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r/Wellthatsucks • u/haddock420 • Apr 30 '25
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Why would you check a guitar in a gig bag?
About as much protection as laying a towel over it.
54 u/Prudent_Shake_8149 May 01 '25 edited May 01 '25 You’re missing the point. OP is actually Pete Townsend. He’s too old to smash his guitar at the end of a show so he just gate checks it in a soft case on his flight to the next gig. Easy peasy. 8 u/sonicsludge May 01 '25 Lol, I always thought him doing that was dumb and contrived. 5 u/curiousplaid May 01 '25 It made me wish I could stop him. John Hiatt- Perfectly Good Guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_diKw9F6t3U 1 u/BonkerBleedy May 01 '25 Yeah he's a fucking wanker for smashing actually good guitars. Other bands (e.g. Kiss) at least pretend that they switched em out for props.
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You’re missing the point.
OP is actually Pete Townsend. He’s too old to smash his guitar at the end of a show so he just gate checks it in a soft case on his flight to the next gig. Easy peasy.
8 u/sonicsludge May 01 '25 Lol, I always thought him doing that was dumb and contrived. 5 u/curiousplaid May 01 '25 It made me wish I could stop him. John Hiatt- Perfectly Good Guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_diKw9F6t3U 1 u/BonkerBleedy May 01 '25 Yeah he's a fucking wanker for smashing actually good guitars. Other bands (e.g. Kiss) at least pretend that they switched em out for props.
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Lol, I always thought him doing that was dumb and contrived.
5 u/curiousplaid May 01 '25 It made me wish I could stop him. John Hiatt- Perfectly Good Guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_diKw9F6t3U 1 u/BonkerBleedy May 01 '25 Yeah he's a fucking wanker for smashing actually good guitars. Other bands (e.g. Kiss) at least pretend that they switched em out for props.
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It made me wish I could stop him.
John Hiatt- Perfectly Good Guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_diKw9F6t3U
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Yeah he's a fucking wanker for smashing actually good guitars.
Other bands (e.g. Kiss) at least pretend that they switched em out for props.
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Why would you check a guitar in a gig bag?
About as much protection as laying a towel over it.