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Gear Discussion Forums => Guitars Etc. => Topic started by: nofi on February 08, 2016, 12:06:16 PM

Title: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: nofi on February 08, 2016, 12:06:16 PM

http://www.openculture.com/2016/02/musician-performs-with-the-last-playable-stradivarius-guitar-in-the-world.html

Title: Re: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: 4stringer77 on February 08, 2016, 01:30:36 PM

Sounds beautiful. Hopefully it won't get anywhere near the set of any Tarantino movies.

Title: Re: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: Dave W on February 08, 2016, 09:31:33 PM

It sounds about halfway between a mandola and a guitar.

Title: Re: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: gearHed289 on February 09, 2016, 08:00:57 AM

Quote from: 4stringer77 on February 08, 2016, 01:30:36 PM

Sounds beautiful. Hopefully it won't get anywhere near the set of any Tarantino movies.

No kidding! What a cool piece of guitar history.

Title: Re: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: Dave W on February 09, 2016, 08:23:41 AM

I don't believe for a minute that the smashed Martin was switched by accident. Tarantino knew exactly what he was doing. What a creep.

Title: Re: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: nofi on February 10, 2016, 07:40:04 AM

in what movie did this occur. i agree the guy gives me the creeps.

Title: Re: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: Dave W on February 10, 2016, 07:17:29 PM

Quote from: nofi on February 10, 2016, 07:40:04 AM

in what movie did this occur. i agree the guy gives me the creeps.

“The Hateful Eight” Hates on Six Strings: Film Includes Real Destruction of Antique Martin  (https://reverb.com/blog/the-hateful-eight-hates-on-six-strings?_aid=tank)

Martin Responds to “Hateful Eight” Destruction of Antique Six String (https://reverb.com/blog/cf-martin-responds-to-the-destruction-of-145-year-old-guitar-on-hateful-eight-set)

Title: Re: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: Pilgrim on February 11, 2016, 10:10:26 AM

"To add insult to injury, Boak says the guitar was insured for its purchase price, which doesn’t reflect its value as an irreplaceable museum artifact. Boak also says that Martin requested that the pieces be returned for a possible restoration, not for inclusion in the Martin Museum as stated in SSNInsider.com. “Upon inspection of the pieces, we realized that the guitar was beyond fixing,” Boak said. “It’s destroyed.”

Granted the guitar should not have been destroyed, but Gibson Martin screwed the pooch on this. Who in their right mind would loan a valuable antique guitar to a MOVIE crew without having it properly insured????

(Edited to avoid vile accusation of highly esteemed guitar manufacturer, a paragon of product development and fair pricing. My apologies.)

Title: Re: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: nofi on February 11, 2016, 10:16:11 AM

what does gibson have to do with this?

Title: Re: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: Dave W on February 11, 2016, 10:34:12 PM

I'm sure Al meant to say Martin. And I agree, it should have been insured to an appraised historic value, even if it had never been lent out.

Title: Re: 1679 Stradivarius guitar.
Post by: ilan on February 21, 2016, 04:52:52 AM

Beautiful. It's the first time I hear a Strad guitar.