1679 Stradivarius guitar.

[nofi]

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

[4stringer77]

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

[Dave W]

It sounds about halfway between a mandola and a guitar.

[gearHed289]

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

No kidding! What a cool piece of guitar history.

[Dave W]

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.

[nofi]

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

[Dave W]

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

Martin Responds to "Hateful Eight" Destruction of Antique Six String

[Pilgrim]

"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.)

[nofi]

what does gibson have to do with this?

[Dave W]

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.

[ilan]

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