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have you ever smashed a guitar?

SoLATisASoLATisA Posts: 215
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i want to so bad!
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  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,395
    One time my friend kicked me in the stomach and I fell back on his acoustic and smashed it...does that count?
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,305
    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.
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  • jdecker12jdecker12 Posts: 41
    no, and never will. I could never bring myself to do it
  • evenflowrocksevenflowrocks Posts: 96
    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.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,305
    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.
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  • parchyparchy Posts: 205
    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"
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  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    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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  • jdecker12jdecker12 Posts: 41
    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.
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    in the sixth grade i el-kabonged a friend with his acoustic guitar....his dad was very mad at me.......
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • soapyrowssoapyrows Posts: 235
    no what a waste of a beautiful instrument, i coudn't do it!
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  • forgetmyfaceforgetmyface Posts: 13
    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
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  • mojorison_75mojorison_75 Posts: 157
    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.

    Share the love.
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    i dropped my acoustic down a flight of stairs when i was drunk. it got all fucked up. :(
  • uninnocentuninnocent Posts: 1,565
    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?
  • meraphixmeraphix Posts: 15
    Money's an issue for me.
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  • corduroycorduroy Westfield Center, OH Posts: 119
    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!
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  • TelesonicTelesonic Posts: 222
    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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  • jdecker12jdecker12 Posts: 41
    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.
  • FarfromlukinFarfromlukin Posts: 38
    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.
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  • Gus_3218Gus_3218 Posts: 59
    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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  • a country doctora country doctor Posts: 145
    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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  • KwyjiboKwyjibo Posts: 662
    I've broken a lot of mic stands... those little bastards alway piss me off... our guitar player threw his guitar but it didn't break
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  • a country doctora country doctor Posts: 145
    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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  • HiwattHiwatt Posts: 19
    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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