(Early yrs.) Drank too much at an outdoor party and decided to "toss" my Gibson Flying V to the audience to catch at the end of the night. Guess nobody wanted it, it hit the grass and cracked the headstock.
(Middle yrs.) Working as a meatcutter in a store, I was cleaning the slicer and cut the tip off the index finger of my left hand. I played that night, Sat. and Sun. with a finger brace and dressing on the finger. Did a lot of playing with the other three fingers. Learned to use my pinky that weekend.
(Later yrs.) Decided to adjust the truss rod on my Tele by removing the pickguard and carefully going over the top of the neck pickup with the screwdriver. The chrome pickup cover now has a small, neat dent in it.
Look at Teles in pawn shops.......you'll see this often. Makes me feel a little better that I'm not the only one who thought it'd work.....
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal