Searcy Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-_Ip-CRors&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 That was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 " The world would be diminished..." Love that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I loaned out my 30th Ann. Plaintop once, it stayed gone for 6 months ! Â I had given it to my son for his 17th b-day, then 8 months later he was killed in a wreck... at his funeral, one of his best friends was talking about how he didn't have a good guitar to gig with, so I loaned it to him, "for a short time". He stopped in occasionally to say hi, but never brought the guitar with him........after 6 months I asked for him to bring it back. He brought it back in fine shape, but oddly I haven't seen or heard from him since..... Â At which point I vowed..."never again" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 never lend a guitar before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I have never lent a guitar, Â I was asked a couple of times, his view was that I did not "need" all the guitars I have. Silly, of course I don't. Â Still NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I loaned out my 30th Ann. Plaintop once, it stayed gone for 6 months ! Â I had given it to my son for his 17th b-day, then 8 months later he was killed in a wreck... at his funeral, one of his best friends was talking about how he didn't have a good guitar to gig with, so I loaned it to him, "for a short time". He stopped in occasionally to say hi, but never brought the guitar with him........after 6 months I asked for him to bring it back. He brought it back in fine shape, but oddly I haven't seen or heard from him since..... Â At which point I vowed..."never again" Â Very sorry to hear about your son. It always makes me very sad to hear of tragedies like your son and the life that was yet to be lived. It does make me remember to appreciate every moment you have in life and to never leave the ones you love angry or without telling them how much you love them..... Â Sincerely, Â Â Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 neither a borrower or a lender be..... Â that's just with money. Frack you if you want to borrow one of my babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne14t? Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I refuse to lend out any of my equipment to anyone, been burned too many times on other stuff in the past; however of course there is always exceptions. Anyone that comes into my house is more then welcome to use any of the guitar equipment while there under two simple conditions:  1. Dont break it (duh!) 2. Get off it when I wanna play  I have no problem loaning people or musicians I know on a personal basis my gear under very very extreme conditions as in I cant play a show cause my amp is dead, or something stupid like that and only ever on a nightly basis, when your done your show I want it in my hands and if you have to borrow it again the next day come by and ask type thing. I never borrow gear from anyone, sometimes I might borrow a pedal I havent tried or something play it for a day and see if it can make the wishlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Yes and I've also given a lot of them away to people in need that couldn't afford one. There are some that I would only loan to people I really trust but nothing I wouldn't loan at all depending on who was asking. What comes around goes around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 This one kid wanted to borrow a guitar because his was getting repairs. I told him he could use my Strat if he really wanted to. He said that he would only use my Les Paul. I told him no, but he could use the Strat. His response? Well, I have a Strat, I just wanna play a Gibson. Â ****. You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne14t? Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 This one kid wanted to borrow a guitar because his was getting repairs. I told him he could use my Strat if he really wanted to. He said that he would only use my Les Paul. I told him no, but he could use the Strat. His response? Well, I have a Strat, I just wanna play a Gibson. Â ****. You. Â Should've said "Then go buy one" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Sorry for your loss Bender that's a tragic story and a true loss. Â Yep I've done it I loaned a good friend a LP standard almost 20 years ago, Same thing happened he loves that guitar it's his favorite by far and he won't give it back, probably never will. He's offered to pay me for it for years but honestly it's more fun to tease him about it and it's become a running joke for most of our friends when any of us get together. I honestly don't care and don't really even want the guitar back I have a lot more guitars than I do good friends I loaned it to him because he wouldn't let me just give it to him outright after a divorce had cleaned him out and he needed a good guitar to get back to work. I'm way past thinking guitars are more important then friends I have 3 or 4 good friends that could come in here and take just about any guitar I own other than My Hummingbird, My Trussart's or my Warren Haynes model. It wouldn't bother me at all because I know they would protect and respect them and that I could go to their house and do the same thing. Â ------- Â I also have a 22 year old girl that seems to think my studio is her own private guitar store. I'm sure she would be stunned if she ever had to actually buy a guitar or amp on her own. She actually called me from a shop last year and told me she had played a certain Rickenbacker that she really liked playing and she was checking to see if I had one. Without really thinking I said yeah I have a couple they really are a great guitar, before I even realized what I had said she had said great I'll be over tomorrow you have a road case that fits it right? By then I knew I was in trouble so I said sure do you want new strings put on it before you steal it? She just laughed and said yep Elixir 10's please and if you can make sure it's set-up for me I'd appreciate it. I once sarcastically asked her if she was going to ever bring any of them back and the brat just looked up and said sure if you get something I like better. I guess they are all hers when I die but at this rate she'll have everything she needs well before I die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 That's cold guitarrest. "I won't be home," a likely excuse. Know how to counter that? Show up at his next gig, then repo your head unit, mid set if necessary. Â I've always avoided loaning out anything. My musical equipment isn't covetable, so no one has asked to borrow. However, my sons were bad at borrowing or loaning out various tools to friends of theirs. By my count I've lost 4 sets of jumper cables, 2 drills a roto-tiller, power sander and 100 foot contractors extension cord and some tools I'm sure I have not yet missed. Â I had to lay down the law with them. And... I acquired a rough set of loanable tools. Ones that I would not miss if they never returned. Drills, saws, etc. Basically, big box store cheapos and yard sale acquisitions. The rest I locked up. Â Tools still walked but not so much after that. My youngest son learned the hard way why I was so stingy with my tools. One Christmas, he received from my wife and I a nice Dewalt sawzall. He loaned it to a buddy, then never saw it for a month or two. He asked about it and his 'buddy' shrugged his shoulders. Thought he loaned it to a cousin.. Â On a hunch, when he was at his buddy's house, he started searching the house. Sure enough his DeWalt sawzall was buried under a bed. He still has an a.w.o.l. circular saw. He just has to screw up the manhood to ask his buddy for it back. I'm sure this buddy still has it, but has forgotten about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I have never lent a guitar, Â I was asked a couple of times, his view was that I did not "need" all the guitars I have. Silly, of course I don't. Â Still NO Â Â That, in a nutshell, is the socialist theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 That, in a nutshell, is the socialist theory. Yep.... claccis redistribution of guitars. Â Right now I have a killer Parker Fly that a buddy of mine who is a Parker nut sent me to try to convert me. He has about 6 of them and I insisted I take this one for a few months. That's a trusting guy! I treat it better than mine. And ill mail it back to Florida we he asks for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Yep.... claccis redistribution of guitars. Â Right now I have a killer Parker Fly that a buddy of mine who is a Parker nut sent me to try to convert me. He has about 6 of them and I insisted I take this one for a few months. That's a trusting guy! I treat it better than mine. And ill mail it back to Florida we he asks for it. Â Snicker.... You're going to mail a Fly..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne14t? Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 That's cold guitarrest. "I won't be home," a likely excuse. Know how to counter that? Show up at his next gig, then repo your head unit, mid set if necessary. Â I've always avoided loaning out anything. My musical equipment isn't covetable, so no one has asked to borrow. However, my sons were bad at borrowing or loaning out various tools to friends of theirs. By my count I've lost 4 sets of jumper cables, 2 drills a roto-tiller, power sander and 100 foot contractors extension cord and some tools I'm sure I have not yet missed. Â I had to lay down the law with them. And... I acquired a rough set of loanable tools. Ones that I would not miss if they never returned. Drills, saws, etc. Basically, big box store cheapos and yard sale acquisitions. The rest I locked up. Â Tools still walked but not so much after that. My youngest son learned the hard way why I was so stingy with my tools. One Christmas, he received from my wife and I a nice Dewalt sawzall. He loaned it to a buddy, then never saw it for a month or two. He asked about it and his 'buddy' shrugged his shoulders. Thought he loaned it to a cousin.. Â On a hunch, when he was at his buddy's house, he started searching the house. Sure enough his DeWalt sawzall was buried under a bed. He still has an a.w.o.l. circular saw. He just has to screw up the manhood to ask his buddy for it back. I'm sure this buddy still has it, but has forgotten about it. Â I should see if my boss will let me borrow his 1955 Bel Air so I can forget I borrowed it :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 16, 2011 Author Share Posted July 16, 2011 Snicker.... You're going to mail a Fly..... Â Air mail? Â Actually I'm the 4th guy he has mailed this thing too. Just packed in a gig bag in a box. Here's a little BS clip of me showing it off at a party last month. We sent this to my buddy (Larry) to see if we could get him to freak out. He don't like no one messing with the bridge tension wheel. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I will never lend a guitar to anyone. I may let someone use one if they are very careful and I am present but I have a no lending policy. As careful as everyone is accidents happen and if an accident happens I want it to be my accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Air mail? Â Actually I'm the 4th guy he has mailed this thing too. Just packed in a gig bag in a box. Here's a little BS clip of me showing it off at a party last month. We sent this to my buddy (Larry) to see if we could get him to freak out. He don't like no one messing with the bridge tension wheel. Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtpaWYXYBv0 Â They are sweet guitars. I might pick one up one of these ( the kick stand and 7 truss rods did it for me) Cool to see a live version of you. You don't seem to have a Tennessean accent? Â Â Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 16, 2011 Author Share Posted July 16, 2011 It's a great guitar and I am thinking of buying one at some point. Â I was born in Atwater California on Castle AFB. Spent most of my younger days in South Florida. I moved to middle Tennessee in 93 to find work when I decided I wasn't going to make it as a rock star. Because I was an Air Force brat and moved every year and a half I developed a habit of quickly picking up the accent of those around me to try to fit in. My accent can get very redneck if I'm in a room full of southern good ol' boys long enough. I now make an effort to not do that... but some times I slip up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 It's a great guitar and I am thinking of buying one at some point. Â I was born in Atwater California on Castle AFB. Spent most of my younger days in South Florida. I moved to middle Tennessee in 93 to find work when I decided I wasn't going to make it as a rock star. Because I was an Air Force brat and moved every year and a half I developed a habit of quickly picking up the accent of those around me to try to fit in. My accent can get very redneck if I'm in a room full of southern good ol' boys long enough. I now make an effort to not do that... but some times I slip up. Â I'm bad about picking up accents. My ex-wife was from Cleveland Mississippi and I couldn't help but pick up that accent. It's funny though every time I go out west somewhere people ask me if I am from the south. I have lived in Indiana pretty much my whole life but apparently have a southern accent.....???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I'm bad about picking up accents. My ex-wife was from Cleveland Mississippi and I couldn't help but pick up that accent. It's funny though every time I go out west somewhere people ask me if I am from the south. I have lived in Indiana pretty much my whole life but apparently have a southern accent.....???? Â What part of Indy, Andy? Â In Illinois when you get south of I-74 (Peoria - Bloomington - Champaign) the accents of the locals become more decidedly drawl-like. There is a historic reason for this. Illinois was settled from the bottom up and the top down. From the Ohio River north by more rural folks. The northern part of the state was settled by more urban folks coming across from New York State. The differences in accents, mores, and social practices are striking. Â That southern drawl is contagious. I grew up in the northern part of Illinois, but picked up my wife's accent which she acquired from her Arkansan folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Not quite lent... But after I moved out of my folks house (in 1972) my youger brother convinced my parents that it'd be okay if he borrowed a Domino keyboard (which he promptly traded in on a Farfisa for himself) and a '65-66 Tremolux amp. The amp was lent to a friend of his. The Head disappeared NTBSA! When I asked him about the keyboard he told me that "Mom amd Dad said it was okay". When I asked Mom and Dad they said "you weren't using the stuff and he said he'd take care of it". I told my folks he sold the keyboard and lost the amp... Got the "oooohhh we'll give him a strong talking too"... I told them I had planned more along the lines pounding the living $H1T out of him.. They asked me not to and they fix the situation.. 40 years gone, my folks are dead 25 years.. Asked my dear brother about it a couple of times.. Never saw a dime.. Haven't had anything to do with the little $H1T in 25 years.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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