Today, while tuning my bass guitar, I noticed a very strange screeching sound. I leaned over to look behind the neck. The biggest string snapped off and cut the side of my face. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I forgot to tune my guitar pre-performance. Surprising, because it was in tune when I frantically did it by ear backstage. Too bad two of the six strings snapped, smacking the drummer in the face. FML
Today, whilst tuning my guitar, one of the steel strings snapped and hit me in the face. Now I'm on my way to my first date with the girl of my dreams, and I'm wearing an eye patch and have a thick red line across my face. FML
Today, while video chatting with my girlfriend, who lives on the other side of the country, I thought I'd play a song for her on my guitar. The string broke and hit me in the face. I burst into tears and had to hang up. FML
Today, after practicing a song for my girlfriend on guitar all day, I called her over to my house to show it to her. After a long speech about how "this is for you," I played for about 3 seconds before I broke a string, which slapped her in her face. FML
Today, I was walking down the street with my acoustic guitar on my back. I saw a girl that I like coming down the opposite way, so I decided to play my guitar to try and impress her. I started to tune it quickly, but while I wasn't paying attention, I ran into a pole. Now my guitar is cracked. FML
Today, I went in my room to play my guitar. I found my Les Paul on the floor with all the strings missing. I later found out my grandma cut them off because I was playing "Devil's Music." FML
Today, a wasp knocked me out, broke my glasses, and left a gash over my eyebrow. It did so by flying under my glasses while I was playing my guitar, causing me to reflexively bat at it with the hand that was still grasping the guitar neck. FML
Today, I was in a music shop looking for a new guitar when someone called out someone else's name and jumped on my back. I lost balance and fell forward and broke 3 guitars and damaged another 6. The guy said "Sorry, thought you were someone else" and ran out. I now have to pay £2500. FML
Today, while playing on stage, the singer of my band swung his microphone around, straight into my face. I now have stitches above my right eye, and a job interview in three days. FML
Today, I finally had enough to buy my dream guitar, made in 1965. I buckled it into the passenger seat because it unfortunately didn't come with the original case. Once home, I tripped over my own feet before reaching my front door and scratched it on the concrete. It wasn't in mint condition when I bought it, but now it looks like it had a bad relic job. FML
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Top comments
LegendLong 0
Now you'll have a badass scar. :)
BountyBass 13
lucky it didn't take your eye out
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Comments (186)
LegendLong 0
Now you'll have a badass scar. :)
justsayfuck 5
Yeah^^ And a very badass story to tell. Or not..
allmidnighteyes 11
"...Wanna know how I got these scars?"
LilAfo 4
To be attacked by ones guitar IS a badass story to tell :b
Asherley 0
^^^ Niiice. ;)
missmurderx 8
people will thinkk you're emo,(: lol.
xplosion67 0
you can say you were fighting a bear and it clawed your face before you strangled it with a fallen tree.
stickypoopy 0
I smell food. mmmm yummy food sux for you op I LOVE food
BountyBass 13
lucky it didn't take your eye out
spzb 3
" i want a guitar for christmas." "YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT!"
allmidnighteyes 11
did you name it Bon Qui Qui? "Gurrl, I will CUT you"
loski87 4
lmao one of the best skits on madtv.
antyo 1
your an idiot n if it's happened to anyone else they're also idiots
Jiplo 18
I'm assuming you're trying to make yourself feel better since you probably have done something much more stupid.
thebestofboth 20
It's not that hard to pop a string if you're not careful, I've popped my A string on cello a few times before I got it right, most likely his string was older and popped out of age not stupidity on his part.
arc794 0
Totally deserved it.
Nena713 0
fyl indeed
stickypoopy 0
she's white?
missmurderx 8
how did she deserve that?! omg, I can totally relate though. ever since I got my uke, I'm scared of that happening. thanks a lot for reaffirming my phobia. gee. xD
singer4life666 0
You tuned a string too tight O.O.
RubberDelight 0
really? how'd you figure that out?
ChiefNuggz 0
Not necessarily. Over time, bass strings can just become weak. The screeching noise OP heard was probably a few of the threads breaking, and it would take a tremendous amount of force to snap a thick-gauge bass string from tightening it alone.
aubreypako 0
my band teacher has done it.
alexandravan5 0
It is not only bass strings that eventually wear out... Any kind of metal string will eventually unravel and even the slightest tuning can make it snap. I've had my A string on my viola snap while I was playing... that hurt like a bitch.
Guitarist76 0
nah the string was prolly like old as shit. or he dosent actually play xD he just has one