Tragic guitar stories?

[Gilliangirl]

What's your worst guitar story?

I bought my first guitar when I was 16 (MANY years ago). It was a Mansfield (you're thinking... I've never heard of those, right?). Anyway, it wasn't a high quality guitar, but I loved it the way you love and never forget your first guitar. 15 years later I was getting ready to move out of my apartment and, in a weak moment, I put the guitar, its sticker-covered case, and all my old songbooks out to the trash. Of course, it was gone a few minutes later when I finally came to my senses. I have regretted that ever since.:(

Got a similar tragic guitar story?

[Lester B. Flat]

I remember the Mansfields. No great loss. :D Just kidding. I know what it's like to get attached to material objects.

I have several near tragic guitar stories but they all have happy endings.:)

I once had a guitar ('56 Hofner) that was run over by a car. The case was demolished but the guitar miraculously survived. The biggest mystery is how it got on the road in the first place. (twighlight zone music) That was on my 17th birthday and I'm still scratching my head over that one.

I guess my worst moment was when someone was playing my Les Paul and dropped it and broke the headstock. I really wanted to scream at him but we were on stage in front of 300 people so my anger was put on hold. It was a real show stopper moment. I felt so bad I put it in the case, took it home, bought a strat, and did'nt get it fixed until 3 years later.

[clarkee]

i had an old peavy predator.. lol.. locked in the strap.. went for a throw on stage and the strap busted.. flew off and hit someone in the audience.. that guitar disappeared fast!! good riddence lol

[PintoMusic]

I can't type it out all over again but I blogged about it at:
blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=11434921&blogID=93215064 (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=11434921&blogID=93215064)