What to do when you're dead...

[Big Hoss]

Okay a bit of a morbid topic, but one I am a bit concerned with. I know what I want to happen with my gear after I pass on, but I got curious, what do you want to happen with your gear once you as the Doors once said, break on through to the other side...?

In my will, if there are certain next generation relatives, nieces, and nephews that have some inclination toward music, that will be offered the opportunity to get some of the gear, by doing community service / volunteer work to be proved to the executor of the estate, next off, if they don't want it, it is to go either by sale, or barter for community service, to a needy aspiring musician from within my church / community.

I want my stuff to do the most good possible. And I might be odd, but instead of giving it away, I want the recipient to have to give something, so that the gear has some value to them... Be it $$, or time and effort, doesn't matter. I just want them invested in it.

 

[pacojas]

i want my gear to be found in a barn, in an episode of American Pickers, in the year 2112!

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Great idea. I happen to be the collector of my previous generation's gear. The plan was originally to pass it on to someone in the subsequent generation that shows some interest or is the most deserving.
So far, none of them have shown any interest. Most of them aren't even sure who these people were. I'm starting to rethink my plan. As to my gear, I'm currently in the process of documenting exactly what I have and about what it worth so my wonderful wife who has been so tolerant of my GAS condition can get some of what I spent back.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

I hope my gear doesn't end up in my family's hands. They'll just sit on it and let it collect dust for the sake of nostalgia. If my basses aren't being played I'll be rolling in my grave.

 

[David Jayne]

I just hope my wife doesn't sell it all for what I told her I paid for it.

 

[mellowinman]

I don't care about anything that happens after I die. Not even a little.

 

[Gaolee]

I expect to rot when I'm dead, mostly. Everything will go to family members who can do whatever they want. There's no reason to be any bigger pain in the butt than I already am when the time comes. When I'm dead, I plan to be dead and not worry about it.

 

[AaronVonRock]

Hopefully someone will use it and enjoy playing it. Or someone will sell it and use the money for something they like.

When I'm dead, I don't care what happens to my gear. It's just stuff.

 

[callofcthulhu]

I want my corpse to be mounted on a funeral pyre composed entirely of my bass gear, with my 4003 clutched in my hands when the fire is lit.

 

[rufus.K]

I hope my kids will absorb it.

 

[Johnny Crab]

Dunno all of the details except my red-orange Fame/Hondo with the factory Kahler trem, copper foil shielding, Seymour Duncans, and decades of wear is wanted by and will go to my daughter. We(wifey & I) have had the hours-long sit down and scratch out "last wishes" but haven't got it legal-ized yet. I tend to agree with AaronVonRock in that I don't think my gear will be important to me after that event.

 

[SirMjac28]

My very first bass is going with me the rest will be donated to a music program that benefits disabled or at risk youth.

 

[ZorgRift]

#1 bass turned into arrows

#2 bass turned into bow

start electrical fire with amp

don't have viking funeral those are lame just shoot mourners with fire arrows

 

[Clef_de_fa]

I'm trying to sell it all so I don't care what happen to those instruments

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

Whoever has the custody will probably sell them, or give them away, or use them, or throw them away. Honestly I don't think I'd care any if I'm dead.

 

[dalkowski]

My very first bass is going with me the rest will be donated to a music program that benefits disabled or at risk youth.

I really like this idea. At-risk youth need every chance us that's got can give 'em. It's a kind of organ donation, if you think a little about it.

Assuming none of my hypothetical grandkids take up music: I have a 14-year-old nephew whom, if he's still playing, I'll bequeath my 78 P and my Guild B30. The rest I'll donate.

 

[Jazz Ad]

I hope they will be played, preferably by members of my family, but really I don't care.

 

[Dogbertday]

Familty First, then after that probably gifted to a school or other place that always needs instruments for kids to use.

 

[vmabus]

I dunno - surprise me!

 

[Winterglo]

I want my corpse to be mounted on a funeral pyre composed entirely of my bass gear, with my 4003 clutched in my hands when the fire is lit.

I want one of my Rics attached to the underside of the coffin lid.