Mortified Beyond Belief

A couple of weeks ago, a young cashier at my favorite chain store talked me into signing up for Guitar Center's string club. This is how it works: 1. Pay 20 dollars for a one year membership 2. Every month for a year you get 5 dollars to spend on strings in the store. 5 dollars a month x 12 months = 60 dollars a year in strings - 20 dollars in membership cost= 40 DOLLARS IN FREE STRINGS a year I used my first 5 dollars in February to buy a 3 pack of D 'Adarrio strings for 9.99- 5.00= 4.99 They did not ask for an id when I signed up. Will they ask for one when I sign up again under a different name at a different store? We will have to find out if they ask for my ID when I use my first membership card for the month of March. Then I will decide if I should invest in more string club memberships under different aliases. Matthew Von Mruzekstein Just think, if I invest 200 dollars, I will have 400 dollars in free strings every year! My usual 3 for 10 pack of strings ...

I am frustrated. I have broken 4 cabs, and 3 amps within the last year. Most of the damages were incurred while using distortion pedals. I broke my Behringer BVT5500H bass head. I was using it on top of a 4x12 cab and it vibrated off and fell down undamaged! So I put the head on the floor to prevent that from happening again. Then I promptly tripped over the cable plugged into it and broke the main input jack. The -15 db input jack still works though. 2- Peavey 2x15 cabs. I broke one running a guitar with a danelectro fuzz/octave wah. The other 2x15 cab broke at an Ill Itches gig while using a "Swollen Pickle" distortion pedal. This is the beginning of a common theme. Then I blew out 2 peavey 12inch + horn PA speakers when using the Swollen Pickle. Then I had a friend blow out his fender bass amp, using the same pedal. I stopped using the Swollen pickle. Then my little sister gave me an OCD overdrive pedal for Christmas. Everyone always says, "you can't h...