Values… Why?

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kids are free. gear is not.

(kidding, i have no children)

 

You're a lot more likely to get rowdy, go nuts, headbang, etc. when performing.

I have a hard time imagining that while babysitting.

 

I didn't let my relatives babysit my son! So, the basses are definately out of the question!

 

It costs to repair a bass ? Can't do that to a child :-/


"Hey there little John, looks like you fell. We'll need to get a new body for you and adjust your action"

 

It also depends what kind of band you are in, Slayer cover BIG NO. Soft jazz, yeah, probably fine.

 

I'd loan a bass to most anyone I know would try to take care of it, and bring it back when expected. If it does get dinged, not that big of a deal, we all do it sooner or later.

I'd MUCH rather loan someone a bass than a rig. You're not going to blow up a bass. Especially when you are running rigs that are around the 4 digit wattages, I'd trust it to no one, unless I knew them well, and knew that they know how to operate, and take care of quality gear. Something as simple as a bad EQ, or driving it just a little louder to beat the triple rectal fire on the other side of the stage can be doom on drivers.

 

I would never lend my main bass to someone. They can take my crappy Squire in the corner!

 

If you put a ding in a child, eventually it will heal. A ding in a bass will not heal.

 

I usually will have no problem letting someone I know play my bass, if they need to.

My pet peeve is when somebody I don't know picks up my bass and starts playing it, without asking. I get even more mad if they do so while I am not present.

 

because bassists think their gear is people and most don't understand that....

 

Babysitting is a nessecary evil. Lending someone your bass is a voluntary one.

 

Agreed.

If I know you and trust you somewhat Ill let you jam on my bass, but unless I think you know what you are doing, you arent playing through my rig.

You slam and thump on the strings like an idiot, and they might wear out a little sooner, you do that through a powerful amp and you can say goodbye to your speakers.

Peace
Nick

 

I think we're all forgetting the main point - if some looks after your kids their doing YOU a favour.

Iff you lend them a bass, your doing THEM a favour.

A straight up game of Give and Take...more Take mind

 

Let you????? Interesting choice of words.

I'm with Yoshi on this one.

 

I have no problem lending my bass to a serious bassist - or even a serious musician - but, I probably won't lend it to a 14 year old kid who wants to impress his/her buddies by getting on a real stage to play the one Metallica riff (s)he thinks (s)he knows...

 

Well, I guess I sorta agree on that. I'd lend any one of my basses to a blues/jazz guy, or somebody like my friend Brad, who moves about as much as the Ox did.

Now, if I was me, and I asked lend me an axe, I'd probably decline. While I look like I'm abusing the bass and myself, I'm acrually rather carefull with both, and all dings/dents come from my own stupidity at practice or sitting at home. Oddly enough, never even put a scratch on it on stage.

But, I think it's more vibe than anything. I'd like to think I get a pretty accurate first impression of folks, and I'm rarely wrong, so I kinda feel the person out before I say yes or no.