gig bags and old men
rayboyce
discovered neck issues - nerve reactions affecting my forearms/wrists...
I've recently increased usage/switched to gig bags and packing the
instruments on my back via shoulder straps.
Caution... From recent school of hard knocks, no pun intended... When you
use a gig back, BE VERY SURE to not leave the 2-way zippers at the bottom of
the bag... zip them up high to the neck/body join of the instrument.
After multi gigs last weekend... and then Sunday I hosted the open mic
finish, as I was leaving the mall... My fav gigging bass, (a Kubicki
X-Factor of vintage years) worked its way out of the bag and took a
butt-end-first dive to the concrete sidewalk, from waist high, and then (as
I felt the motion of it coming out I stopped walking), it fell along side me
strings "face" down to flat sidewalk.
Fortunately the damage was limited to slightly abrased strings and a small
1/8" diameter finish chip on the butt end, lower bout... and I'm pretty sure
momentary cardiac arrest on my part.
It must be stupidity on my part, but I've never thought twice about where
the zippers were positioned as long as they were closed tight. That has
changed... and for those of you who use gig bags... thought I'd share my
demise.
The bass is basically ok, I played live with it today. And I'm thankful for
the relatively good health I've enjoyed thus far in life.... but on the
other half of the story, I'll be seeing a neuro surgeon this week for the
neck/nerve ending stuff, and could use some positive energy/vibes and some
white light for minimally invasive treatments.
~ray (i got no right to complain)
Bill Chandler
<nospamraymond...@verizon.net> brewed up the following, and
served it to the group:
<snipped the scary part>
>The bass is basically ok, I played live with it today.
Good to hear! I cringed...
>And I'm thankful for
>the relatively good health I've enjoyed thus far in life.... but on the
>other half of the story, I'll be seeing a neuro surgeon this week for the
>neck/nerve ending stuff, and could use some positive energy/vibes and some
>white light for minimally invasive treatments.
>
>~ray (i got no right to complain)
All positive energy your way, Ray. Hope they get it all sorted good
for you.
Bill
--------
... Everything put together falls apart sooner or later.
the above e-mail address remains totally fictional.
the real one is bc9424 AT gmailspamTHIS! D0T com (if you remove spamTHIS!)
...please check out my music at http://www.soundclick.com/billchandler some time...
Bill Chandler
...bc...
hank alrich
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:41:16 -0800, "rayboyce"
> <nospamraymond...@verizon.net> brewed up the following, and
> served it to the group:
>
> <snipped the scary part>
>
> >The bass is basically ok, I played live with it today.
>
> Good to hear! I cringed...
What's the big deal? It ain't like he dropped a banjo or some other
valuable instrument.
> >And I'm thankful for
> >the relatively good health I've enjoyed thus far in life.... but on the
> >other half of the story, I'll be seeing a neuro surgeon this week for the
> >neck/nerve ending stuff, and could use some positive energy/vibes and some
> >white light for minimally invasive treatments.
> >
> >~ray (i got no right to complain)
>
> All positive energy your way, Ray. Hope they get it all sorted good
> for you.
>
> Bill
> --------
> ... Everything put together falls apart sooner or later.
Heh. Thanks for the reminder.
--
ha
shut up and play your guitar
http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.html
http://hankalrich.com/
hank alrich
> The bass is basically ok
That's good news. Otherwise you'd be facing lots of treble.
Madgamer
CTS cone on both hands 6 years ago just before I went to Denver to
pickup Spirit. It was the type of CTS that involves loss of tissue mass
around the thumb but was caught in time.
Memory and slow fingers and a feeling that they are not as strong as
they were has led me to flat picking some of the stuff I used to finger
pick. I value the time I play now much more than when I was young.
Larry A
Mike Brown
Glad to hear that the mishap came out reasonably well. I haven't got to
the gig bag stage yet, but I'll remember the tip for when . . .
Positive energy on the way.
MJRB
rayboyce
> Glad to hear that the mishap came out reasonably well. I haven't got to
> the gig bag stage yet, but I'll remember the tip for when . . .
>
> Positive energy on the way.
>
> MJRB
Thanks Mike, et. al.
Yeah much of the aggravation is probably the fact that I'm often carrying
sound gear, acoustic, and now folks are asking me more and more, to side for
them playing bass while sharing venues.... so add the bass in. 2-3 trips
to the parking lot are not at all uncommon.
If it were just the guitar... I might not have discovered the neck issues...
which affect 4 disks... But this gives me early warning to at least hope for
a medicinal, therapeutical, exercise approach... before resorting to
surgery.
Misifus
Ray, I developed a herniated disk a couple of months ago. Mine happened
to be in a different part of my back (lumbar). It turned out I was not
a candidate for an epidural, which was disappointing, because I thought
the epidural might effect an "instant cure".
Never-the-less, I accepted the physical therapy approach. My therapist
was excellent and I am completely recovered from the problem. He used
the McKenzie Therapy, and I am amazed at the rapidity of the cure.
Within a week, I was largely pain free, and within a month, I had
excellent range of motion and I was getting my strength back.
I guess my point is, physical therapy can work on some disk problems,
and work well. I hope yours is one of those.
-Raf
--
Misifus-
Rafael Seibert
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafiii
home: http://www.rafandsioux.com
David Hajicek
"rayboyce" <nospamraymond...@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:hh9ju1$pbr$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
snip > momentary cardiac arrest on my part.
>
> It must be stupidity on my part, but I've never thought twice about where
> the zippers were positioned as long as they were closed tight. That has
> changed... and for those of you who use gig bags... thought I'd share my
> demise.
>
> ~ray (i got no right to complain)
>
correct position. ;>)
Dave
LA
Old Bags and Gig Men
The Plaster Casters got to be like 70 years old....no?
LA
Geezer51
It's a good thing to be going to a neurosurgeon for those issues. If
the condition is caused by wear and tear, and not a degenerative condition,
exercise and therapy can do wonders.
Look into theraputical massage, also. My wife has been down this road but
her problems are more hereditary. Still, exercise and therapy made things
heal
much faster.
Be careful what you carry!
Geezer
rayboyce
"Misifus" <rafse...@att.net> wrote in message
news:7puutr...@mid.individual.net...
Thanks very much Raf. I hope as well. I'll spare the ugly details while
online, but let's just say that it's certainly got my undivided attention.
rayboyce
"Geezer51" <geez...@somewhere.net> wrote in message
news:hhdlqu$k41$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
Thanks Dan. Being "C" discs not "L" discs... which affect nerves in the
arms/fingers... I do plan to get the best experts to help understand and
consider all possibilities.
Rick Ruskin
Ray,
You have my sympathies. Here's hoping for a speedy resolve to your
back problems. I'm there myself and can relate all too well.
RR
Rick Ruskin
Lion Dog Music - Seattle WA
http://liondogmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/rickruskin
Tom from Texas
Well, at least yall didn't drop the pizza. (Sorry, old bassplayer joke)
--
Tom from Texas
(The Tom Risner Fund for Deserving North Texas Guitarplayers is not liable
for any slander, hurt feelings, pointless moaning, or achy-breaky heartache
any post under this name should cause. Yall want easy cash or sympathy...
ye can kiss my grits!!)
rayboyce
>
> Ray,
>
> You have my sympathies. Here's hoping for a speedy resolve to your
> back problems. I'm there myself and can relate all too well.
>
Thanks Rick...
Hope you're doing better. Email sent.
~ray
hank alrich
Good vibes to both of you, and speaking from experience. We take walking
for granted, until we can't.