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Why do people do this to perfectly good guitars ?





This was for a press conference for the remaining American Idols. The assembled press screamed and clapped when he smashed this guitar to pieces. I just shook my head in sorrow...

Dave F.

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Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

It's unsane!!!

More importantly though, why is it never done to a banjo??
Yes! There's real evil in this world!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

I've built a few I'd like to do that to.

Bob

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Bob Connor
Geelong, Australia

Maybe he was looking for the kerfs!

Or alternatively, as the proverb goes: "Simon Cowell makes work for Idol hands!"

Thankfully this is one " cringing export" that we Brits have managed to inflict on North America - our Balance of Payments is still in huge deficit though

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

That would be the Pete Townsend "Signature Model".

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Jimmy Caldwell
http://www.caldwellguitars.com

Try it some time - it's fun.

By the time I was a sophomore in high school I had quite a pile of junk guitars I'd cannibalized for parts. I bolted various necks and bodies together, cut kerfs in the back side so they would shatter more dramatically, then sold them to kids to smash up in the "Mock Rock" they did at the school.

I've had a few bon fires of scrap guitars since then - boy they go up quick. Used some for target practice with crossbows and blow guns. All sorts of great avenues of stress relief for a shop.

Plus, what does anyone here have to complain about - it only helps to keep us in business.

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Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.

Because it would probably go through the flooring.

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Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

It's all good!
As Looooong ...as ... it ... GOOOOOEEEES!!!!!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Sad to see anything that someone somewhere put work into be destroyed for no real reason.. =/

That sort of thing bugs really me too,
Id be more impressed if they filmed him driving downtown and giving it to some underpriveledged person.... they might even be able to earn some supper with it..
Ive given a few guitars away over the years - thats fun too!
Cheers
Charlie

Or break your arm. I wouldn't want to try it.

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Mike

The only thing nescessary for evil to thrive is for good men to do nothing.