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Anyone ever have nightmares like this??


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Last night I dreamt that I was playing my Larrivee acoustic and suddenly I noticed a crack in it on the backside. I remember thinking "ok, no big deal. I know several Luthier's who can repair this." Then I start playing and it's incredibly FLAT. I noticed that now there is a loooong crack down the front of the guitar too! I started yelling and saying "OH MY GOD!!"

 

Anyway I finally woke up but man that was scary! I immediately went and inspected my guitar and it was fine.

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The nightmare I usually have is that I am on stage with a chance to play with one of my favorite bands, and no matter what I do there are problems with the guitar (strings break, guitar won't stay in tune, no volume, etc.). :eek:

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Here's a REAL thing that happened to me in the early 90s. I woke up and went downstairs to play my new ES-335 (actually it was used but knw to me), opened the case, and lo and behold... the peghead was bent back from the neck! Needless to say I took it back to the guitar store and traded it for another guitar. Seems as though the peghead had been cracked and repaired and popped off again! :cry:
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Originally posted by NMcGuitar:

The nightmare I usually have is that I am on stage with a chance to play with one of my favorite bands, and no matter what I do there are problems with the guitar (strings break, guitar won't stay in tune, no volume, etc.). :eek:

I have this one a lot. The last few times, it was me filling in for Chris Squier in YES.

 

The look Jon Anderson gives me still chills me to the bone. :(

 

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Originally posted by Guitarzan:

i once had a very real dream that i was the only guitarplayer filling in for rudolph and mathias in the scorpions. and here we are ready to go on and i only know 2 songs. :eek:

i've had variations on this one, usually with miles davis, or oscar peterson, or some jazz giant, and i can't remember the changes to anything.

 

once i dreamt that i was the guitarist for christina aguilera :eek::confused:

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My nightmares are usually related to sound system stuff. You know, I'm attending a packed show and the main mic goes out. Off stage voice announces, "Would Steevo please report to the sound booth". I end up soldering wires and untangling chords while the whole audience waits in silence.

 

Had this one a few nights ago ... again. :eek:

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Originally posted by NMcGuitar:

The nightmare I usually have is that I am on stage with a chance to play with one of my favorite bands, and no matter what I do there are problems with the guitar (strings break, guitar won't stay in tune, no volume, etc.). :eek:

Yeah, a couple of those have come true for me, too...on a couple occasions. I think that's the guitar equivalent of going shopping in your underwear.
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Originally posted by funk jazz:

Originally posted by Guitarzan:

i once had a very real dream that i was the only guitarplayer filling in for rudolph and mathias in the scorpions. and here we are ready to go on and i only know 2 songs. :eek:

i've had variations on this one, usually with miles davis, or oscar peterson, or some jazz giant, and i can't remember the changes to anything.

 

once i dreamt that i was the guitarist for christina aguilera :eek::confused:

i have no idea why it was the scorpions, maybe because one of the guys in work was playing a scorp Cd for a few days.

Mile Davis and Oscar Peterson would have hung me!

thank god it wasn't them.

hmmmmmm Christina .....

better than being a dancer for Madonna.

NO i didn't dream that!!!!!!

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I rarely get dreams, but...

 

I had a reall weird dream last night where I was sitting on the edge of the stage for a Survivor concert.

 

It's the eye of the tiger....

 

My two year old was there too, helping to line up a tarp when a carousel that was supposed to spin the drum riser didn't work right. :freak:

 

In case your wondering, we had homemade hamburgers on the grill for dinner before.

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Yes i have dreamt that my guitar was damaged. I am also into hot rods and i dream about them to. Things like the hood flying up will I'm drving or the brakes not working. One time i woke up to find myself sitting up in bed reaching down with my hands to push on the brakes because they would not work.
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My nightmares are usually related to sound system stuff. You know, I'm attending a packed show and the main mic goes out. Off stage voice announces, "Would Steevo please report to the sound booth". I end up soldering wires and untangling chords while the whole audience waits in silence.

 

Had this one a few nights ago ... again.

That's not a nightmare, it's a reallity of playing live. Carry a soldering iron, solder, electric tape, and duct tape, with a full set of tools!
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Originally posted by Big Red 67:

My nightmares are usually related to sound system stuff. You know, I'm attending a packed show and the main mic goes out. Off stage voice announces, "Would Steevo please report to the sound booth". I end up soldering wires and untangling chords while the whole audience waits in silence.

 

Had this one a few nights ago ... again.

That's not a nightmare, it's a reallity of playing live. Carry a soldering iron, solder, electric tape, and duct tape, with a full set of tools!
Uh, BigRed, in this nightmare I'm ATTENDING the show not PERFORMING ... I'm just a regular Joe in the audience ... but expected to solve someone else's screw up while everyone watches. When I play live for real, which is admittedly not often, I'm prepared to solve my own problems with the things you mentioned.
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Originally posted by funk jazz:

i've had variations on this one, usually with miles davis, or oscar peterson, or some jazz giant, and i can't remember the changes to anything.

I've had these too. Have you ever seen the movie "All of me" with Steve Martin and Lilly Tomlin, where he's a jazz guitarist and her soul gets trapped in his body. She winds up controling half his body and in one scene on a gig she's moving his right hand while he tries to take a solo. It's a pretty funny scene. That's the kind of recurring dream I have, that I have no control of my hands while I'm playing in front of people and I'm just playing random notes that don't go with the music at all. The funny thing is that in my dream I'm always really frustrated, but the crowd is usually cheering as if I'm really playing well. I usually wake up feeling really embarassed :D

 

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