diablo175 Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 I guess I've interpreted this from the context of: how would I react to having one of my beloved vintage axes f-ed up in that manner? There's certainly been no shortage of A-hole rock stars with f-ed up, rock star behaviors. That's never gonna change. My beef is on the level of taking ANY man's (or woman's) guitar and treating it that way. I guess that's why I don't lend my gear to anyone unless I know them personally. Have rubbed a few feathers the wrong way because of my policy but that's too bad. There was a time out in Seattle in '89, and in the early 90's around here, when my band would be doing double bills with other bands (or worse, a Battle of the Bands ) and someone from another band would always wanna borrow something- a cabinet, a cable, a tuner, a wah pedal, strings, etc. I drew the line at amp or guitar. I could afford to replace anything else but not the amps and axes.
dhuber Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 I never cared for Prince back in the 80's. I think he had movie too. I made a statement while watching the movie with my date. I can't remember word for word what I said but I'm sure it was politically incorrect. Looking back my date must have been a big fan of Prince because she never talked to me again after that night. I never gave her or Prince much thought after that. However in the last few years I’ve had to acknowledge that Prince is quite the guitar player. My feeling about Prince has never changed. Even though my date was a nice gal, if I knew the the gal's email I'd send the the news clip to her and say "Remember Me"
murkat Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 There was a time out in Seattle in '89, and in the early 90's around here, when my band would be doing double bills with other bands (or worse, a Battle of the Bands ) and someone from another band would always wanna borrow something- a cabinet, a cable, a tuner, a wah pedal, strings, etc. I drew the line at amp or guitar. Oh, was that me? Na, I always brought my own gear to the shows no matter what. did we share a gig together?....
diablo175 Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 There was a time out in Seattle in '89, and in the early 90's around here, when my band would be doing double bills with other bands (or worse, a Battle of the Bands ) and someone from another band would always wanna borrow something- a cabinet, a cable, a tuner, a wah pedal, strings, etc. I drew the line at amp or guitar. Oh, was that me? Na, I always brought my own gear to the shows no matter what. did we share a gig together?.... Who knows, Jay, coulda been you. But likely you were playing better venues than me. We played smaller clubs, some out in the middle of no where, or some that were @ good sized venues but had "exposure shows" i.e. they were poorly drawing nights (Mondays,Tuesdays & Weds.) and they would pay us a % of the door take. Which, for us, was like 3 dollars- Then, there was the final, inconsequential item of: we sucked. Still didn't dissuade other bands from wanting to borrow shit, though.
JohnnyB Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 Then, there was the final, inconsequential item of: we sucked. Still didn't dissuade other bands from wanting to borrow shit, though. You should have been grateful. At least they thought you were good for something.
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