Members MDLMUSIC Posted September 25, 2005 Members Share Posted September 25, 2005 Originally posted by lefchr Is that a botle opener on the back? Yup. Bottle opener and duct tape. Could I be any more white trash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted September 25, 2005 Members Share Posted September 25, 2005 Originally posted by Lee Flier On the other hand... it's usually no problem at all if I go up to a guy in a band and tell him I'd like to "borrow his equipment." I wonder why? Tease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted September 25, 2005 Members Share Posted September 25, 2005 Originally posted by MDLMUSIC Any guitarist asks to use my equipment, I just hand them this... Most don't ask a second time. Let me just go on record as saying that I love that guitar...I have no idea why, exactly...but I love that guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zekmoe Posted September 26, 2005 Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 Never at shared gigs, because it's usually Po-Boy envy and then they you run the risk of them being childish towards the gear. Let them get a job and buy their own $3000 guitar or amp. It's not your fault they are playing thru a Carvin or Peavey and sound like ass. On the other hand, I've lent my gear to friends to record with many times. Usually I go with it to watch the recording etc but not always. Real friends who are good players wouldn't think of taking advantage of me, and also know to be careful with it as if it were their own. I've lent my Martin, Matchless, Marshall, Orange, Les Paul, Ric 12 string, all without issue. I've always gone with the Matchless or Les Paul, simply because if they're accidentally lost or stolen (studios where I live tend to be in...colorful...neighborhoods), I wouldn't be able to replace them today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangerkarlos Posted September 26, 2005 Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 I'm in a small city with a pretty close community of musicians. we'll share backlines now and then. I'm kinda picky with my stuff, when it's you're own $ on the line you tend to be. One guy I play with has a tendency to pull a mic from it's stand and hand it over to someone in the audience (kinda related to the other thread). I run the sound from stage and these are my ($100) mics he's handing out- and screwing up the neatly placed cables and such. He looks at me funny when i tell him to knock it off. recently we were playing a wedding and on a break. i had an iPod hooked up for break tunes and one of the wedding babes heard a song she liked. "Turn it up"! she demanded. "You can't hear it"? I asked. "Turn it up" and she comes over to my PA and starts reaching. "Touch that and I'll break your arm" I smiled nicely at her. She didn't expect that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ulank Posted September 26, 2005 Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 I let a guy I "trusted" use my kit once for a crappy show in a tiny bar for convenience sake. We played with these guys several times so I knew the drummer and figured it would be cool. Well, they played first and I get to my kit and the brand new heads have huge dimples in them, he was turning my T-bar with the toms mounted on them without loosening the wingnut, and lost a piece to my double pedal (thankfully I checked before we headed out to our other gig the next day. Otherwise, I would have been SOL.) Funny thing is, their guitarist was worried about letting anyone else use his cab. Of all things that can get f-d up by someone else, a cab should be the least of anyone's worries. Match up your ohms and you're done. Anyway, I shy away from it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maxnew40 Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 That sharing a backline thing sucks. I would not let anyone use my guitars or my amp head. The head is a line6 HD 147 and would not be easy for someone else not familiar with the thing to use. I have no problem with someone using the speaker cabinet. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slugball Posted September 29, 2005 Members Share Posted September 29, 2005 I don't mind sharing amps really -- but I don't share my guitars with anybody I don't know for a fact to have a real appreciation for them -- accidents might happen, not because of ignorance...As for my baseball mitt, nobody touches it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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