Tyke I would never ask to borrow your guitar - I remember in Robin Hoods Bay when I was looking after it during one of your little boys breaks and Les and Maggie hid it - good job St johns ambulance were at hand!!!

seriously though it was the problems of 'borrowing' that set up my 'have a go' workshop - if you can play then you usually have your own and dont need to borrow ( or other people will offer to lend without asking because they know you can play)
Children and non instrumentalists on the other hand often are desperate to try out an instrument. Some musicians look down their noses at some of the instruments I have which have been bought or donated with the aim of letting people 'try before they buy'but I am doing my bit to encourage people to have their own and if the instruments were Martins etc that had cost me an arm and a leg I doubt if I would be lending them out!

The only half decent instrument I let people have go on is my appalacian dulcimer mostly because people dont know what it is and I am trying to increase the numbers of people playing it so I am not the only one taking up room in a session!