Members RoboCop00 Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 So, I just got a new MIA Strat that I've been saving months for. I love it and have only had it for about a week. The ONLY person I've let play it besides myself is my guitar teacher, who I obviously know pretty well and trust (plus he owns like 9 Strats and respects other peoples instruments) So today at Jazz band I'm getting my tuner out of my bag with my guitar leaned against a chair right next to me. Out of nowhere, the band's bass player (absolutely annoying kid, puts his bass up to 10, tries to drown out the rest of the rythm section, and REFUSES to play root notes, even for beginning jazz stuff) runs up to me and is about to reach for my guitar. I quickly grab it. "CAN I PLAY SOMETHING MAN?"Me: "Uh....no....I uh....don't let other people play my guitars""COME ON JUST A SECOND"Me:"No, I've had people mess with my guitars and mess them up" (Not true, but hey, I wanted to get rid of him) He just got this pissed off look and walked away. Don't people realize you don't ask to play someone elses guitar if you don't know the person? You especially don't ask if it's obviously a new and expensive guitar. Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alchemist Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 lol I only let one of my friends touch my expensive guitars, the others are only privileged enough to touch the MIK's lol... I am very carefull with my gear, and many people are NOT, and I know if one of them messes up my gibby, they wont have the cash to replace it, so better to just avoid that situation.... oh and a friend one time tried to emulate a tremolo by bending back the neck by pulling back the headstock on my 335.... YOU DONT DO THAT TO AN ANGLED SET NECK GUITAR, or any guitar for that matter:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richardson Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 I would have dropped the kid right there. I hate when people ask me to play my guitars, unless I'm friends with the person of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboCop00 Posted October 13, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 The only people I would let play my new Strat are close friends or people who I know well enough to know they will respect the instrument. I don't get it. I would never ask to play someones guitar unless I knew them very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dewees Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 I don't generally care who plays my guitar as long as I'm right there watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiger roach Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 I don't like guys with sweaty hands touching my guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hetfieldinn Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 lighten up Francis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucas S. Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 I only let a few people I know are careful play my more expensive guitars. Some of the cheaper ones I'm not as picky about, but i hate it when someone that doesn't know how to play picks up a guitar and just starts hitting the strings as hard as they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EL34SRULE Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Originally posted by RoboCop00 So, I just got a new MIA Strat that I've been saving months for. I love it and have only had it for about a week.The ONLY person I've let play it besides myself is my guitar teacher, who I obviously know pretty well and trust (plus he owns like 9 Strats and respects other peoples instruments)So today at Jazz band I'm getting my tuner out of my bag with my guitar leaned against a chair right next to me. Out of nowhere, the band's bass player (absolutely annoying kid, puts his bass up to 10, tries to drown out the rest of the rythm section, and REFUSES to play root notes, even for beginning jazz stuff) runs up to me and is about to reach for my guitar. I quickly grab it."CAN I PLAY SOMETHING MAN?"Me: "Uh....no....I uh....don't let other people play my guitars""COME ON JUST A SECOND"Me:"No, I've had people mess with my guitars and mess them up" (Not true, but hey, I wanted to get rid of him)He just got this pissed off look and walked away. Don't people realize you don't ask to play someone elses guitar if you don't know the person? You especially don't ask if it's obviously a new and expensive guitar. Damn. People do that {censored} to me all the time. Especially when drunk. {censored} him. I know a drummer like that, but for him it's electronics, he'll go {censored} around with my amp settings, the board settings, etc. But I do know what you mean. One of my favorite guitars is a Fender Custom Shop '57 RI I've had for about 17 years. I keep it out on a stand because I use it a lot. But everytime one of my guy friends comes over, it's play time! They strap it on,and all of s sudden it's Jimi/Pete all over again! I get so pissed. I usually take it away and say, you scratch it or otherwise damage it, you just bought it. They think it's a {censored}ing TOY or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members markas214 Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 I don't mind people playing my guitars. I don't like when people who can't play want to play with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesbreaker46 Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 originally posted by Tiger Roach I don't like guys with sweaty hands touching my guitars. simillar story. i had a couple of friends over one time and i went to the bathroom. i came back into my room and i saw one of my friends eating pizza and playing my acoustic. he got a combination of grease and sweat all over my guitar. then, the worst part, a glob of pizza sauce falls onto the guitar. i was so pissed. i was ready to dropkick his ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lchyi Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Under CAREFUL supervision I let some people I trusted play my Larrivee OMV-05 (nice orchestra model maple/spruce acoustic). I swear I eagle-eyed the entire event when foreign hands were touching my guitar. Finally, after only a few minutes of people playing it I put it back in my case... didn't really inspect it. I come back later and BAM there's a crack on the back that I didn't realize when I put it back in the case. That's all it took, one corner of a wall or a chair or something and me not looking for about 10 seconds. Worst of all, no one fessed up to it and these are the people I go to church with, I wasn't happy that day. Good news is that it took $25 to repair and even though it'll never be the same, I have to live with the fact that I was an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 I'm very fussy about strangers playing my guitars.If you come across as someone who duct tapes his guitar strap to a guitar, then don't even ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tonemeister87 Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 I generally only let people I trust use my gear. And even then, I still watch them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hbnz Posted October 13, 2005 Members Share Posted October 13, 2005 Guys like that are only interested in feeding their ego. In almost every case it's a "look what I can do" mentality. After 23 years of playing in bands, I still see it happen on a regular basis. Ironically, if they consider themselves musicians, they should damn well know better than to assume they can just get up and play someone else's instrument. Besides, the best musicians that I've worked with have no desire to pull off a stunt like that and try to show off. Nowadays, I just shake my head and say "Nah!". No explanations, just "Nah!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 A friend of mine was coming to Europe from Canada for a tour in France when I still lived on the other side of the pond. He's pretty good and is certainly careful but he wanted to borrow one of my hand made acoustics (an insanely expensive guitar as it is). I said no based on the fact that, on the road, anything can happen. I trust him but the risk was too much for me. He was really pissed off! (But we are still friends). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joesl8 Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 That's one reason I got rid of my PRS, it kept getting beat. I like and prefer strats anyway, plus they look cool with dings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members squareking Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Originally posted by tiger roach I don't like guys with sweaty hands touching my guitars. +1. I loaned my Strat to a friend of mine to play on two songs. I had just restrung it the day previous. When I got it back....ugh. Disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jlliu59 Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 I got a good friend who's a pretty good guitar player and has a few good acoustic guitars (collings, martin...) of his own, but he's got sweaty hands. This guy is pretty much stuck with coated strings because his sweat kicks the crap out of the strings. yeah, I get pretty annoyed if he plays my guitars. He's a great guy, but his sweat takes all the tone out of the strings and leaves a nasty film on my guitar. Then there's him pickng up my bass...you know how much bass strings cost to replace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ConcreteVampire Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 If you don't want anyone to play it, keep it strapped on you or in your lap. It's not illegal to ask. It' your choice to give permission. "If" the person makes a disparaging comment as to your ultimate decision, or mutters under his breath whil walking away, carefully unplug and gently place your guitar in it's case, close the case gently. Approach the person and punch him in his {censored}ing throat. Return to your guitar, and set back up. Make sure you tune up. Everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crosscut Saw Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Originally posted by Alchemist oh and a friend one time tried to emulate a tremolo by bending back the neck by pulling back the headstock on my 335.... YOU DONT DO THAT TO AN ANGLED SET NECK GUITAR, or any guitar for that matter:mad: That's a situation that calls for this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timmy210 Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Ah, nothing like a bullet wound to make someone know not to touch your guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gghyt101 Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 One of my friends takes horrible care of practically everything he owns. He plays bass, and when I look at that thing I cringe. Hes never, not once, used any type of polish or cleaner on it. Hes had it for about 2 years now and its his only bass at the moment. Its not even glossy anymore. Well, about a month ago he came over, and like usual picks up my Sg Classic by the headstock and tosses it up and catches it by the neck. Well i make him put it back on the stand, and start bitching at him w/o inspecting it before letting him leave. Well the next day I wake up to find that he put a fairly deep chip in the finish. I literally screamed. Now he wont fess up to it, and I know it was him because I hadnt played the rest of the day, and im extremely careful with it. And hes still stupid enough to ask me if he can play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Europa760 Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Originally posted by lchyi Under CAREFUL supervision I let some people I trusted play my Larrivee OMV-05 (nice orchestra model maple/spruce acoustic). I swear I eagle-eyed the entire event when foreign hands were touching my guitar. Finally, after only a few minutes of people playing it I put it back in my case... didn't really inspect it. I come back later and BAM there's a crack on the back that I didn't realize when I put it back in the case. That's all it took, one corner of a wall or a chair or something and me not looking for about 10 seconds.Worst of all, no one fessed up to it and these are the people I go to church with, I wasn't happy that day. Good news is that it took $25 to repair and even though it'll never be the same, I have to live with the fact that I was an idiot. damn. thats terrible man. i feel angry just reading that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AunShui Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 +1000 to pretty much everything said here. Robocop, I feel your pain. 2 instances come to mind: 1. In marching band, the bassist (also plays guitar) just assumes he can play my guitar without asking. I think a beating is called for next time he does that. 2. An incredibly arrogant and bitchey bassist that I know borrowed my SG over the weekend. No respect for it at all; he leaned it against the wall the wrong way (with the strings facing outward and the headstock taking alot of weight), plus its gross and smudgy and needs new strings.Never again will he play my instrument (same kid who tries to crack my case combination to play my guitar with out asking) I think heads will roll the next time someone {censored}s with one of my instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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