Who smashed this ...

Phil W · 07-24-2012, 12:19 PM

I saw this in the 'Victoria & Albert Museum' in London last Saturday ...
Apologies for the poor quality but flash was impossible.

sangandongo · 07-24-2012, 01:40 PM

Shameful. I love Townshend, but it makes me want to weep for that poor guitar.

BCRGreg, care to take a crack at it?

acstorfer · 07-24-2012, 01:42 PM

Hmmm, I wonder how many more vintage SG's would still be around if not for Pete Townsend?

Rainbow Crayola · 07-24-2012, 01:44 PM

Every time I see a broken Guitar like this one, I die a little inside. :'(

Bobby Mahogany · 07-24-2012, 01:54 PM

Immediately I knew PT was the culprit! Those modified Deluxe are typical of him. How many (and SG's too) has he destroyed in the course of his career? I always felt a little sad to see a guy destroy a perfectly good guitar most of us couldn't afford...
Interesting fact: When the Who were beginning their career, PT and the gang would smash equipment at the end of a show and later that night or the next morning there would be a crew member repairing what he could to get ready for the next show!

ttakala · 07-24-2012, 10:08 PM

I wouldn't feel too bad for the guitar. It's made it immortal! Frozen in time

Bobby Mahogany · 07-24-2012, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ttakala

I wouldn't feel too bad for the guitar. It's made it immortal! Frozen in time

Made it dead...

Aussiemodo · 07-25-2012, 08:53 PM

PT at least smashed the real stuff (as sad as that is).

Even though I'm a long time Kiss fan, getting a cheap copy out to smash at the end of a song is pretty lame.

Total impact..... 0/10

Cheers,

AuMo.

ttakala · 07-25-2012, 09:27 PM

Could not agree more! When the manager of the band says your artistic rage has a budget, here use this instead...

Zack · 07-30-2012, 11:58 PM

i knew it was pete because of the pup config before i saw the second picture

Webtroll · 07-31-2012, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobby Mahogany

Interesting fact: When the Who were beginning their career, PT and the gang would smash equipment at the end of a show and later that night or the next morning there would be a crew member repairing what he could to get ready for the next show!

I heard the same about Michael Schenker's V

martin H · 07-31-2012, 01:09 PM

I think he destroyed it when he put that ugly open humbucker in the middle..... the headstock was just the coup de grace.

Thumpalumpacus · 07-31-2012, 01:19 PM

I always hated smashers. I know Jimi destroyed a couple, but to leave a trail of years of broken Gibsons and Fenders ... that shit just irks me.

Ginger Beer · 07-31-2012, 01:41 PM

headstock on or off?

redcoats1976 · 08-01-2012, 10:50 AM

at least it wasnt a NASCAR driver...

Grand Pappy · 08-19-2012, 06:08 PM

I recall reading somewhere when Pete was asked why he switched from SG's to the modded
LP's he told the interviewer that he "broke all the good ones"

HOT-BRIT · 08-19-2012, 06:11 PM

he destroyed a lot of good ones

James Dean · 08-19-2012, 06:21 PM

Jimi's strats were still usable when he burned them with lighter fluid onstage... but Pete's sh*t you just can't come back from.

retrobob · 08-21-2012, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by James Dean

Jimi's strats were still usable when he burned them with lighter fluid onstage... but Pete's sh*t you just can't come back from.

Still useable? Really?

Jimi Hendrix Guitar Burn - YouTube

Jimi destroyed a lot of stuff too. But Pete was the king in that department.

Slashperryburst · 08-21-2012, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aussiemodo

PT at least smashed the real stuff (as sad as that is).

Even though I'm a long time Kiss fan, getting a cheap copy out to smash at the end of a song is pretty lame.

Total impact..... 0/10

Cheers,

AuMo.

Personally, I'd rather see a cheap shitty guitar smashed than something good like a Gibson or a fender. Pete smashed a lot of guitars. I always thought it was funny that he'd have his tech actually go to the bother of routing for the middle pickup only for the guitar to be smashed up.

TateTheGreat · 08-21-2012, 12:30 PM

He destroyed tons and tons and tons of guitars. I know tho his roadies sometimes would go back and get pieces and whole guitars back from the crowd. His Woodstock SG was recovered minutes later by a roadie.

roodyrocker · 08-21-2012, 02:00 PM

Hmm, maybe cheap Chinese fakes do have a use after all

Rudy

07-24-2012, 12:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Phil W Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cambridge - UK Posts: 349 Thanks: 5 Thanked 8 Times in 3 Posts	Who smashed this ... I saw this in the 'Victoria & Albert Museum' in London last Saturday ... Apologies for the poor quality but flash was impossible.

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