Has this ever happened to any of you guys?
My son and I put a band together(me on bass, him on drums) with two younger guitar players; one phenomenal lead player, one mediocre rithym player and a singer. We were progressing along fairly well doing classic rock covers and some 80s and 90s rock stuff, but the rithym guitar player was constantly having issues with his guitar staying in tune. He would throw a tantrum during songs while playing--"This #!@**&^!!?! damn guitar!!" and just throw it on the floor in disgust. I finally offered to take it to the guitar shop I deal with for a proper set-up for him. He readily agreed and off I went the next day. The next rehearsal we have, he shows up and is totally stoked at how well his guitar plays....but seems to be short the $40.00 for the set-up fee and new strings. I just tell him to catch up with me at the next rehearsal. (We practice at my home studio). He shows up the next time we meet with no money again, not even part of it. So I suggest I place a jar on the amp where he can throw a dollar in everytime we practice. He laughs and says,"yeah, right". He keeps his 4x12 cab and tube head at my house as well as his guitar.
This goes on for several months without ever having a single dollar put in the jar
until one day he announces he is leaving our group to play with a thrash metal band that is signed and needs to take his rig to their new practice place. Previous to this, the lead guitar player has told me that he does this sort of thing with everybody; either borrowing money or creating money owed somehow and just blowing it off. I step up to him nose to nose and tell him he either pays me the $40.00 or he leaves something of equal value as collateral until he can. He opts to leave his Hamer 6 string guitar behind.
After exactly a year and numerous attempts to contact him through Facebook, etc. I reluctantly took his guitar back to the guitar shop where I had it set up and put it up for sale for $100.00. I dropped it off during my lunch break and it sold that afternoon.
To this day, I feel sort of disgusted about the whole scenario, but I live by a credo that has carried me through my life for 55 years now: If someone screws you, you let them them do it.
I found out later that I was the only person who had ever held this guy accountable for the money he owed them.
Any of you folks ever had a similiar experience?
My son and I put a band together(me on bass, him on drums) with two younger guitar players; one phenomenal lead player, one mediocre rithym player and a singer. We were progressing along fairly well doing classic rock covers and some 80s and 90s rock stuff, but the rithym guitar player was constantly having issues with his guitar staying in tune. He would throw a tantrum during songs while playing--"This #!@**&^!!?! damn guitar!!" and just throw it on the floor in disgust. I finally offered to take it to the guitar shop I deal with for a proper set-up for him. He readily agreed and off I went the next day. The next rehearsal we have, he shows up and is totally stoked at how well his guitar plays....but seems to be short the $40.00 for the set-up fee and new strings. I just tell him to catch up with me at the next rehearsal. (We practice at my home studio). He shows up the next time we meet with no money again, not even part of it. So I suggest I place a jar on the amp where he can throw a dollar in everytime we practice. He laughs and says,"yeah, right". He keeps his 4x12 cab and tube head at my house as well as his guitar.
This goes on for several months without ever having a single dollar put in the jar
until one day he announces he is leaving our group to play with a thrash metal band that is signed and needs to take his rig to their new practice place. Previous to this, the lead guitar player has told me that he does this sort of thing with everybody; either borrowing money or creating money owed somehow and just blowing it off. I step up to him nose to nose and tell him he either pays me the $40.00 or he leaves something of equal value as collateral until he can. He opts to leave his Hamer 6 string guitar behind.After exactly a year and numerous attempts to contact him through Facebook, etc. I reluctantly took his guitar back to the guitar shop where I had it set up and put it up for sale for $100.00. I dropped it off during my lunch break and it sold that afternoon.
To this day, I feel sort of disgusted about the whole scenario, but I live by a credo that has carried me through my life for 55 years now: If someone screws you, you let them them do it.
I found out later that I was the only person who had ever held this guy accountable for the money he owed them.
Any of you folks ever had a similiar experience?
