I thought I'd join this conversation with my own horror story that just happenned. I recently had to MC a concert at our local library, and afterwards I picked up a couple of guitars to help carry the performer's many instruments to their car. These guitars and cases were the heaviest darned things I'd every seen. As I picked them up, my right foot snapped.

I've been wearing a three thousand pound "walking cast" for a month now. Next week I'll get the foot x-rayed again, and we'll see where we go from there.

At first I thought the problem was heavy guitars, but now I realize the real problem is that I've just lived too long. So besides mechanic's creepers, avoid guitars! bob(deckman)nelson