It was interesting, it took a couple of years of regular Tamworth and the like gigs for him to get me to set his rig up on stage. Then one day we were unloading his car at "The Longyard" at Tamworth and he asked me to set it up and tune it.
It was a pre-L strat, well played and a little battered, but sweet sounding and he was (rightly) protective of it - hey I hate people using my tools too!
So I was setting up and tuning and the other guys in the crew freaked - don't touch Tims guitar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyhow, I must have gained his trust so it just became part of the routine.
I've never been a guitar hero - in fact for most of my roadie career I could only play one chord, but that was enough to check I'd tuned it properly. It also meant I never fiddled around with the guitarists axes, which I think most of them appreciated.
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