I think it depends on who the borrower is, but this could get a little dicey. I own a Martin HD-28 and over the years I have been extremely wary of letting others play my guitar. My Martin has several battle scars, but somehow the ones that OTHER folks have put in are the most painful.

I ran a session in a pub in Edinburgh a few years back. One night a guy asked if he could play my guitar for a song and I stupidly said yes. He was a wee bit inebriated and as he handed it back to me, somehow lost the grip and banged it right into the corner of the table.

On the other hand, Tony McManus came in one night and I had no problem saying yes when he asked if he might play my Martin. I have to say, the sounds that he got out of that guitar that night was worth letting him play it.

Debra