When I was on my 3 year "retirement", I let my younger brother borrow my Lars Ulrich Diamond Plated snare. His snare had damaged hardware and he didn't have the money to buy replacement parts, so I figured no big deal.
I laid down the rules: Keep the baby in it's case when it's not in use. Wipe it down after each use. When it's said and done, you share the cost of the heads, and snare. It was agreeable.
He left the snare in the bag at their rehearsal spot. A garage...non heated, or air conditioned, nor insulated. He was bringing it home, but he left it there for the cold months.
Apparently his bassist (who's garage it is), was pulling a a little dirty crap on the side and was practicing with other people behind the bands back....using my brothers kit...and MY snare.
They left it on the stand. The guy who was drumming can't drum for garbage. They stuck a stick in the basket and levered up and used it to pull across the snares and reso head. (Don't know why..)
There were air drafts, plenty of rain and snow....and myself...crying. Aside from the heads and the snare being damaged my chromed parts are blistered. All the lugs, tension rods, throw switch, butt plate, rims...and the diamond plated snare itself...
I'm pretty pissed off. More or less at a loss of what to do. Should I go after him for a new snare? Should I try to replace the parts and repair this one? Murder? Hit him with the snare?
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