Ever get mad and break something?

Jason Poulin · 20th October 2004, 03:46 PM

Here's a story of my days back in colege,

A washburn classical was buzzing a lot on me... My end of year exam was coming up that week and I had to perform in front of the Judges for my final grade.

All I had to do was glue the braces but instead I got mad and punched it...

Let's just say I don't use that guitar anymore

and I had to tape it back up to play my exam.

Also, it was quite embarrassing walking into the auditorium with a taped up classical, you can imagine the look on their faces!

Never again will I loose my temper and break and instrument.

Anyone else have stories to share?
Perhaps an 1176 flying accross the room?

Do share!

Jason

Crash · 20th October 2004, 03:52 PM

I seem to go through quite a few cell phones these days. Digital cell technology has got to be the absolute worst deception ever unleashed on the public. I hold my temper when it comes to very expensive studio gear.

Crash

toddro · 20th October 2004, 04:08 PM

I completely dismantled a Panasonic 3700 DAT machine in the parking lot of a studio several years ago after it ate the 3rd master of our project soon after its 3rd trip to the tech. I wanted to make sure it was permanently out of the equipment pool. Then I took a holy oath to never use DAT again, and to this day I have never broken that vow.

heinz · 20th October 2004, 04:17 PM

I have a few bad days where I've destroyed my computer mouse, basically launch it at supersonic velocity into the wall. Mouse = particle system. Optical mice really don't hold a candle to the older roller-ball ones in terms of accuracy.

I also have a box of cordless phone wreckage.

**Jules** · 20th October 2004, 04:44 PM

An engineer I worked with used to "bat' the gooseneck talkback mic on an Amek Angela out of frustration back when I worked with him in the late 80's... once in a while the mic capsule would fly off and we would play hunt the mic for 20 mins...

Sofa's are good to "beat up" if a rage overtakes you...saves on the ouboard "getting it"

In the 80's pounding your fist on Eventide harmonizers & lifting up and dropping EMU sampler keyboards - was totally in fashion and reccomended by the companies hiring them to you...

Midlandmorgan · 20th October 2004, 04:57 PM

Lord! What would you do if you got made at your puppy?

Don't think I've ever up and broken anything...I have thrown things directly in the trash, though...very ceremoniously by the way...

MASSIVE Master · 20th October 2004, 05:44 PM

I know it's not audio related, but I field-tested my 4-D MagLite on my old malfunctioning HP Inkjet printer several months ago...

The MagLite won.

duaneadam · 20th October 2004, 05:45 PM

Years ago I was playing at a political fundraiser with a band that had a tempermental keboard player.

We were setup on top of a small hill and after being told to turn it down for the 1oth time or so, he kicked his Fender Rhodes so hard ir did summersaults all the way to the bottom of the hill.

duaneadam

Switchcraft · 20th October 2004, 06:10 PM

threw a HP computer out of my west philly house and never bought a PC again, ofcourse that was 99 so PCs are a little better now.

radiospace · 20th October 2004, 06:34 PM

I was just telling someone that when I get a new printer I'd like to take an axe to the NEC printer that has given me so much grief all these years.

"Don't do that, you could give it to Goodwill and write it off your taxes," he said.

I think I'll take an axe to it anyway. It needs a good smashing up.

djui5 · 20th October 2004, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Midlandmorgan
Lord! What would you do if you got made at your puppy?

Don't think I've ever up and broken anything...I have thrown things directly in the trash, though...very ceremoniously by the way...

I'm thinking something like this?......

David R. · 20th October 2004, 06:54 PM

I threw a 12 string acoustic accross the room. Luckly it was my guitar. Damn thing would not tune and I wanted to record.

Anyone got a 12 string I can borrow?

faeflora · 20th October 2004, 07:29 PM

I smashed up a guitar pedal once.

**TonyBelmont** · 20th October 2004, 07:39 PM

My saying is...

"just get mad and throw things"...

krs · 20th October 2004, 08:00 PM

This frikking cello had it coming for awhile...

big furry · 20th October 2004, 09:17 PM

ever notice how annoying metronomes are?

Tik, tik, tik tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik tik, tik, tik, tik, tik

throw!

Oops. It was a birthday present...

Ruphus · 20th October 2004, 09:41 PM

You guys are cracking me up!

I have been through hell over six years long by trying to get a ( constantly in parts exchanged ) PC working as a DAW.

Thousands of times I had to kill myself to not smash the fist into the innocent monitor. It was the price for an 21" which kept me away from it. And a couple of times I was one inch away of taking the guilty PC case and throwing it down from the balkony. Again, it were the finances which didn´t let me.

Only thing I´ve done has been a kick to my laser printer. Since that time it always prints lines on the sides of the sheets. Kicked it one more time to repair it, but it didn´t work out.

Ruphus

drummertom · 20th October 2004, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by radiospace
I was just telling someone that when I get a new printer I'd like to take an axe to the NEC printer that has given me so much grief all these years.

PC Load Letter? What the f*#$ does that mean?

or

WHY DOES IT SAY PAPER JAM WHEN THERE IS NO PAPER JAM? I SWEAR TO GOD, ONE OF THESE DAYS I-I-I JUST KICK THIS PIECE OF S*%T OUT THE WINDOW!

JohnnyTooLoud · 20th October 2004, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TonyBelmont
My saying is...

"just get mad and throw things"...

I thought your motto was...

"just drop 'em and smile"

?

--Giovanni

**TonyBelmont** · 20th October 2004, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JohnnyTooLoud
I thought your motto was...

"just drop 'em and smile"

?

--Giovanni

HaHaHa...

Nah.... it's "Get mad and throw things!"

LTA · 21st October 2004, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by drummertom
PC Load Letter? What the f*#$ does that mean?

I've gone through 4 hp printers now. After the first, you come up with new and creative ways to kill them. Back over them in a truck, set them atop a mailbox and stick a bat out of the car window. The last one, i just put out on top of the dumpster. Somebody picked it. It was back there 2 days later. It hung around for about 2 months. HP econo printers suck.

Me and the boys have taken a few computers for a ride too. 00 is perfect on crts.

Tibbon · 21st October 2004, 01:31 AM

The other engineer at the place i'm at smashed an MJ Electric that was semihollow inside. Smashed one of the soundchambers right in after some guy stiffed us for around a grand or two. The repair cost almost as much...

Drumsound · 21st October 2004, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jules

Sofa's are good to "beat up" if a rage overtakes you...saves on the ouboard "getting it"

I banged my broom into my couch so I wouldn't smash any of my gear when I was pissed. The handle is about half its original length now.

Berolzheimer · 21st October 2004, 08:20 AM

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/01518...th_key=0151804

lasso · 21st October 2004, 09:40 AM

A number of keyboards and mice, a printer and a door (punched my fist right through it).

As you can see, I'm more calm now.

impact studios · 21st October 2004, 01:11 PM

Couldn't get a recorded synth part right once
After many takes i slammed my fingers onto the keyboard.
And snapped about 3 keys clean off......

steins · 21st October 2004, 01:27 PM

Don't get me started........

Let's just say having a wireless mouse is not always a good thing....I've been thru a couple of those when sitting in front of my PC.......never when using a Mac, go figure......

DId you know that a Peavy M2600 poweramp can create sparks when thrown hard enough onto tarmac? ("Next gig please wear a helmet, folks" - dry comment from Bass player after seeing the M2600 fly in the air after a not-so-successful gig.....)

Ever witnessed a wireless keyboard smashing into the wall? It's a wonderful sight; the keys just pops off all at the same time, like fireworks.

And that f...ing old Alesis HR16 sequencer with its rubber buttons that NEVER EVER worked more than once for every 20th push....not a pretty sight. Well, actually it was, after I smashed it to bits and pieces....

Stein Tore

cannikin · 21st October 2004, 02:26 PM

I was doing a soundtrack for a commercial (my first big job and good pay) my computer kept freezing. After the 20th time of this happening over the coarse of 4 hours, I ripped the monitor off the desk and threw it across the room. which made me late on the deadline because I had to borrow a monitor from a friend. not to mention repairing the big scratches on the wood floor. this was 8 years ago, since then I quit drinking coffee and smoking. Ahh the good old days.

5down1up · 21st October 2004, 03:09 PM

its been a while

last time this happened i guess it was a nose & 2 doors

well

Gregg Sartiano · 22nd October 2004, 04:42 AM

Let's see...a NY (vintage) Steingberger fretless on stage (broke a TV on stage with it -- the bridge broke off of the bass), my trusty Music Man Stingray (cracked the headstock off at CBGB's at the end of a show by throwing it across the stage), and I smashed a U.S.A. Strat against a tree once -- the body was D.O.A. -- so I got a new body on EBay, fixed up the axe, and gave it to my girlfriend for Christmas. Of course, it plays and sounds/intonates BETTER (didn't plan on that!), so now it's actually my favorite session guitar -- she gives me sh*t for borrowing it so much.

Everything fixed-up quite nicely!

I think that's just where it begins. It's funny...I'm a mild-mannered dude almost all the time.

Also, I don't think I've ever smashed any recording gear.

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20th October 2004, 03:46 PM	#1
Jason Poulin Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sudbury, On. Canada Posts: 1,686	Ever get mad and break something? Here's a story of my days back in colege, A washburn classical was buzzing a lot on me... My end of year exam was coming up that week and I had to perform in front of the Judges for my final grade. All I had to do was glue the braces but instead I got mad and punched it... Let's just say I don't use that guitar anymore and I had to tape it back up to play my exam. Also, it was quite embarrassing walking into the auditorium with a taped up classical, you can imagine the look on their faces! Never again will I loose my temper and break and instrument. Anyone else have stories to share? Perhaps an 1176 flying accross the room? Do share! Jason __________________ most important gear I own are my ears! visit my band www.apparatusmusic.com www.myspace.com/apparatusnumetal

20th October 2004, 04:08 PM	#3
toddro Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Franklin, TN Posts: 67	I completely dismantled a Panasonic 3700 DAT machine in the parking lot of a studio several years ago after it ate the 3rd master of our project soon after its 3rd trip to the tech. I wanted to make sure it was permanently out of the equipment pool. Then I took a holy oath to never use DAT again, and to this day I have never broken that vow. __________________ Todd R. Franklin, TN

20th October 2004, 04:44 PM	#5
Jules Gearslutz.com admin Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 11,813	An engineer I worked with used to "bat' the gooseneck talkback mic on an Amek Angela out of frustration back when I worked with him in the late 80's... once in a while the mic capsule would fly off and we would play hunt the mic for 20 mins... Sofa's are good to "beat up" if a rage overtakes you...saves on the ouboard "getting it" In the 80's pounding your fist on Eventide harmonizers & lifting up and dropping EMU sampler keyboards - was totally in fashion and reccomended by the companies hiring them to you... __________________ Jules "...there are some amazing deals to be had in this right now. it brings battleship mixing closer to the jilted generation" - reptil

20th October 2004, 04:57 PM	#6
Midlandmorgan Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Midland TX Posts: 1,079	Lord! What would you do if you got made at your puppy? Don't think I've ever up and broken anything...I have thrown things directly in the trash, though...very ceremoniously by the way... __________________ Ken Morgan Wireline Studio Midland, TX Don't Blame Me, I Just Recorded What You Played

20th October 2004, 03:52 PM	#2
Crash Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Antonio Texas Posts: 1,001	I seem to go through quite a few cell phones these days. Digital cell technology has got to be the absolute worst deception ever unleashed on the public. I hold my temper when it comes to very expensive studio gear. Crash

20th October 2004, 04:17 PM	#4
heinz Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: seattle Posts: 1,011	I have a few bad days where I've destroyed my computer mouse, basically launch it at supersonic velocity into the wall. Mouse = particle system. Optical mice really don't hold a candle to the older roller-ball ones in terms of accuracy. I also have a box of cordless phone wreckage.

20th October 2004, 05:44 PM	#7
MASSIVE Master Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago (Schaumburg / Hoffman Est.) IL Posts: 1,619	I know it's not audio related, but I field-tested my 4-D MagLite on my old malfunctioning HP Inkjet printer several months ago... The MagLite won. __________________ John Scrip - Massive Mastering - www.massivemastering.com Spoon-feed a newb some answer and he'll mix for a day - Get him to think about it and figure it out for himself and he'll mix for a lifetime.

20th October 2004, 05:45 PM	#8
duaneadam Gear maniac Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Silicon Valley CA Posts: 226	Years ago I was playing at a political fundraiser with a band that had a tempermental keboard player. We were setup on top of a small hill and after being told to turn it down for the 1oth time or so, he kicked his Fender Rhodes so hard ir did summersaults all the way to the bottom of the hill. duaneadam

20th October 2004, 06:10 PM	#9
Switchcraft Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Philly Posts: 970	threw a HP computer out of my west philly house and never bought a PC again, ofcourse that was 99 so PCs are a little better now. __________________ my hands work mad good http:/www.RadioRecession.com www.RadioRecession.blogspot.com

20th October 2004, 06:34 PM	#10
radiospace Gear addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 430	I was just telling someone that when I get a new printer I'd like to take an axe to the NEC printer that has given me so much grief all these years. "Don't do that, you could give it to Goodwill and write it off your taxes," he said. I think I'll take an axe to it anyway. It needs a good smashing up.

20th October 2004, 06:54 PM	#12
David R. Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Left Coast, and don't call it 'Frisco Posts: 1,594	I threw a 12 string acoustic accross the room. Luckly it was my guitar. Damn thing would not tune and I wanted to record. Anyone got a 12 string I can borrow? __________________ -David R. "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." - C. Bukowski

20th October 2004, 07:29 PM	#13
faeflora Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: washington dc Posts: 2,010	I smashed up a guitar pedal once.

20th October 2004, 07:39 PM	#14
TonyBelmont Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boston,MA Providence,RI Posts: 10,150	My saying is... "just get mad and throw things"... __________________ Tony Belmont We Sell Gear! Need plugins? Check out PluginDiscounts.com

20th October 2004, 08:00 PM	#15
krs Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 730	This frikking cello had it coming for awhile...

20th October 2004, 09:17 PM	#16
big furry Gear interested Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15	ever notice how annoying metronomes are? Tik, tik, tik tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik, tik tik, tik, tik, tik, tik throw! Oops. It was a birthday present...

20th October 2004, 09:41 PM	#17
Ruphus Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Berlin / Germany Posts: 5,066	You guys are cracking me up! I have been through hell over six years long by trying to get a ( constantly in parts exchanged ) PC working as a DAW. Thousands of times I had to kill myself to not smash the fist into the innocent monitor. It was the price for an 21" which kept me away from it. And a couple of times I was one inch away of taking the guilty PC case and throwing it down from the balkony. Again, it were the finances which didn´t let me. Only thing I´ve done has been a kick to my laser printer. Since that time it always prints lines on the sides of the sheets. Kicked it one more time to repair it, but it didn´t work out. Ruphus __________________ "Am I the only one that tires of this "everything is subjective" watered-down-pop-culture-pseudo-philosophy bullshit?" Bravin Neff Wolgang Burr, former office leader of the German Chancellor before committee of inquiry: "You would not believe what unusual happens daily." "Patience, young Skywalker - let the object of your desires come to you." JTR "All thinking men are atheists." Ernest Hemingway

21st October 2004, 01:31 AM	#22
Tibbon Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston/MA Posts: 4,110	The other engineer at the place i'm at smashed an MJ Electric that was semihollow inside. Smashed one of the soundchambers right in after some guy stiffed us for around a grand or two. The repair cost almost as much... __________________ David Fisher (aka tibbon) What is Noise, Blog (DIY, gear, tech, etc) Follow me on Twitter

21st October 2004, 08:20 AM	#24
Berolzheimer Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: El Lay Posts: 1,979	http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/01518...th_key=0151804 __________________ Purveyor of fine sounds since 1961. My very incomplete IMDB list: My very incomplete IMDB list I'm all ears.

21st October 2004, 09:40 AM	#25
lasso Gear addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 343	A number of keyboards and mice, a printer and a door (punched my fist right through it). As you can see, I'm more calm now.

21st October 2004, 01:11 PM	#26
impact studios Gear maniac Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 220	Couldn't get a recorded synth part right once After many takes i slammed my fingers onto the keyboard. And snapped about 3 keys clean off......

21st October 2004, 01:27 PM	#27
steins Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lillehammer, Norway Posts: 500	Don't get me started........ Let's just say having a wireless mouse is not always a good thing....I've been thru a couple of those when sitting in front of my PC.......never when using a Mac, go figure...... DId you know that a Peavy M2600 poweramp can create sparks when thrown hard enough onto tarmac? ("Next gig please wear a helmet, folks" - dry comment from Bass player after seeing the M2600 fly in the air after a not-so-successful gig.....) Ever witnessed a wireless keyboard smashing into the wall? It's a wonderful sight; the keys just pops off all at the same time, like fireworks. And that f...ing old Alesis HR16 sequencer with its rubber buttons that NEVER EVER worked more than once for every 20th push....not a pretty sight. Well, actually it was, after I smashed it to bits and pieces.... Stein Tore

21st October 2004, 02:26 PM	#28
cannikin Gear maniac Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 208	I was doing a soundtrack for a commercial (my first big job and good pay) my computer kept freezing. After the 20th time of this happening over the coarse of 4 hours, I ripped the monitor off the desk and threw it across the room. which made me late on the deadline because I had to borrow a monitor from a friend. not to mention repairing the big scratches on the wood floor. this was 8 years ago, since then I quit drinking coffee and smoking. Ahh the good old days. __________________ cannikin life is still sweet

21st October 2004, 03:09 PM	#29
5down1up Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 1,373	its been a while last time this happened i guess it was a nose & 2 doors well

22nd October 2004, 04:42 AM	#30
Gregg Sartiano Lives for gear Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 1,781	Let's see...a NY (vintage) Steingberger fretless on stage (broke a TV on stage with it -- the bridge broke off of the bass), my trusty Music Man Stingray (cracked the headstock off at CBGB's at the end of a show by throwing it across the stage), and I smashed a U.S.A. Strat against a tree once -- the body was D.O.A. -- so I got a new body on EBay, fixed up the axe, and gave it to my girlfriend for Christmas. Of course, it plays and sounds/intonates BETTER (didn't plan on that!), so now it's actually my favorite session guitar -- she gives me sh*t for borrowing it so much. Everything fixed-up quite nicely! I think that's just where it begins. It's funny...I'm a mild-mannered dude almost all the time. Also, I don't think I've ever smashed any recording gear.