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Youth Bands: Who provides the equiptment?
Our bass player was playing at practice three weeks ago when her strap came off and her bass landed right on the input jack, busting the jack, solder joints, and a good portion of the body of the bass. I was not sure if the bass would be repairable or how long it would take to fix or for her family to replace.
So I got to thinking, “Do many youth programs and bands have instruments that belong to the church for the kids to play, or do all the kids play/bring their own gear? Our band uses all my gear including my PA, drum set, bass amp, and guitar amp and effects, but they play their own instruments (I play left handed). So, what do the rest of do with their youth bands? Do I need to look into buying some instruments and equipment through and for the church?
Jason Huffman is the youth director at Palestine FUMC. He shares his own thoughts about ministry and more on his blog.
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Our band uses their own equipment aside from the PA, mics, etc. We did gather donations from the church and buy a djembe for the youth band, though. I don’t think it would be a bad idea for the church/youth group to purchase a drum set, bass guitar, electric, etc. but then you’ve got to have someone designated to take care of them, change strings, treat them as their own, etc. Then, what if the instrument you have isn’t liked by the player? As a guitar player myself, I like mine and feel most comfortable with my own. It’s nice, but just different playing someone else’s axe.
I understand that. But it would have been nice to have some back-up stuff for the situation where the student’s equipment is out of commission. In terms of caring for church instruments, couldn’t that be done by the person who uses them? Thanks for the feedback.
Our church actually owns all the equipment we use on a regular basis except my guitar and our electric guitar players guitar. All amps, drums, keyboards, even the bass are owned by the church.
The downside.. it gets expensive
The upside…I know that if our drummer moves, I just have to find another drummer.. not a drum set too.
Our instrumentalist take care of their individual pieces of equipment.
We made most of our purchases with our current player in mind. I do understand about playing your own instrument though. I have two acoustic guitars and I know exactly what I can do with them. Picking up someone elses instrument, even a “nicer” one is just weird.
What about your vocalist and mics etc? I read an article last week about a band where their vocalists purchased their own microphones and in ear monitors?
the best drum set that i have used is the ones that is made by Pearl:,;
drum sets made by pearl are nice sounding and tough too”;,