Am I gonna regret this?

[ivansc]

A singer acquaintance who I know gigs quite regularly in France put out a call to borrow a bass or upright and amp for a one-off gig locally. Lady bassist fom Nice who is visiting.

Without thinking it through, I responded that she could borrow my MB rig and either a bass guitar or my electric upright.

Wondering if this was a good idea now but not sure how to say "I changed my mind".

[Geek99]

Why don't you go along to keep an eye on it ?

[MoonBassAlpha]

That's a very decent thing to do, good for you. If she's a regular DB player, she would know how to handle a bass carefully and properly.
It would be my instinct too, but I'm a little mindful of the expression " no good deed goes unpunished"

[paul_c2]

Is it insured?

[Winny Pooh]

Go to the gig, free tix

[Rich]

Definitely go along.

[TheGreek]

As the above - get you out to see what other bassists are doing.

[gapiro]

Ha, I also offered a bass but was going to let borrow my "cheap dont mind if it gets damaged" naff 4 string
I'd think that given the acquaintance who asked , you'll probably be fine.

[Dan Dare]

You need to make it clear that any damage must be paid for.

[Downdown]

Yes of course lend it to a fellow musician. It's not exactly a Stradivarius is it?!

[ivansc]

yeah - the guy asking is a long standing musical friend & I now find that the gig is in a pub in Cambridge, so I can go along to both keep an eye on the stuff, offer help where needed and of course, enjoy the music. Happy ending so far. Hope she likes the bass.

[Monkey Steve]

check your insurance (do you have insurance?) I've just been asked to lend a mate my most expensive bass for his band to record their album with, which I don't mind, but I once lent him a Les Paul for a band we were both in and got it back less a big chunk of the binding (which he did offer to pay to repair, but it adds to the road worn look).

So he's had a strong talking to about keeping it in a hard case, and I've checked that my insurance covers any location and does not require me to be using it should anything untoward occur.

[ahpook]

You do realise that the punishment on BC for even mentioning sharing or landing kit is to have you and all your immediate family burned to the ground ?

Someone will be along soon to tell you the story about the time they loaned their bass amp to a visiting double bass player from France and she set fire to it, beat up an old lady with the still-smouldering carcass and then framed the owner for an armed robbery in Frankfurt in 1976.

Edited December 9, 2016 by ahpook

[blue]

If you're one of these generous guys that is cool with helping people out with gear, your probably fine.

I wouldn't worry.

Blue

[SH73]

Be careful, She might blow your low end!

[Dan Dare]

A pal of mine lent a double bass to a visiting (male) bass player from France and the bastard sold it and did a runner with the money. True story.

[RhysP]

Some of the dodgiest, most untrustworthy people I've ever had the misfortune to meet have been musicians.

[ivansc]

Well it turned out to be an odd night.
Lady bass player was lovely and started out using my upright - until it kept dying, changed the (very recently installed) battery and it still kept cutting out so she did the night on my regular bass.

In the end a good time was had by all and we are now facebook friends and all that stuff.

Oh and it turned out to be the cheap crap jack socket Stagg stick in their eubs, which I fixed temporarily but am replacing with the switchcraft stereo socket I just ordered!