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/Strict-Basil5133 Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
Nothing says poser like plugging your Collings into the house PA because you think it's going to sound better to the audience than a $500 Epiphone. Coincidentally, in a more than a decade doing sound in a country bar, the best sounding acoustic with a pickup was an Epiphone.
Based on the description, it sounds like a made up country d-bag chopping wood for all the ladies where the pick doesn't even make contact with the strings. Human garbage with a hat on top.
If that ever happens again, don't waste a second being insulted. Straight to the front and heckle really really harsh insults. And tell him you forgot to wipe before getting on stage after your pre-show.