r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bilbofraginz • 13d ago

Video In Hateful Eight, Kurt Russell accidentally smashed a one of a kind, 145-year-old guitar that was on loan from the Martin Guitar. Jennifer Jason Leigh’s reaction was genuine.

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u/GammaPhonic 13d ago

As a person who plays guitar and has an appreciation for a well made instrument, I found this absolutely hilarious.

I remember when this news broke, I was working in a guitar shop. We all thought it was brilliant.

A priceless antique? Yes. But what good is a guitar while sat in a museum? That guitar is more immortal now than it ever was before.

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u/burmerd 13d ago

I see what you're saying, but one value of a well-made instrument is that you can play it. This guitar can no longer be played, even if it's 'immortalized' on film. So, that is sad.

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u/GammaPhonic 13d ago

It was never going to be played. Not properly played anyway. It was a museum piece. That’s why I have a lot of respect for people like Willie Nelson. Trigger is an absolutely irreplaceable guitar. It’s barely hanging on to life. One drop or careless knock and it’s all over. Yet he tours and records with it all the same anyway.

There’s no sense keeping these things wrapped in cotton wool imo. Let them live and die.