I recently got a microphone stand back that I lost back in '98. 
The other band had taken it by mistake and forgot about it.
The other band had taken it by mistake and forgot about it.
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Gear left at Venue - There when you went back?
- Thread starter iamoldschool
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Not a piece of gear, but...
A bunch of us went to Fantasy Fest in Key West one year and one of my buddies lost one of his shoes. He just kept saying "man, I lost my shoe! I can't believe I lost my shoe!" all the way home. Yep, he was a little wasted.
A bunch of us went to Fantasy Fest in Key West one year and one of my buddies lost one of his shoes. He just kept saying "man, I lost my shoe! I can't believe I lost my shoe!" all the way home. Yep, he was a little wasted.
Sad to say, but in this town a lot more musical gear "walks out" of churches than bars.
Worship drummer friend of mind lost a full set of cymbals a few years back, and somebody got themselves a combo guitar amp, some wireless mics and stands in the same trip.
My church is now guarded 24/7 by rabid pit bulls. No not really... but it did make them a lot more careful about keeping the place locked up.
Worship drummer friend of mind lost a full set of cymbals a few years back, and somebody got themselves a combo guitar amp, some wireless mics and stands in the same trip.
My church is now guarded 24/7 by rabid pit bulls. No not really... but it did make them a lot more careful about keeping the place locked up.
TF Ghost said:
Many years ago, a friend of mine once took a brand new pair of shoes with him to a music festival. Not the smartest move for starters in my opinion, given typical English "summers". He then managed to lose one on the Saturday, so had to go around the rest of the weekend with only one shoe. His parents weren't exactly pleased with having to buy him a new pair!
My idiotic drummer left the entire PA at a small bar venue once. I'm not even sure why. The place closed down the next and he never got it back.
Mackie 1604
a couple of power amps
a couple of cabs
stands
mics
cable
the works
IDIOT!
Mackie 1604
a couple of power amps
a couple of cabs
stands
mics
cable
the works
IDIOT!
I live in Los Angeles. If I left a nickel on the ground it wouldn't be there for long. Some former band-mates & I used to hide each other's gear while we were at gigs. Dirty trick but funny.
I played a wedding gig in the Champlain Islands, Vermont. Typical tent w/a stage out on a point of land in the lake. ...nice setting. I had 2 basses with me and brilliantly decided to tuck the one I wasn't using under the stage. The next morning unloading I realized I only had one, and knew right away what had happened. I jumped in the car and blasted the hour or so back to the venue. The tent company was striking the tent. The stage was gone already. My 5-string Moon in its gig bag were the only thing lying where the stage had been. Whoah...! You can bet the tent guys weren't about to touch it ...much to my relief!
I was playing "Bike Week" in Laconia, NH. I was staying at our keyboard player's house and left my bass, amp, and car keys at the venue. My luggage was in my car but I needed my keys to get into the car. I drove back and found that my keys were right where I left them.
idiot check: yes! (and just raising your hand and calling "present" doesn't count)
ss# on gear: hell no! those days are over. other identifying marks (like contact info) are probably a good idea, though.
ss# on gear: hell no! those days are over. other identifying marks (like contact info) are probably a good idea, though.
Good stories. My old guitarist borrowed our singer's randy rhoads guitar once. He went to jam with some friends, then put it in the bed of his truck. He then went to a fast food place to pick up something to eat (nobody noticed it). When he got home, he was so hungry that he got straight out of the truck into the kitchen, ate, and went to sleep. The next afternoon, he was all in a panic as the guitar was nowhere to be found...... We didn't notice it ourselves until somebody went out for a smoke and saw it in the truck bed.... And the funny part was some kids broke into our roomate's car for a couple of cds only weeks prior.
I STRONGLY disagree with this, your social security number should be nowhere that is available to public eyes, whether as a password or login ID or any other random number. Opportunists will see a 8 digit number and say, "I wonder if that's a SSN, lets see what I can get with that." Use something else, some gibberish phrase that makes no sense that noone would know.
Back in the 80's we played a club one Saturday night and left our 12 channel mixing board sitting on the side of the stage behind the curtains. I didn't realize this until two weeks later when I was loading up for a gig and couldn't find the board. I called over to the club and asked a waitress to look on the stage and sure enough it was still there!
Another time I left my 77' P bass in the back of my pick-up all night and most of the next day. When I got off work the next day after a bad thunderstorm and 1/4 inch of rain and looked in the back of the truck and said "hey that looks just like my bass!?
And another time I got home from a gig with bass rig and PA in the back of my truck and went in to open the garage door and unload--except I got distracted--my wife happened to have woken up and was making breakfast--and forgot to unload. The next day at around noon when I went out to get the paper I noticed that thankfully every thing was still there.
And yes, it is possible that these incidents could have been alcohol related.
Another time I left my 77' P bass in the back of my pick-up all night and most of the next day. When I got off work the next day after a bad thunderstorm and 1/4 inch of rain and looked in the back of the truck and said "hey that looks just like my bass!?
And another time I got home from a gig with bass rig and PA in the back of my truck and went in to open the garage door and unload--except I got distracted--my wife happened to have woken up and was making breakfast--and forgot to unload. The next day at around noon when I went out to get the paper I noticed that thankfully every thing was still there.
And yes, it is possible that these incidents could have been alcohol related.
We thought our guitarist's $1000+ pedalboard was stolen at a gig... BUT, it turned out that it got mixed in with Edward Sharp & The Magnetic Zeros equipment after the set when they loaded out. I contacted their manager a few days later on the off chance that something like that happened. They found it in with their stuff at the studio, apologized profusely, and shipped it Fed Ex all the way back to Buffalo, NY from wherever their home bass is in California, hahaha. Funny thing is, the board says "THE ETCHINGS" ALL OVER IT, in big, clear letters.
Left a brand new Ovation Adamas on the train in Japan and it was an hour before I got to the last station on the line. After all those people seeing no one picking it up, no one took it!
The only things I've ever lost at gigs have been cords and my favorite pair of string cutters. They've taken the small stuff and left the expensive stuff alone - go figure.
The only things I've ever lost at gigs have been cords and my favorite pair of string cutters. They've taken the small stuff and left the expensive stuff alone - go figure.
I bet they were all scared to death thinking it was a bomb (if this was in recent times).
