puke on instruments..... looooooovely : /

[jojoagogo234]

sounds very strange..... however it needs to be asked :3

yesterday i had a gig at my mates house/birthday party thing. and it was an amazing gig with lots of very drunk people jumping/moshing ect (we played some heavy stuff to please the crowd, as well as some chilled stuff)

in the middle of the gig, i was just on stage, head banging away... then all of a sudden a girl at the front of the crowd who had had too much. punked AAAAALLLLLL over my lovely bass O.O

non the less i continued through the rest of the song. at the end of the song i took my t- shirt off and cleaned it up and did the rest of the set topless ( not recommended as basses are surprisingly cold )

the puke was all cleaned off my bass, but i just wanted to know if it could do anything to anything to the pick ups or any of the wiring. as the bass is kind of my baby

and also while im here.... has something like this ever happened to anyone out there ?

[Gust0o]

Nope, I've never been puked on. Though I was once ill on Harry Kewell.

[Mr. Foxen]

Any joints can have pulled in fluids through capillary action. Take it apart an clean up, put back together. I've puked on one of my bases a bit during a coughing fit, one of those surprisingly common things I guess.

[daz]

Yeah as Mr F says, take it apart and clean it, with methylated spirits and cotton buds for the hard to reach bits. Otherwise it will start humming in a few months, and I don't mean musically.

Edited March 12, 2012 by daz

[Nibody]

So she obviously felt your tone needed a bit more.. honk.. to..it.. *badoomTish*

I'll get me coat....

[thepurpleblob]

Stomach acids are nasty things and can be hard to shift. You can get special enzyme based cleaners if it's bad. That stops it ponging for ever.

That's a new one... I'm normally shouting at people for putting glasses of beer on top of my rig!!

[Dave Vader]

yeah get it open and clean out the electrics quick, I once lost a keyboard to vomit. (I still don't remember doing it, and only found out a good month later when it sloshed as I picked it up to take out to a gig)

[YouMa]

Make her clean it.

[BottomE]

Thats my kind of girl.

[Musicman20]

This is the type of gig where I would be taking a £60 beater bass. If this happened on a £1400 Musicman I would literally be ready to kill someone!

I hope it gets sorted dude.

[spongebob]

Many years ago, I threw up on my Marshall practice amp!

Woke up after a, ahem, long evening to find the damage.

Got most of it out, but the plastic surround never looked the same as I couldn't quite get it out of all the cracks.....

[mart]

[quote name='dave.c' timestamp='1331552701' post='1574509']
I've never puked or had puke on a bass before, howerver I have thrown up in a full face crash helmet whilst riding a motorbike, not recommended! and probably off topic as well!
[/quote]
Yeuch! That beats my favourite puke story which was from a summer when I was working at a funfair. A mate was in charge of a ride where you were strapped into a seat on the end of a long arm, and the arm spun round horizontally and then vertically. When a girl vomitted on that ride it was quite spectacular.

[xilddx]

I nearly puked on Shockwave's Pedullas when I saw them at a bass bash once.

[Gust0o]

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1331557266' post='1574661']
I nearly puked on Shockwave's Pedullas when I saw them at a bass bash once.
[/quote]

Bam!

[mep]

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1331528811' post='1574164']
Otherwise it will start humming in a few months, and I don't mean musically.
[/quote]

[shizznit]

Puke? A lot of fluids (both bodily and alcoholic) have made it's way on to my instruments, but never puke! Stomache acid is very corrosive. I have seen a drinks can ring pull completely disolve within 20mins in a flask of stomache acid, so make sure that your bass is completely removed of all puke. Gosh...I couldn't imagine what the smell must be like!

[Fat Rich]

Yikes! I'm never buying anything second hand again.

[rOB]

Best of luck getting it sorted. Keep us updated on how it goes. Might be useful one day!

[CBbass]

Some peoples sweat is enough to "wear" instruments, I'd hate to think what puke would do!

[BottomE]

A guy i know has a Les Paul that smells of piss and nothing he can do will make the smell go.

He bought it off a guy whose wife found out that he had been unfaithfull. Instead of the normal cutting up ties and suits she opened up the case to his trusty Les Paul, dropped her knickers and let it all go.

[CBbass]

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1331574600' post='1575143']
A guy i know has a Les Paul that smells of piss and nothing he can do will make the smell go.

He bought it off a guy whose wife found out that he had been unfaithfull. Instead of the normal cutting up ties and suits she opened up the case to his trusty Les Paul, dropped her knickers and let it all go.
[/quote]

I laughed when I read this, poor sod!

[Ben Jamin]

My old piano teacher had just taken delivery of a new Yamaha grand and I had the honour of being his first student to play it. Unfortunately I hadn't been feeling that well and...

Yep. All over the keys.
(This was a number of years ago when I was a kid btw! Please don't be put off buying my amp in the for sale section )

[eddie_duff]

Somebody knocked a pint of lager over my Lakland bass at a gig,cost me plenty to get the electrics sorted!

[mckendrick]

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1331510639' post='1574099']
Though I was once ill on Harry Kewell.
[/quote]
Understandable.

[jojoagogo234]

tis all good people :3 got it all cleaned up. got 3 of my mates to help me out with it, took out both the pick ups and got some cotton buds well involved as well wrapped up all the pick ups in toilet roll. as well as the holes (were the pick ups were) and (though non of the nasty puke got in it) took of the back for good measure and packed that with toilet roll.