not purposely. I knocked over my flying v one time on stage and broke off the headstock, which was an expensive repair. i should have smashed it because it has not been the same ever since.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
a cheap-o $99 squire bullet with two drywall screws holding the neck on...stayed in tune for about 1/2 a song...(it was branded a "smash guitar" by our drummer) but it was still REAL cool although I knew before the song that I was gonna smash it. now our singer on the other hand...let's just say he's got a lot of pent-up aggression.
I can't smash any of my guitars... I have a $100 Ibanez starter bass, but I still can't smash it... I can't imagine it would make me feel good for more than 5 minutes... then I'd be like, "Oh...a smashed guitar"
A long time ago I almost did, in the heat of the moment on stage, once. I had it overhead, then I stopped and gave it to a kid in the audience. You never know who could use a guitar!
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Originally posted by gimmesometruth27 i thought about smashing the first electric i ever owned because it is total shit, but i couldn't bring myself to do it. i am too sentimental i guess.
I'm the same way. The first guitar I ever got was a $99 Rogue that my dad got me about 6-7 years ago when I told him I was interested in learning guitar. I had it at a gig my band played a couple years ago as a back-up and the moment called for me to smash it, but I just couldn't bring myself to even walk over to it for fear that I would go through with it and regret it.
i smashed an old guitar of mine one night at a bonfire at my cousins house. it was an old harmony acoustic that didnt stay in tune at all and the string were about a mile from the fret board. it was kinda fun for the moment but its not that memorable
I agree with who's_pearl jam. If you're that sick of it, give it to someone who needs it. Someone will love it. With my luck I would smash it and a piece would fly up and hit me in the eye anyway.
Originally posted by forgetmyface i smashed an old guitar of mine one night at a bonfire at my cousins house. it was an old harmony acoustic that didnt stay in tune at all and the string were about a mile from the fret board. it was kinda fun for the moment but its not that memorable
holy shit, i smashed my old harmony acoustic that didn't stay in tune too. did you set it on fire like i did?
My first electric was crap. I got it in korea when i was stationed there. it was made of particle board, i think! definetly not solid oak! When I got a new guitar (telecaster) I took it outside and "disposted" of it Townshend style!
Also, I was in the Ten Club Line outside Gund Arena in '03 and the strap came off my acoustic twice! Both times, my guitar hit the pavement...i has a few nicks and chunks taken out but it still plays beautifully!
nope. i could have done it to an old crappy electric i had once, but i gave it to a friend. some day though.
the guys that work at a local store here were telling me how they will get some really cheap ass guitars in on trades. they know they won't be able to sell the guitar, so they take them out back and smash them or have distance throwing contests. then they toss all the broken pieces up on the roof. best part of their job i guess.
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Originally posted by Telesonic the guys that work at a local store here were telling me how they will get some really cheap ass guitars in on trades. they know they won't be able to sell the guitar, so they take them out back and smash them or have distance throwing contests. then they toss all the broken pieces up on the roof. best part of their job i guess.
I wouldn't be able to do it. I'd give them to some kid, like a couple of posts before said, before I smashed them.
I had an old Les Paul Jr. (my first) and i wanted to smash it but i gave to my bro. instead...big mistake. he has totally destroyed it. He has stupid stickers all over it and it just sucks now.
Originally posted by mojorison_75 With my luck I would smash it and a piece would fly up and hit me in the eye anyway.
haha, I hear u
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Pah you guys with your 99$ guitars
I've got a 35 year old 50$ guitar (don't come up with inflation)
my dad bought it at the age of 15 with his pocket money(guess he had to save up for a long time)
Some months ago we talked about guitars and he asked me wheter i would like to try to. first i did not want to then i tried at the moment i am even thinking about saving some money and buying myself a better guitar
fuck i am telling stories
i can't imagine to smash this guitar of my dad(he's still alive, don't worry), but i would like to smash a fuckin expensive guitar
really give me a 3000€ 58 fender and i smash it after i playes this land is your land, this land is my land with D G A chords
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By nine, he deciphered the illusion, trading magic for fact, no trade-backs
So this is what it's like to be an adult?
If he only knew now what he knew then
Originally posted by Kwyjibo our guitar player threw his guitar but it didn't break
lol
this guy can't even finish the simplest things ^^
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When he was six, he believed that the moon overhead followed him
By nine, he deciphered the illusion, trading magic for fact, no trade-backs
So this is what it's like to be an adult?
If he only knew now what he knew then
I smashed a $900 american strat after a 10 min version of voodoo child......i had been drinking quite heavily that night and the moment was right....I got it on video, i thought at very worst the neck would break off and that was fine because i wanted a new one. to my surprise the body broke in half before the neck did.....well worth it though
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I'm the same way. The first guitar I ever got was a $99 Rogue that my dad got me about 6-7 years ago when I told him I was interested in learning guitar. I had it at a gig my band played a couple years ago as a back-up and the moment called for me to smash it, but I just couldn't bring myself to even walk over to it for fear that I would go through with it and regret it.
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holy shit, i smashed my old harmony acoustic that didn't stay in tune too. did you set it on fire like i did?
Also, I was in the Ten Club Line outside Gund Arena in '03 and the strap came off my acoustic twice! Both times, my guitar hit the pavement...i has a few nicks and chunks taken out but it still plays beautifully!
the guys that work at a local store here were telling me how they will get some really cheap ass guitars in on trades. they know they won't be able to sell the guitar, so they take them out back and smash them or have distance throwing contests. then they toss all the broken pieces up on the roof. best part of their job i guess.
I wouldn't be able to do it. I'd give them to some kid, like a couple of posts before said, before I smashed them.
haha, I hear u
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I've got a 35 year old 50$ guitar (don't come up with inflation)
my dad bought it at the age of 15 with his pocket money(guess he had to save up for a long time)
Some months ago we talked about guitars and he asked me wheter i would like to try to. first i did not want to then i tried at the moment i am even thinking about saving some money and buying myself a better guitar
fuck i am telling stories
i can't imagine to smash this guitar of my dad(he's still alive, don't worry), but i would like to smash a fuckin expensive guitar
really give me a 3000€ 58 fender and i smash it after i playes this land is your land, this land is my land with D G A chords
BANZÄÄÄÄ
When he was six, he believed that the moon overhead followed him
By nine, he deciphered the illusion, trading magic for fact, no trade-backs
So this is what it's like to be an adult?
If he only knew now what he knew then
I write down good reasons to freeze to death in my spiral ring notebook. But in the long tresses of your hair--I am a babbling brook.
lol
this guy can't even finish the simplest things ^^
When he was six, he believed that the moon overhead followed him
By nine, he deciphered the illusion, trading magic for fact, no trade-backs
So this is what it's like to be an adult?
If he only knew now what he knew then