In a few words, how does this make you feel?? Warning: Disturbing Content.

[RickyWoo]

The future generation of our Country, pretty sad...glad I won't be around for their BS...

Nations aside, and more about musicians.. My Grandparents said the same about Townshend and Hendrix.

 

[GazzBass]

The second vid is actually the relic department at the Fender custom shop.

 

[GwenOnBass]

In a few words, it makes me feel:

like I read YouTube comments.

 

[Dgl44]

Due to the way the second one survived the bashing I assumed it was a Squier so I got really worried when the dude got ready to smack it into the building.. Wouldn't want a building to come crashing down just because someone thought it was fun to smack it with a Squier..

It obviously wasn't a Squier since the building survived.

 

[awakefie]

How does it make me feel? A bit sickish inside. Having said that, 40 years ago I might have thought it was cool. Now if I was his dad, and had paid for that bass, that would be the last time I paid for a bass for him, for sure. I don't care how "active he is in the Austin music scene".

 

[swarfrat]

What's with waiting in the wings to be called back for an encore after trying to destroy your instrument? No no no. First you pillage, THEN you burn.

 

[Duder]

I hate seeing any instrument destroyed. It could have been put to good use by someone else.

 

[rogerbmiller]

Honestly I think I am too old to find this amusing anymore, if I ever could.

If I were to just "off" a bass I would so much rather give it to a school that could use it for its students.

 

[mikeyjm2]

I never like seeing any perfectly good piece of equipment being senselessly destroyed or abused.

 

[Angry Mob With Pitchfork]

I loved how the guitarist stomped on and kicked the bass in the first vid. That's punk rock!

 

[Slevage]

"It breaks my heart, to see those stars----smashing perfectly good guitars."

"Smash a guitar, and you go to jail."

Good thing it was a bass.

 

[Callused Finger]

Cort.

 

[Callused Finger]

Should of left it mostly broken and then played it for the next 20 years.

 

[Slevage]

Whereas I am an old dude who picked blackberries in the NC summertime heat and sold them for a dollar a gallon to buy my first cheap no name Japanese bass, you can imagine how I feel. I'm thinking that kid has never worked for anything. If he had to work to get that bass, he wouldn't be smashing it.

Cut lawns for my 1st Univox Hiflyer in 1971. Did a bunch of other stuff to earn money to buy my Bassman 50. When I got close to the amount I needed, I asked my Dad to help me out---- he paid about $75 of the total $250 cost new.
I took great care of the stuff I worked for.

Kids these days----with the best iphones and other things------"GET OFF MY LAWN"

 

[RickyWoo]

Just an aside.... did anyone notice dude on guitars soloing? Kid was ripping! If he worked on his pedal technique and rhythm (or they added a rhythm guitar player) he'd be really getting somewhere.

 

[AltGrendel]

His mom is gonna be so pissed

She's probably out playing Pokemon Go and totally oblivious to the kid.

 

[karl_em_all]

When that band goes on tour the hotel bills are going to be atrocious.

 

[39-Bassist]

I used to beat my old cheap bass but that is just stupid and I hope the first bass smash was his and not someone elses....lol
(even if this was a guitar, I would not like it)
wow...stupid guiding stupid...

 

[HolmeBass]

Stupid kids. Smashing guitars is lame, even when Pete did it.

 

[1954bassman]

I'm curious only because you are singling out the kids here, despite the fact that your generation did the raising!

Excuse me, but I believe his parents did the raising.