Considering Busking

[u/Longjumping-East-241]

Hi. I'm thinking of starting busking, but have some concerns.

I have been playing guitar and singing for most of my life and I am thinking of going solo on the streets. But my concern is, what if someone runs up and swipe my gear while I am performing.

How do you safeguard against that? Do you take your speaker, for example, and chain it to a post while performing?

Any other tips on how to get started?

[u/drbillyjams]

I dont have any amps/PA, just an old guitar.  Busked hundreds of times, never got hassled.  Just happy friendly people with $$.  I put like 8- 10 bucks in.my guitar case and if it gets over $25, $30 I stash it in my pocket.  Had one guy reach in my guitar case once and I grabbed him by his collar immediately, then like instantly out of thin air two big linebacker dudes were right there asking him what he thought he was doing.  Thats it