Just curious, how many of you guys leave your rigs in your rehearsal space or take it home after every practice?
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Take it or Leave it
- Thread starter CharlieCraver
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i leave mine in my space. it is very secure with special keys & passcodes. we are even working on a secret handshake! i just don't see the point of me taking my amp home to turn around & bring it back the next day.
but i do have a couple of practice amps at home to use.
but i do have a couple of practice amps at home to use.
I leave my rehearsal gear at the rehearsal studio, including a bass. But it's as secure a place as any, and splits my gear up so it's not all in one location.
If I'm coming back within a day or two, I leave it. Otherwise I take it home since I don't have a separate practice rig.
When I had an SVT-4Pro in a rack I left it at the practice space because it was too heavy to carry around everywhere and it wasn't a shared space so it was very secure. Now that I have a LMII I take it with me and my cab stays at home because both spaces we practice in have cabs available for me to use.
If we were playing in a shared space or a space that I didn't feel was very secure (which would be any place that isn't owned by a trusted friend) there's no way in hell I'd leave any of my gear there. I lost a Mesa Boogie 412 guitar cab years ago because I let a friend temporarily store it in what we were assured was a securely locked storage room at a space he was renting to put on shows. Never again.
If we were playing in a shared space or a space that I didn't feel was very secure (which would be any place that isn't owned by a trusted friend) there's no way in hell I'd leave any of my gear there. I lost a Mesa Boogie 412 guitar cab years ago because I let a friend temporarily store it in what we were assured was a securely locked storage room at a space he was renting to put on shows. Never again.
Leave my gear (cab and all) at the practice spot,except my bass.It goes where i go.As for gigs,I leave my cab,take e/thing else home w/me.
I haul my bass and effects back and forth but leave power supplies, amp, stands, etc... in our practice space. Just easier and more convenient.
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I leave it all, including my bass. Security is not an issue, and if I can't trust my band mates with my gear - I wouldn't be playing with them.
+1, i have one Avatar SB112 @ practice and one @ home, NeoPak and bass travel with me as they aren't too difficult to schlep
I freelance and play regularly with several different artists, so I seldom rehearse in the same spot twice. Or at least not twice in a row. So I take everything with me. But this thread is probably aimed more at folks who are dedicated to a single band or artist, so I apologize for the OT ...
Cheers,
Liam
Cheers,
Liam
We keep our rehearsal volume low, so I get along just fine with a old Crate B80XL combo that stays put in our practice room at my drummer's place. 
