(just like not putting drinks on amps) and yet it's so rarely done. To be honest I think it's unprofessional, as is putting drinks on amp/speakers etc.
You prompt me to relate an incident that is well past its statute of limitations.
We were playing in Vancouver. A date I remember vividly for reasons I am unable to detail here, but suffice it to say I wrote a tune we played for years called "
Vancouver Closet", alluding to what happened just offstage in a rather roomy electrical cabinet. But I digress...
I arrived a little winded for the second set, and threw my jacket over my amp. Grabbing the guitar, the other guitarist suddenly got a look of horror and panic on his face. As the violinist began the riff that lead in to the tune, "
What Comes Around Goes Around", the guitar leans over and said, "Idiot! There were four lines of coke on that amp!"
So yeah, don't put lines of coke on an amp, either.
Oh, and by the way, I never liked or did the stuff myself, it was the other guy. Seriously. Not my thing, I have many other vices.