MTGuru wrote:
"Page not found". Ah, well...
I know one fellow who has a guitar with two small holes, one front and one back, from a bullet going through it. The story is that during a gig in a pub in Scotland, a patron was making a bit too free with a .22 pistol, and thereby hangs a tale. IIRC, fortunately the axe was on its stand at the time.
And so far as sporting the red badge of courage on your gizmo goes, that's one thing. So too, on the extreme end, is rebuilding your instrument from its splinters, which to me sounds actually cool as hell. But an axe that is shedding bits as derelict as a tumbledown hovel tells me you've gone well beyond easygoing into the morbidly cavalier in search of your "brand identity", and I just can't swim in those waters myself. I can't help but think it reflects on the owner's character in some way I will never relate to.
MTGuru wrote:
The article makes Willie seem like a moron, or maybe a weed-addled stoner who messed up his guitar as he messed up his life. Maybe that's the sad take-away.
Not to derail, but I think that said botanical entertainments don't apply in any working way, or if they do at all, it has everything to do with the man himself in his personal issues. IOW, I think Willie would be the same Willie without the herb. Not every drinker sleeps on park benches, either.