I let a band mate use my bass set up at a gig. All was cool with that. Than I found out he let the next band use it as well. The bass player used his amp head though. This blew the speaker and I do not have a speaker in there to this day. He sent a email to all of us and to the folks in the other band with no response, of course. Why would you swap heads like that? Sure the head he used was better, but it was obviously not power rated for that speaker. Wouldn't you want to figure that out before you plugged 500 watts into someone elses cabnet. Screw him.
On a different note, I have used other peoples drum sets a different gigs that I have done. This is a weird thing to do in general. I really haven't broke anybodys stuff, minus a few sticks that I did replace. But it is strange to use a different set. Not only because of the different sound it made, but also usually drummers a perticular about how and where the drums are set up. So I usually preform according to what and where I am used to doing on my personal set up. This would lead to alot of missing cymbal crashes and other missed hits. In addition to that, most drummers sets that I used where crap. There was one gig that the drum set was basically falling apart throughout the gig. That sucks and it makes you look bad on stage. I try to use my own gear as much as possible, but due to the size of a kit and transportaion issues that is not always feasible.
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