Article: Don't do this

[Robert]

You can view the page at http://www.thefret.net/content.php/174-Don-t-do-this

 

[Spudman]

You ever notice how nobody with a Les Paul ever does this?

 

[marnold]

Probably because you can't generate enough thrust to actually move a Les Paul up that high.

 

[Katastrophe]

You ever notice how nobody with a Les Paul ever does this?

With a Strat, you can spin, and drop it and say "Crap, there goes my guitar."

With an LP, someone's getting a concussion.

 

[marnold]

And a Gibson headstock will snap off if you look at it funny.

 

[Commodore 64]

I don't get it?

 

[marnold]

I don't get it?

Check out the other videos that guy made at the same time. It shows that his guitar took a beating to get that one take.

 

[Eric]

What I don't get is why people don't spend $10 on strap locks when they do this. I guess this is maybe when they discover why people use strap locks.

I want to say I've seen videos of people spinning their basses before, which is even more impressive to me.

 

[Commodore 64]

AHh OK. I clicked at the end. Now I get it.