Why do Rock "Stars" never smash their basses?

[Pinball]

Answer Build quality! Fender owners look away now.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14aau3vj9cM[/media]

The bass player died soon after his bass. The band Guitar Wolfe had were a success, and starred in a film called Wild Zero. Neither band or film were for the faint hearted.

Edited August 27, 2012 by Pinball

[Doddy]

Well.....that guy is a complete tool!!

[Highfox]

That's what you get for the new light weight P's
Simmo did his in one with the Clash.

[Jerry_B]

He was probably insured...

[Judo Chop]

I was a bit embarrassed for him by the third swing

[Pinball]

aww come-on you have to admire his determination. Most would either have given up or sobered up by the 3rd swing!

[lowdowner]

If you tried that with a Thumb, you'd strain your back and shoulder muscles so badly the first swing would be your last me thinks!

[Billy Apple]

He was worn out after the third swing, and I think he only bust the body along the line of the two-piece join. I can't believe the neck join didn't give up, you'd think that would be a weak spot. Mind you, that guy seems like a bit of a drink of water and the P had him beat.

[shizznit]

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1346079611' post='1784958']
If you tried that with a Thumb, you'd strain your back and shoulder muscles so badly the first swing would be your last me thinks!
[/quote]

You would use a Thumb to smash the stage!

[MarkG3]

I was expecting the bass to hit him on the rebound lol

[jezzaboy]

Do you think that is BigRedx in disguise? Knowing his love of Fenders......

[Chris2112]

Because only prats smash their instruments.

[Gust0o]

Obviously, the gap in the neck pocket by the Fender QC was cushioning the blow - a well-conceived compression joint, allowing the guitar to flex with each ill-informed and foolish swing

But, nah, not my bat.

[Dingus]

[quote name='Jerry_B' timestamp='1346078657' post='1784938']
He was probably insured...
[/quote]

Call it intuition if you like, but have a sneaking suspicion that this young man might have lacked the the good sense and foresight to ensure his musical equipment was properly insured. This kind of behaviour can also void most policies, I expect.

Edited August 27, 2012 by Dingus

[BassTractor]

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1346084514' post='1785037']
Obviously, the gap in the neck pocket by the Fender QC was cushioning the blow - a well-conceived compression joint, allowing the guitar to flex with each ill-informed and foolish swing [/quote]

GOLD!

[Blademan_98]

It has always made me sad to see this.

I know it's supposed to be rock and roll

When you struggle to afford nice basses and some 'artist' smashes up one on stage

Regards a sad old bassist with gas lol

[stingrayPete1977]

I'd love a Gibson grabber or one of them Ibanez artists or whatever Kris Novoselic used but he managed to kill most of them!

[Hobbayne]

I hope that was a cheap copy!

[Lozz196]

[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1346093122' post='1785194']
It has always made me sad to see this.

I know it's supposed to be rock and roll

When you struggle to afford nice basses and some 'artist' smashes up one on stage

Regards a sad old bassist with gas lol
[/quote]

+1. I hate seeing people smash instruments.

[risingson]

To be honest, if you try and smash your guitar up after a gig nowadays it just ends up looking like a terrible cliche. People would be right to assume that you're probably a bit of a cock for doing it, or in this case [i]trying [/i]to do it. All pretty embarrassing!

[BottomE]

Its sooooooo last century

[chapsimon]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1346093967' post='1785209']
I'd love a Gibson grabber or one of them Ibanez artists or whatever Kris Novoselic used but he managed to kill most of them!
[/quote]


Reminded me of this


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nirvanas-novoselic-relives-failed-1992-vma-bass-toss-20081120

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvLZbbgVw7Jg&v=vLZbbgVw7Jg&gl=GB

[Wolverinebass]

The shock value is pretty much gone from smashing instruments. After The Who and Hendrix is there anything else left in this regard? Er, no.

What killed me about that video was that I didn't understand why he didn't swing the bass so that the string side went into the stage first. Surely that would have got the neck joint to break with one swing?

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='chapsimon' timestamp='1346098892' post='1785326']
Reminded me of this


[url="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nirvanas-novoselic-relives-failed-1992-vma-bass-toss-20081120"]http://www.rollingst...s-toss-20081120[/url]

[url="http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvLZbbgVw7Jg&v=vLZbbgVw7Jg&gl=GB"]http://m.youtube.com...ZbbgVw7Jg&gl=GB[/url]
[/quote]
I thought that was going to be the opening clip in this thread, happy days

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1346099187' post='1785331']
What killed me about that video was that I didn't understand why he didn't swing the bass so that the string side went into the stage first. Surely that would have got the neck joint to break with one swing?
[/quote]

Clearly this guy is no engineer.