Has someone ever damaged your gear?

[Moe Hickey]

My son was telling me about a bass player he is jamming with in the Bay Area who has a 78 Fender P. For some reason, it became very wet and the player's wife unknowingly put it in a gig bag. (Yep. Rode hard, put away wet) Some time later, the guy goes to retrieve the bass, and it has suffered extreme duress. The bass is saved, but not without harsh discoloration. And, it had stayed in tune.

For me, one of my son's high school friends dropped a Rickenbacker 620, and it carved a trophy divot out of it. Still played.

Anybody else?

 

[buldog5151bass]

Nope. I take are of my gear, and others I play with do the same. Respect is a wonderful thing.

 

[bigthemat]

when I first started playing, I had this old Ibanez SG 100 something, nothing too special, but, it was my bass. Friend asked if he could borrow it for his band's bassist for whatever reason. Dude was a sax player so I figured he'd respect my stuff. Problem was I didn't have a gig bag since I wasn't gigging yet as I was still such a noob.

Well, somehow it dropped and they put a nickel sized chip in the finish. He tried to be a snake about it and like ok here ya go gotta run until I saw the gouge. oh yeah sorry it fell well gotta go. Never much liked him after that (and some other BS he pulled over the years...)

Never let anyone use my basses anymore. Might let em use an amp depending on the situation and as long as I'm there to supervise.

 

[chris_b]

I seriously damaged my Fender Precision when the case popped open and the bass bounced down the road! There were many dents in the wood but the bass never stopped working.

The drummer knocked my bass off the stand on a very small stage. Fortunately, it stayed upright leaning against the kit. The only damage was one very small dent in the side of the fretboard. I haven't used the stand since that day. Now the bass goes into the gig bag when ever it isn't being played and there has been no more damage.

No one else plays my bass, so no other damage done.

 

[Doctor Morbius]

Not too long ago I loaned out my G&L Tribute JB to a buddy so he could try out a full scale bass for a while. It came back with a chip around the neck pocket! I don't blame him, however, as that's a pretty typical place for poly to chip.

 

[wvbass]

Yes. I have a guitar player friend that I occasionally loan gear to. He is not good at taking care of stuff, but he thinks he is. I have had multiple pieces of gear come back with cosmetic damage that he hasn't even bothered to acknowledge.

I knew who he was going in. He is a friend. The next time he needs to borrow something, I'll make sure I can accomodate his request.

 

[Black Out Jazz]

My son can play my bass under my supervision. Nobody else can, nobody ever has.

 

[scott sinner]

Stage diver bumped my mic stand once and it almost hit my face, blocked with my bass head and punched a tuning key in. Better than my teeth I suppose.

 

[johnh89]

Has someone ever damaged your gear?
Only once . A long time ago

 

[thisheregiraffe]

I don’t trust other people to damage my gear, I do it myself

 

[cripula]

Oh yes. 32 years ago had a drunk dude jump onstage at a club and knock my bass over, broke the body. Club covered the damage, amazingly.

Same time period. Had a guy I knew sit in, tweak my gear for "his sound" and promptly blow 2 of the 8 10" Hartke drivers.
The aluminum cones would tear away from the surrounds pretty regularly so it wasn't a shock. Glued them back together and carried on.

Not long after - at a rehearsal, drunken keyboard player got up from his piano and walked blindly into my 100+ year old string bass that was sitting on the stage (in my area of the stage...). Knocked it onto its bridge and did some damage. Still playable.
I implored people to please be careful around the bass. Not 10 minutes later same guy did the same thing. $2500 damage. Artist we were working for covered the damage and the bass came back better than before.

stuff happens.

 

[Nuage420]

When I get new gear I set it up and clean it, put the stuff I like on it strings, straps, etc. Then I put it on and run through my house until I bash both body and headstock into a wall or piece of furniture. Immediate relief and no more stress over keeping my bass mark free.

 

[ModuMan]

Why yes, just recently!

Now it is VERY minor damage but it's more the actions than the result.

I was set up to play as the opening band for a 6-band event. Someone else's backline, I just brought my bass. I had it on a stand I brought and placed it behind and to the left of the rig. We are about 5 minutes away from starting (6 bands, no fooling around with time).

One of the guys working the event goes behind the backline to look for... something, who knows. He grabs the neck of my bass to move it out of the way, causing the bottom of the bass to fall out of the stand and hit the floor. I see this and grab my bass from him saying (not sarcastically enough, apparently) "oh, allow me". As I discover later, there is a fresh ding in the bottom of the bass.

But that's not all! In his futzing around he also managed to kick the plug from the bass amp out. So when I pick up the bass for us to start playing I give it a little tap and... nothing. So I have to call everyone off while we sort out the bass power. JFC, this guy.

 

[evil dewars]

Not a bass but I let my nephew borrow a super nice 1979 Ovation Glen Campbell Balladeer. When I asked for it back his wife asked if she could buy it for him because "he loved it so much." They could not afford it with two young kids so I said no and man, she got pi$$y.

Anyway he loved it so much he left it out in the rain a couple times, broke the external controls into four pieces and did a 4 year old's job of super gluing it back together, gouged the headstock and snapped the handle off the case.

Dang, that made me angry typing that out. SERENITY NOW!!

 

[evil dewars]

When I get new gear I set it up and clean it, put the stuff I like on it strings, straps, etc. Then I put it on and run through my house into I bash both body and headstock into a wall or piece of furniture. Immediate relief and no more stress over keeping my bass mark free.

Dude, I like your style.

tell grasshopper more, Sensai.

 

[cdef]

Not a bass... but I had a '62 Fender Stratocaster, white w/ mint pg. My friend Mickey, who was a good player, tried it and bumped the headstock enough to bend one tuner shaft about 25 degrees. There was little recourse at that time, and he was very sorry. But that was nothing next to the destruction I myself wreaked on that guitar after a while. Fenders were, like, still not that special.

Now, like any enlightened citizen, I wish I still had that white Strat. I'd just replace the one tuner.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

My son was telling me about a bass player he is jamming with in the Bay Area who has a 78 Fender P. For some reason, it became very wet and the player's wife unknowingly put it in a gig bag. (Yep. Rode hard, put away wet) Some time later, the guy goes to retrieve the bass, and it has suffered extreme duress. The bass is saved, but not without harsh discoloration. And, it had stayed in tune.

For me, one of my son's high school friends dropped a Rickenbacker 620, and it carved a trophy divot out of it. Still played.

Anybody else?

I've destroyed many things. Never had anyone else do it

 

[Nuage420]

Dude, I like your style.

tell grasshopper more, Sensai.

You should see me break in cars and motorcycles

 

[Kevin Hailey]

Just the guy at the factory who did the relic job.

 

[Black Out Jazz]

When I get new gear I set it up and clean it, put the stuff I like on it strings, straps, etc. Then I put it on and run through my house into I bash both body and headstock into a wall or piece of furniture. Immediate relief and no more stress over keeping my bass mark free.

lolol