Re: Who invented the 'smashing your guitar ' technique?
 

Haha, I was once in a band with another guitarist whose main axe was a Black Beauty:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...001fullfar.jpg

If he'd have smashed it, I'd have smashed him!

Re: Who invented the 'smashing your guitar ' technique?
 

Yeah, I was 15 and didn't know what I had :wall:. I'd paid 450 for it at a pawnshop. You know what they say about hind-sight though.

Re: Who invented the 'smashing your guitar ' technique?
 

Hows this... Ted Nugent invented shooting an electric guitar (normally hollow-body's) with a flaming arrow.

However, he never humped the guitar like Hendrix did... atleast not from what I have seen. Hendrix liked to poor lighter fluid on his Strat and lighting it up and doing all kinds of crazy stuff.

Re: Who invented the 'smashing your guitar ' technique?
 

I had a friend that did the lighter fluid thing to his Fender Mustang. It was awesome to watch "live". He regretted it later, cause his axe was all burnt on the back. You gotta love the wisdom of youth!

Re: Who invented the 'smashing your guitar ' technique?
 

Did he do the lighter thing more than once?

The only time I remeber seeing he'd done that was at Woodstock.

He and Pete were always trying to outdo each other, and the Who were also on the same bill there.

Re: Who invented the 'smashing your guitar ' technique?
 

I can find 3 times documented when he blazed his Stratocasters-

1 here-- On March 31, 1967, when, booked to appear as one of the opening acts on the Walker Brothers farewell tour, he set his guitar on fire at the end of his first performance, as a publicity stunt. This guitar has now been identified as the "Zappa guitar" (previously thought to have been from Miami), which has been partly refurbished. Later, as part of this press promotion campaign, there were articles about Rank Theatre management warning him to "tone down" his "suggestive" stage act, with Chandler stating that the group would not compromise regardless.

2 here-- Hendrix bought many Strats and gave some away as gifts. Some were stolen, and a few were destroyed during his notorious guitar-smashing finales. Hendrix actually set fire to two of them, the first time on the opening night of his first UK tour. The only other documented guitar-burning incident was at the Monterey Pop festival, his USA debut appearance as the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

References - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix

It's funny that he was warned to "tone down" his "suggestive" stage act :biggrin:

Damn I love Rock-n-Roll!

Re: Who invented the 'smashing your guitar ' technique?
 

Looks like I confused Montery with Woodstock, shoulda wiki'd!

Thanks for the info. :sweet:

Re: Who invented the 'smashing your guitar ' technique?
 

yeah hendrix also burned one up at monterey pop festival, isle of wight, the astoria, hendrix lit them up alot, only smashed a few though

Re: Who invented the 'smashing your guitar ' technique?
 

My heart breaks with you MrSandman. I can't stand it when a beauty is smashed, they can give it to me if they don't want it. Save the guitars!