1.000 ways to smash up a guitar
Jimi Hendrix burned his Stratocaster on June 18, 1967 during the Monterey Pop Festival, leaving an historical image that calls to mind some strange pagan ritual... Pete Townshend smashed a few, the truth is that nobody knows how many. Also the quite calm Brian May, during a concert in New Jersey in '82 , frustrated with tuning issues of the Red Special made by John Birch, he threw the guitar to his guitar tech, who in turn failed to catch it resulting in a unsolveble damage. These are just some of the stories that made us think about... how many ways are there to smash a guitar? You'll find some idea, day by day and week by week in our photo gallery.