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Someone I don't know? Absolutely no. Someone I do know? Maybe.
I do like people to play my setups. Most are shocked, at how well my guitars play. But a random person asking to play someone else's guitar. Has obviously never spent a serious amount of money on a guitar. So keep on walking. Find someone playing an Epiphone Yamaha or Fender. Stay well away from my Martin's and Gibson's. |
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A guitar maybe depending on the situation. I had a guy come up and ask to use my Flute one time. Out of the question
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haha! too funny really that's some fast thinking!
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Adam Hood has a song about this situation ... "Play Something We Know."
Pretty funny for all of us that have ever been on stage in this situation. In sort of related news - I always drop something in the tip jar, regardless of how good or bad a player is. They are trying to do something that is much harder than it looks, and I'm sure that some folks did the same for me over time. Support live music at all levels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Dzc2E6q4Y
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On the other hand--I do a lot of intros and announcements for our Folk Society concerts, and I often ask the performers about their instruments, usually after the show--not to play it, but just about the builder or model. I'm always a bit surprised when the response is, "Want to try it?" (Last time it was Rachael Kilgour's lovely Al Carruth.) But then, I suspect they know that I've played that stage on and off for 20 years. (I don't tell them, but word gets around.) And I make that same kind of offer to other players at jams and song circles--though not to random strangers at a gig.
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Hasn't happened to me. but several harmonica players I know have had strangers approach them at a gig & ask to play their instrument. Actually right now while I'm typing I remember Bob Dylan at Newport asking if there was anybody in the crowd who could loan him a harp (key of F maybe?).
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I don't gig, but if I did I would be more concerned with people walking away from the stage. Maybe one day I'll get good enough to gig and experience the problem.
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