Sharing gear at shows.

[warmowski]

If you break somebody's stuff, you should pay for it and vice versa of course.

I've been on both sides of this situation, but I have limited who I will lend gear to in the following way: is the person asking me to borrow some stuff experiencing a bona fide emergency or are they being lazy / stupid?

You can guess what I do when I figure that out.

-r

[killart]

Originally Posted by GearJunkie

I was playing a show in Champaign about 4 years ago. This band that I was friends with (ahem... no longer) needed to borrow my amp for the set. The LAST SONG of the set, they invite the entire crowd onstage. My amp head takes a nose dive, my cabinet goes with it.

Obviously, this was the first day I used a 1 foot speaker cable, so when the head fell, it ripped the back panel and inputs off the back of the cab. The power amp tubes burst, about 50% of the knobs on the front all smashed into a billion pieces, and I was screaming at this guy in front of a live mic during the last song.

Cost me like $250 to repair. He gave me $50 and said "I'll get you the rest when I can." His band is on Atlantic Records now and I haven't seen a dime.

Ah yes those old fools! I recall this story like yesterday! Not only on a big label, but endorsements up the arse!!!

I learned my lesson as well. I let someone borrow my Sovtek Mig 50 a few years ago for a show. When I went to go see the band, I noticed my head was placed on it's side the entire show. WTF? I can understand a cab, but a head? Needless to say, it was fucked. I don't know what they did, but it came back with no knobs, and fuses blown. Needless to say, no one uses my Nomad now.

[GearJunkie]

Originally Posted by killart

Ah yes those old fools! I recall this story like yesterday! Not only on a big label, but endorsements up the arse!!!

I learned my lesson as well. I let someone borrow my Sovtek Mig 50 a few years ago for a show. When I went to go see the band, I noticed my head was placed on it's side the entire show. WTF? I can understand a cab, but a head? Needless to say, it was fucked. I don't know what they did, but it came back with no knobs, and fuses blown. Needless to say, no one uses my Nomad now.

which nomad do you have? i just sold mine recently.