I'm cringing...

[Bertram Henze]

This seems to be connected to streams of adrenaline. So next time you have stage fright, you want to bring a beater for the occasion.

[Ivan Kelsall]

From Willkamm - "However, I've been told that some of the classic vehicles destroyed in movies are sometimes the real thing."
They don't even need to be 'classic' cars - Aston Martin produced 10 (i believe) DBS V12 cars to be used in the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" at a cost of approx. $266,350 US each - Quote :-"Six Aston Martins were destroyed during filming, and one of them was purchased by a fan."

That styling of Aston Martin is now the AM 'Vanquish 4' or the DB11 'Volante 3' - either of which i'd swap any of may mandolins for - even though i don't drive,i love car design !!.

Just imagine destroying even one of these ???. I wonder what Dave Harvey would say to somebody who asked him to build 10 Gibson 'Master Model' mandolins so that they could be destroyed in a film ?,
Ivan

[Eric Platt]

Don't let her see THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, whatever you do...

Or COCO ...

Or this ...

Have always found this one to be quite funny. Even moreso as this is a direct homage to John Belushi in the movie Animal House.

Usually doesn't bother me when an instrument is broken in a film or television show. (Hateful 8 being an exception). I try not to get caught up in it too much. Was also not aware of the Kyle Busch incident. Sigh. That's also uncalled for, IMO.

[Mike Snyder]

I cannot listen to a certain Oklahoma “new country” singer-songwriter who smashed a Takamine guitar in a music video. Self indulgent behavior from a rags to riches guy who claims to be humble. Nope, not buying it.

[Bertram Henze]

Don't let her see THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, whatever you do...

Or COCO ...

Or this ...

That's inside the holodeck. That instrument is an illusion.
OTOH, what do I know about reality?

[DHopkins]

C'mon, it's a cartoon.

[Mandoplumb]

I cannot listen to a certain Oklahoma “new country” singer-songwriter who smashed a Takamine guitar in a music video. Self indulgent behavior from a rags to riches guy who claims to be humble. Nope, not buying it.

I agree, someone that willing smashes an instrument is not a musician in my opinion. He's a show-off, trying to attract a following that he apparently can't do playing his instrument.

[MikeZito]

John Belushi smashed Stephen Bishop's guitar in the movie 'Animal House' . . . but I'm sure that was on a completely different level . . .

[JPS]

I agree, someone that willing smashes an instrument is not a musician in my opinion. He's a show-off, trying to attract a following that he apparently can't do playing his instrument.

Tom T. Hall is going to be crushed to hear this.

[William Smith]

Good thing children never reenact what they see on TV!

My little girl when she was 2, well my fault but I was playing mandolin and wasn't payin attention and well she got herself in my Gibson
Master Model case and pushed the lid over and snapped the ribbons, bent the hinges-CRINGE, I was a wee bit bummed but again my fault! When your pickin you best be watchful over the little ones-They is hell bent on destruction!

[Bob Clark]

My little girl when she was 2, well my fault but I was playing mandolin and wasn't payin attention and well she got herself in my Gibson
Master Model case and pushed the lid over and snapped the ribbons, bent the hinges-CRINGE, I was a wee bit bummed but again my fault! When your pickin you best be watchful over the little ones-They is hell bent on destruction!

Better the case got damaged than the mandolin. Could have been a lot worse!

[Mandoplumb]

Tom T. Hall is going to be crushed to hear this.

I didn't know Tom T Hall smashed a guitar in his concerts but I still stand by my statement. It's an attention getting act and has nothing to do with musical ability, I dare say any man on the street could destroy an instrument as well as any " name musician"

[JPS]

I didn't know Tom T Hall smashed a guitar in his concerts but I still stand by my statement. It's an attention getting act and has nothing to do with musical ability, I dare say any man on the street could destroy an instrument as well as any " name musician"

He did it so often, it prompted a meeting with Ovation because they were having to send him a couple each week.

[lflngpicker]

The on stage guitar abuse by rock stars has long prompted me to say, "Could have given that guitar to a young player desperate for an instrument." I don't remember all of the examples, though The Who and Jimi Hendrix come to mind. Instruments have feelings, too!

[Dave Sheets]

John Hiatt said it well-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzeoLe6nSrU

[MikeZito]

I realize that this is pretty atypical of the usual guitar smashing incidents - but I had a friend who went to see the band Kiss back in the 70's, and he swore that a stage hand brought out some sort of junker instrument before they smashed it on stage.

[Ranald]

I realize that this is pretty atypical of the usual guitar smashing incidents - but I had a friend who went to see the band Kiss back in the 70's, and he swore that a stage hand brought out some sort of junker instrument before they smashed it on stage.

An English friend of mine, who was around when the Who were on the rise claims that Pete Townshend had a special guitar that he smashed and glued together regularly. I have no idea whether that's true, but an up-and-coming band wouldn't be able to afford to destroy a new guitar every show. Ravi Shankar, who came from a poor country and held a spiritual approach to music, was often quoted as saying how disturbed he was by the Who and Hendrix destroying instruments at Monterey Pop. I sympathize with his viewpoint, but the thing about the 60's was that there was a lot of cultural repression to deal with. You had to be there to really get it.

Here's my instrument horror story. Many moons ago, my small daughter was taking fiddle lessons. I taught her to never put her violin down on the floor, a seat, or anywhere unsafe, but always put it in the case or on a table. One day, I was tuning for her when the phone rang. I went to the next room and answered it. After a few minutes talking, I returned to the couch, and promptly sat on her mini-sized fiddle, snapping the neck. It was me who left it there, so I told her to learn from my mistakes. Fortunately, it was a clean break, easily repaired by a luthier. And she's still fiddling nearly twenty years later, never having done something as careless with an instrument as her dad did.

[Mandoplumb]

If it's junk or reglued it is still stupid show off gimmick. Why would a craftsman destroy the tools of his craft symbolically or realistically. If he doesn't respect what he does what right does he have to expect me to. Accidents happen and we've all done careless or stupid things but to do this intentionally you have lost my respect.

[Charlie Bernstein]

Good thing children never reenact what they see on TV!

We used to reenact El Kabong all the time!

[ollaimh]

I would have been more upset if it had had a scroll on it

good one stephen

[Bertram Henze]

... when the phone rang. I went to the next room and answered it. After a few minutes talking, I returned to the couch, and promptly sat on her mini-sized fiddle, snapping the neck.

Phones have that habit of creating a pseudo-emergency situation that makes us forget all our safety procedures.

[mugbucket]

I dunno, that dance-off to the death scene in Puss in Boots was pretty darn funny.

Plus, it was in self defense.

Plus, it wasn't really real.

So, yeah -smashing imaginary instruments has a place in comedy.

[Mandoplumb]

I dunno, that dance-off to the death scene in Puss in Boots was pretty darn funny.
plus, it was in self defense.
Plus, it wasn't really real.
So, yeah -smashing imaginary instruments has a place in comedy.

You can laugh, I won't.

[Jim Garber]

In "Horsefeathers" (1932) there is a scene with Groucho serenading Thelma Todd while playing a 1920s Gibson L-5 (probably his own). At around 1:17 in this video he throws a different flattop, roundhole guitar into the water.