Priceless Martin from the museum smashed...

Very odd. Everything in the movies are fake. Why not just have a fake Martin. Weird.

Total wankadoodle behavior fershure and if the premise was to have the actress believe it was a priceless relic they could have given her another guit and just SAID it was the museum piece.
 
Still... this stinks a little of some product placement/marketing shenanigans.
 
Outside of guitar players/music oriented folks who would really know about the Martin brand (which is obviously a very nice brand)? Conjuring up some wacky Hollywood shenanigans like this could plant the name into the minds of laymen who'd otherwise go "durr... I done heard of teh Gibzins and thuh Fendarz... Imma gunna get me one of doz to play at the campgroundz".
 
The outrage from real guitar players about a priceless Martin getting destroyed just adds to the hype/branding.
 
If it was staged... pretty clever branding.
 
If it wasn't... this will only be good for Martin's sales so no loss to them.
 
Either way... for us guit hounds, definitely a cringe worthy event.
 
/has smashed a few guits onstage
//but was getting paid to do so
///they were cheapos bought specifically for the task

Jim Roseberry
Little bit of a rant:
I never understood the mentality of smashing guitars... or anything else.
I don't think it's cool when a rock-star smashes or trashes a $3000 instrument.
Give that instrument away...
Give it to a kid in the audience who can only dream of having/playing it.
Inspire someone for a lifetime...

 
^^^^This!
 

Jesse Screed
Hello, I'm sorry to hear about the Martin.  It sounds like a total lack of communication and hubris.
 
However, I have to come clean.  I once blew an acoustic guitar up with an M-80.  It was a guitar that I found on the side of the road, it had been rained on and was unplayable, and had obviously been in the elements for quite a long time.  A friend and I made a video and the guitar exploding was part of the production.  I must admit, at the time it was pretty cool, and I look back on it with fond memories.  The crazy part was when the carpet caught on fire and we nearly burned the apartment down.
 
I would not blow up a vintage museum piece though. 
 
I watched Monterrey Pop the other day.  There was a lot of smashing going on.  Although it would have been nice if Jimi would have given the strat to a kid, I love watching Jimi start that thing on fire.  He did that guitar justice, but he was voodoo personified...Tarantino?  Not so much, but my perspective is skewed.
 
Jesse Q. Screed

If you ever do it again can you make a video.
 
I agree with Sharke. This guy (Tanantino) is really smarmy. If he really was delighted Martin should take him to civil court. I bet a jury would take him to the bank. I don't normally favor lawsuits but this guy deserves one.
 
I am delighted with Danny's Rant!
 
J

bitflipper
Those shards of broken guitar will attract far more visitors to the Martin Museum than the intact instrument would have.

Valid point.

"See a vintage Martin guitar smashed on set by actor Kurt Russell during the filming of QuentinTarantino' s new movie 'The Hateful Eight'.

(or)

"See a vintage Martin guitar".

UbiquitousBubba
If only someone has smashed Tarantino instead. 

I thought he got most of his ideas when he's smashed, no?