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any of you guys smash a guitar?




i dont think i ever could.....ever




unless it didnt work and i only paid like 20 bucks for it, but even at that, its still a guitar





freak
 
yeh, i'd smash my squier strat even thouhg its my mainstage guitar....id smash it, then take the parts home and take out my 65 dollar duncan sh-4 humbucker, and 55 dollar fender locking tuners, even tho lokcing tuners dont do aynthing because this thing constantly comes outta tune, which is why imma smash! :D
 
I saw the guitarist in a local band totally demolish a '67 Strat at the end of a show.He said that the body had a crack in it, guess he had never heard of wood glue.
 
grinder said:
I saw the guitarist in a local band totally demolish a '67 Strat at the end of a show.He said that the body had a crack in it, guess he had never heard of wood glue.
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He was B.S.ing you.

Or it was a Re-Issue.
 
When I was 15 I smashed a 20 dollar guitar and lit it on fire. It just wasnt that cool. I was disapointed.
 
Yes, from '76 to '78 we'd smash guitars all the time in the band I was in. We were a progressive country/rock kind of thing doing mostly originals but would stoop to parlor tricks. One was an acid surf medley that would go for a half hour or so. Both the steel/lead guy and I would keep an eye out for something to smash. It was usually some Japanese or Italian thing from a pawn shop or garage sale we'd get for $20 or so. We'd pool the money to buy it and it's tone would determine who smashed it. We'd put the word out that we were going to smash one and the place would be packed.

Should have had the club owners buy the damn things.

God, I hope I didn't smash a Tokai.
 
At the end of a local show, one of the guys smashed a.. squier I think. They had brought a block of concrete on stage so they wouldn't wreck the stage. The concrete was actually demolished before the guitar was.
 
a guy at a local show i went to...almost smashed an orginal flying v......he ended the song, let the guitar ring with the nasty reverb and what not, and started swinging it above his head and then came like inches from the ground then stood up like nothing happend, put the guitar back on, and said "not on your life"






ive wanted to find a cheapo crap fest and just lite it on fire whilest playing it. i think that would be neet-o




freak <-who is never going to smash or part with his beloved p-bass
 
I despise guitar smashers more than murders.

There can be god reason for killing but if you don't like a guitar just leave it the hell alone.

Pick on someone your own size.
 
jake-owa said:
I despise guitar smashers more than murders.

There can be god reason for killing but if you don't like a guitar just leave it the hell alone.

Pick on someone your own size.
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"What do you care? It's my fucking guitar."

Pete Townsend
 
Smashing an electric guitar isn't as easy as it looks. You can really whack it and all you'll get is sore hands. Acoustics are a lot easier but everyone's seen 'Animal House' and no one's impressed. My vote for best smasher is a cheezy archtop..........best of both worlds.
 
64Firebird said:
"What do you care? It's my fucking guitar."

Pete Townsend
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Amen.

if i want to smash my guitar what do you care? it's not hurting you.

one bit of advice for all you would be guitar smashers . . . hold the guitar by the neck with the fret board perpendicular to the floor - if you hold it parallel to the floor, the neck will snap off and it'll be a pretty lame smashing.
 
willovercome said:
Amen.

if i want to smash my guitar what do you care? it's not hurting you.

one bit of advice for all you would be guitar smashers . . . hold the guitar by the neck with the fret board perpendicular to the floor - if you hold it parallel to the floor, the neck will snap off and it'll be a pretty lame smashing.
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Excellent advice.

Another note, if it's a Fender style bolt on neck, take out two screws and loosen the others, you can often get in a second smashing that way.
 
i've never done more than very lightly scratch or ding a guitar in my life, but if it served me, i wouldn't mind smashing one. it would probably be an uncorrectable piece of shit, though, like a late 80's harmony or something.
 
A friend of mine hosts an open mic in a little bar with a low ceiling and a ceiling fan right over the stage.While taking off his guitar he put the head stock into the fan.He yanked the guitar back and ended up slamming the bass player in the bridge of his nose with the edge of the guitar body.
 
Major Tom said:
Well, smashing a bass player is a whole different thing...
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Yeah, still pretty cool though.They really stink the place up when you light 'em on fire.
 
64Firebird said:
"What do you care? It's my fucking guitar."

Pete Townsend
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I care because if you hadn't smashed it it could have been my guitar...moron.

Why not be different and just lay the guitar gently down and say "I have no use for this guitar, anyone want it?"?
 
because that's not cool, and nobody remembers the nice guy except for the guy who got the guitar. but everyone remembers a great show-which may include a little smashing. someone earlier called it cheap parlor trick . . . sure, but it works!

aside from that, personal property is personal property. as long as it's not illegal i can do what i want with my own stuff.

concert attenders love guitar smashing.
 
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