OMG and what happened when he saw his bass?
He must have really deserved that.
He replaced it. It was a crap bass anyhow. We never spoke again though. Which was not a bad thing. A very strange guy whom, on one occasion, had to be forcibly removed from the rehearsal garage by the police.
Me and the guitarist out of that band still play on our local circuit 30 odd years later. In fact we did a gig together a couple of weeks back. And over post gig beers we always talk of the "bass incident" with a laugh and clinking of glasses.
I've always had running battles with other musos though because I find 90% of them to be ignorant twats if I'm honest. And bloody noodlers...all the time. Pre-gig, during gigs, post gigs...."here I am everyone....just tooning my guitar you know.....just, having a little STRUMMMM to check it works OK...oh it does. I'll just try that again to make sure but I'll wait till there are people around to see me doing it". I'm particularly amused by the one where they've spent an hour sorting their shit out then, an hour later, but roughly two minutes before we're announced on stage, they get up and start noodling again..."hey everyone, look at me, I'm your guitarist tonight"
Previous guitarist used to ask to borrow my spectacles so he could see to tune his guitar. Current guitarist frequently rests his guitar on my bass drum. Like "are you stupid or what?". Singer will stand right where I need to go when I'm breaking my drums down and not budge an inch whilst he's having a conversation with someone. Until I'm forced to say "f*** off over there an have your conversation".
I should stress, 99% of the time it's all in jest. They're great friends and we have a fantastic time.