf must deaden the ring when he lifts his fingers off the frets I guess?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietruszka Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj6-gohzsaE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj6-gohzsaE[/url] No excuse!!! Hope you feel better soon. We've all been there. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumble Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Worst nightmare ? Waking up realising playing bass was a dream and I actually play banjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teen t-shirt Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 [quote name='grumble' post='885070' date='Jul 3 2010, 09:37 PM']Worst nightmare ? Waking up realising playing bass was a dream and I actually play banjo [/quote] bloody hell dont scare me like that... i swear to god if i dream about playing banjo tonight i'm coming for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 [quote name='Magnolia' post='883909' date='Jul 2 2010, 01:02 PM']I anchor my thumb on top of the pickup, and where im quite a heavy handed player press down quite hard with it. Balls![/quote] so was it just me that read this as 'I anchor my balls on top of the pickup'? that's bound to cause some sort of strain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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