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To be smashed is a noble destiny for a guitar I say. Guitars are like eggs in that way: Some will grow to be chickens, some will be broken along the way. Either way, delicious. And either way, I eat it up. :metal:
I tend to disagree with guitar smashing. There’s never a reason to need to smash it. If you’re tired of it, don’t like it, or its failed you in someway and you don’t want to keep it, why not give it to a kid? Some kids can’t afford to buy a guitar, or even get anything decent. Think of the Karma of passing on the gift of music.
I would like to disagree with it, but unfortunatly seeing Pete Townsend smashing guitars is probably the single most powerful and exciting thing I’ve ever seen anyone do on a stage….that’s good enough reason for me….there’s a little montage towards the end of ‘the kids are alright’ where they’ve cut together Pete smashing about 20 guitars, I know it’s effecting me at a very base level of my emotion spectrum, but I can’t deny it’s totally absorbing and thrilling to watch and hear.
That’s what I’m saying. Watching Pete Townsend and Jimi destroy guitars did more for my desire to rock than anyone handing me a guitar when I was a kid. I mean that’s cool too. I just gave an old Ibanez to my 13 year old nephew. But even though he asked for it, he won’t be into it until he sees someone do something with the guitar that ignites his passion in the same way, maybe smashing it, maybe by doing something crazy, like playing it well.
I’ll settle for this. It may not be cool to smash your guitar per se, but it is definitely cooler than wiping your guitar down with a diaper and fast fret stuff.
Oh yeah, I definitely agree with a few guitar smashes out there. Townshend, Hendrix, Cobain, they all smashed their guitars with a passion and intensity representative of their art. For your average guitar player, on a hobbyist sort of level, it seems forced and kind of over done. I agree that destruction and chaos is an important of rock and roll. And I totally agree that watching some of the guitar gods is amazing. That chaotic image of rock and roll is what brought me into the world of music, however I enjoy it so much, I’d like to share it with others.
“too long, didn’t read” version: Guitar smashing has its time and place, and I understand it. Probably do it one time in my life too.
