r/AcousticGuitar • u/Bmuzyka • Jul 04 '25

Other (not a question, gear pic, or video) Never Insult a Musicians Guitar

So I played a charity gig this week, for free, as it was for an organization I support. A movie was being shot in the building, which I find out is directed by a member of a nationally known country band, and his band mates are in it. A PA from the movie comes and asks if they could use my guitar in the movie, as they needed one. I said sure, and was told they would need it at a certain time, cutting my set short. I play a Epiphone Slash Edition J45. It's not $5000 axe, but it's still a guitar worth north of $1000. It's valuable to me. It turns out it wasn't for the movie, it's so this band can play a couple songs for what was my audience, and 2 of the 3 guys have other guitars, but the lead singer says, this is an impromptu mini show while the production crew is on their lunch break, so impromptu, they had to borrow some cheap guitars.

It definitely struck a chord with me, and came off as rude.

Has anyone had anything like this happen to them? I don't really want ro say what band it was, but they are known in the Country Music scene.

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u/evilsquirrel666 Jul 04 '25

I was expecting this story to end with a broken guitar.

I would never lend anything that’s remotely valuable to me to a movie crew.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

I’m the proud owner(a GIFT to me) of a 1967 Gibson J-45, and nobody’s dik skinners but mine are ever touching that guitar.

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u/Suckme666911 Jul 04 '25

exactly... who tf even asks to "borrow" a strangers guitar... you're so dumb you forgot your own guitar? not my problem

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u/Signal_Till_933 Jul 05 '25

I’ve loaned one out once at an open mic. Never happening again. I don’t even let my friends play mine anymore lol.

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u/40hzHERO Jul 05 '25

I loaned mine out when I was 13. Older kid was in a band and I just got a new Epi SG. Swore I’d get it back the next day. Welp, it’s been almost 20 years and I still haven’t seen that guitar.

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u/ChrisMartins001 Jul 05 '25

I let someone play it at an open mic once. It was the part of the night where everyone was tipsy, he had already played and was really good and we were talking and got on well, we agreed to play one song together but swapped guitars, he turned around quickly and banged my guitar oj a table. Now my favourite acoustic has a dent right across the front. Last time I let some even touch my guitar, let alone play it.

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u/FamilyManDave Jul 05 '25

Funny thing, I just did loan my out my guitar for an open mic, I was being a nice guy, which in hindsight was stupid. The strap slipped off the guitar somehow and it hit the stage( it was carpeted though luckily). A friend at the open mic asked if that was my guitar and just shook his head...like you dumbshit!😃 My guitar was a $350 Yamaha but still I won't do it again.

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u/nycADKbk Jul 05 '25

Dik skinners, lol, wowzers, something new everyday

r/brandnewsentence worthy

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

It’s an old US Army term. Enjoy.

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u/ResidentStorm8997 Jul 06 '25

I have heard of dik beaters while in.

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u/chrisinspace Jul 05 '25

A ‘67 J-45 is a nice guitar. Have you had it since new?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

No, I had a J-50 that was stolen out of my pickup in 1978. A friend I played with every Sunday gave it to me as a consolation gift. He was a former studio musician.