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[casull]

I play the violin, which is more fragile than most, and I'm fine with people playing it. I get the feeling that some of them are TRYING to do stuff that will make me nervous and ask for it back. Unless people are just being really stupid, I'll let people do whatever they feel like with it.

 The nature of my instrument means I have to be around classical people a lot, and they tend to be very nervous about it. I think it's partly because their instruments were expensive, and my violin was free. Pretensious wankers.

That's as opposed to me, who plays fiddle. If you were wondering.

How do you feel about other people playing your baby?

[Inlander]

I don't think you really need to start worrying about your violin until somebody rubber-bands an electric guitar pick-up to it.

[Luke]

I never let people borrow my piano.

[casull]

Heh, I should try that.
Actually, Violin pickups aren't horribly expensive, I should get one.

BTW, I like your comic luke. I'm still on the fence about the hand-drawn stuff, but I have a lot of attachment to the characters for how pixelly and small they are/were.

[Grumpus]

How do you feel about other people playing your baby?

You sound like a swinging kind of guy.



I should realy got back to the pun thread.

[Thrillho]

I treat my electrics like crap. The way I play, and the fact that I bash them around a bit, is just abusive.

However, I don't like other people bashing my instruments around. Someone will try and play my electro-acoustic or something and hit it against a wall by accident, and that will piss me off.

That sounds hypocritical, but it's the difference between it being my own fault that my instrument gets smashed and it being someone else's dickheadedness. I like to have control over what happens to them.

[Kai]

I get really nervous when other people who don't really know how to play the instrument or I've never seen how they play and treat their own instruments play mine.


And as hypocritical as DynamiteKid's statement is, I feel the exact same way.  I'd rather do the damage to my own instrument.

[Thrillho]

I get really nervous when other people who don't really know how to play the instrument or I've never seen how they play and treat their own instruments play mine.


And as hypocritical as DynamiteKid's statement is, I feel the exact same way.  I'd rather do the damage to my own instrument.

Quite apart from the fact that I rarely ask for the instruments of others, and when I do I treat them with the utmost respect.

[Mikendher]

i'm happy for anyone to play my instruments. sometimes it's hard not to get nervous when someone who doesn't know how to handle it uses your instrument, but i just try to ignore that feeling. it's more important that they are having fun and trying to make music.

[KharBevNor]

Depends which guitar it is. No-one touches the Ovation, but my others are either scratched up already or have scratch-plated fitted, so I don't really care. Indeed, I've never really thought about it. If one of my friends who plays guitar comes round we often might have a little jam.

[ASturge]

I don't mind letting other musicians play my guitars.

But non musicy people will get a brisk backhand to the face if they touch anything.

[casull]

I kind of agree with dynamite, it's almost more about control than the actual damage they might do.


And actually, grumpus, I am a huge fan of gypsy swing XD.

[TheMike]

no one touches my Fender unless they can play, absolutely no one but me can touch "my" upright bass(its the school's but since no one else plays its basically mine), and my yamaha electric is not fragile and basically worthless so i don't care.

its mostly about breakability and value. also since im a nut about cleaning instruments and washing my hands before playing i usually don't let people with dirty hands touch anything.

[Thrillho]

no one touches my Fender unless they can play, absolutely no one but me can touch "my" upright bass(its the school's but since no one else plays its basically mine), and my yamaha electric is not fragile and basically worthless so i don't care.

its mostly about breakability and value. also since im a nut about cleaning instruments and washing my hands before playing i usually don't let people with dirty hands touch anything.

Haha I'm not too bothered by that mostly. My guitars are dusty, and my Telecaster gets a little three inch bar of muck from where my forearm rests on it.

[Inlander]

Heh, reminds me of the line from Standing in the Shadows of Motown about how you shouldn't clean your bass, because that's where the funk is.

[Luke]

If anyone was to play my piano, I would want them to actually play something. Banging on the keys and/or playing Chopsticks is absolutely inacceptable. ...except for maybe one particular person. But that's beside the point.

People fooling around on a piano for no good reason is a small pet peeve of mine.

[Reno]

I am pretty good about people handling my bass, so long as they are a bit careful.  When i am using other peoples though, I am really careful, fragile like glass

[La Creme]

I don't mind letting other musicians play my guitars.

But non musicy people will get a brisk backhand to the face if they touch anything.

You nailed it.

Except hot girls. They can touch guitars too.

[IronOxide]

My trombone it far too crappy and beat up for me to care who messes around with it, and baritones are all but indestructable, so those about anyone can mess around with. Mouthpiece rules are as follows: Ladies can use mine, guys need their own.

I'm terrible at guitar, and the only people who have ever wanted to mess with mine are guitar nerds who think it's better than it realy is (They don't see the Epiphone label, so they think it's a SG)

My family's piano is too out of tune to use, so nobody does, and my only rules regarding people playing pianos in the school are that heart and soul is not ever to be played.

The only thing that I'm really defensive about is my staff paper. It's a small notebook that has to last me the year.

EDIT: With other people's instruments I have the utmost care. I'm a nice guy like that.

[Michey]

If it's another person's instrument, I always ask first (with the possible exception of my sister's violin), and then I'm very careful. With my cello, I'm very pickey about who can and can't touch/play. If I know you and trust you, I'll probably let you if you're careful. Or if I know you can play. If not, no touchey my baby.

[Unosuke]

I'll let people play my guitars, just so long as they treat it like any normal person treats a guitar, so don't start swinging them around or hitting them or anything.

[slinkyindieninja]

Banging on the keys and/or playing Chopsticks is absolutely inacceptable.

I hate it when people sit at a poor, innocent piano and play Chopsticks. It makes me want to eat their soul. Especially when they don't let me, who can play at a higher level than Chopsticks (and never actually learnt Chopsticks, I hate it that much) go near the piano.

No one ever plays Chopsticks on my my precious.

[Felix]

People usually take their keyboards and pianos away from me, cause I suck really bad. But I love the sound, and I like to play lil'thingies on them...


I'll let anybody play with my guitars, except for my fat friend. That guy plays for 2 minutes and you see oily spots where he laid his fingers. Eeewww...


Personally, I'm rough with my Ibanez. Rolling on the floor, swinging it from side to side... I used to put a lotta stickers on it too. That bitch has marks on some weirds places. I wouldn't mind someone else banging her for a show.

My Fender is more capricious. It's hard to get a right overdrive tone. But she can let out some greasy tone with distortion, it is so awesome! I'm still careful with it, since I've never used it live. And no one else will ever do it.

And my acoustic... bah, I don't care, not a lot of people like it apart me.

Am I the only one in here to determine personalities to his guitars?

[slinkyindieninja]

^ My keyboard has a personality. And a name.

[ImRonBurgundy?]

my guitars are left handed, so people rarely ask to play them.  and when they do, it's more of a "let me see if i can play this crazy upside-down guitar" sort of thing.

[drpepper_phd]

People screw with my guitars all the time. It doesn't bother me, since at least half of them don't just play the intro to Metallica's "Fade to Black." And most of them know better than to abuse them. On that same note- I'd prefer they at least ask me first, though. It's always a pain in the ass when someone sees an instrument and goes all Sparrow Syndrome and immediately goes to play it without asking permission from the owner.

[sjbrot]

I don't allow youngins to try on my accordion, for the simple fact that it's too damn big for them handle. Otherwise, whatever. You can't do any worse that I already do to it.

[tedboles]

the more scratches/dings/nicks the better!

[crazybritishsteve]

Having only 1% musical skill (a little more than zero, but still.... i suck) i hate touching other people's instruments. It'd be like someone touchign one of my models before they're finished. When people do that they get a loud 'GET THE FSCK AWAY FROM THAT!'. I wouldn't want to leave my crap skills all over someone's finely tuned instrument.

[devinjames]

i've always wondered if people who play the fiddle get pissed if someone says they play the violin. i know i would.

[surgerydrugsnrocknroll]

I treat my electrics like crap. The way I play, and the fact that I bash them around a bit, is just abusive.

However, I don't like other people bashing my instruments around. Someone will try and play my electro-acoustic or something and hit it against a wall by accident, and that will piss me off.

That sounds hypocritical, but it's the difference between it being my own fault that my instrument gets smashed and it being someone else's dickheadedness. I like to have control over what happens to them.

agreed.
i can mess up my own guitar, fine, ill deal with it.
but i dont want other poeple to fuck it up for me,
cause i dont want to have to blame them.