Fullmoon 1971
Werewolf, there wolf, there castle
Okay so I had a gig on friday night with my band and decided the guitars for the show were gonna be the 3 Bernie's. All last week I had a odd feeling about the gig but couldn't put my finger on why (it's a venue were we have a regular monthly spot and have done for the last 15 years) so I knew it hasn't nerves.
The night arrives and while warming up in dressing room I procede to snap strings on two of the 3 Bernies not once but twice (fresh sets put on earlier in the day and fully strenched in, B string on "Carmelita" and G on "Trouble") leaving me with the Bernie/McCarty for just the first set of the night (we usually do 2x90 minute sets with a 30 min break in the middle) while I waited on a friend to bring me a couple of more sets. We fly through the first set without a hitch and take our break back in the dressing room. During the break we here commotion out by the stage (new faces inand they were getting rowdy). We head back on stage for the second set and it completely soaked in beer. the staff have done their best to clean the stage but its still sticky and slippy and the same time, es[pecially where my mic stand is, we start the show and everything's great - we just can't as energetic as usual, about a 3rd of the way through the set it's time for my intro for "White Lightning" by Def Leppard - a tribute to all the fallen rockstars. Suddenly my foot goes from under me and I end sliding off the stage and cracking my spine just below my ribs and actually passout for about a minute or so(I had a major bike accident when I was in my 20's that put me in hospital for just over 7 months) I still have to be careful of knocks to my back, I'm helped into the back while the band carry on regardless. I'm determined to retake the stage and after 20 mins and a handful of painkillers I make my way back on stage only to find that I'm unable to stand with my guitar on, the owner quickly brings out a stool for me to sit on and we carry on, we change the set around on the fly, to ease the pressure on me. After the gig I go to the emergency room where I find I've give my spine one hell knock and cracked 4 ribs on the left hand side and 3 on the right.
If your still reading this you might be asking whats this got to do with a NGD. Well the clubs owner knew that we have a heavy tour coming up over the next 6 weeks that we can't afford to lose money on and that I just can't play my usual guitars for the duration so the following day he comes over to my house with a gift that should make the gig's a little easier, a 2009 SE Singlecut trem that he'd seen in the Cash Convertors opposite the venue which he said is compensation for me getting injured. It's really light and resonant so I will be using it along side my Zach Myers for the duration of the tour. I'd already modded it before I thought about a NGD
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The night arrives and while warming up in dressing room I procede to snap strings on two of the 3 Bernies not once but twice (fresh sets put on earlier in the day and fully strenched in, B string on "Carmelita" and G on "Trouble") leaving me with the Bernie/McCarty for just the first set of the night (we usually do 2x90 minute sets with a 30 min break in the middle) while I waited on a friend to bring me a couple of more sets. We fly through the first set without a hitch and take our break back in the dressing room. During the break we here commotion out by the stage (new faces inand they were getting rowdy). We head back on stage for the second set and it completely soaked in beer. the staff have done their best to clean the stage but its still sticky and slippy and the same time, es[pecially where my mic stand is, we start the show and everything's great - we just can't as energetic as usual, about a 3rd of the way through the set it's time for my intro for "White Lightning" by Def Leppard - a tribute to all the fallen rockstars. Suddenly my foot goes from under me and I end sliding off the stage and cracking my spine just below my ribs and actually passout for about a minute or so(I had a major bike accident when I was in my 20's that put me in hospital for just over 7 months) I still have to be careful of knocks to my back, I'm helped into the back while the band carry on regardless. I'm determined to retake the stage and after 20 mins and a handful of painkillers I make my way back on stage only to find that I'm unable to stand with my guitar on, the owner quickly brings out a stool for me to sit on and we carry on, we change the set around on the fly, to ease the pressure on me. After the gig I go to the emergency room where I find I've give my spine one hell knock and cracked 4 ribs on the left hand side and 3 on the right.
If your still reading this you might be asking whats this got to do with a NGD. Well the clubs owner knew that we have a heavy tour coming up over the next 6 weeks that we can't afford to lose money on and that I just can't play my usual guitars for the duration so the following day he comes over to my house with a gift that should make the gig's a little easier, a 2009 SE Singlecut trem that he'd seen in the Cash Convertors opposite the venue which he said is compensation for me getting injured. It's really light and resonant so I will be using it along side my Zach Myers for the duration of the tour. I'd already modded it before I thought about a NGD
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