Made of Indestructium: Difference between revisions

* There seems to be a general consensus amongst guitarists that most Fender instruments and amplifiers will be around after the nuclear holocaust. From [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ_P1vfZYo4 Keith Richards using one to defend Mick Jagger] (Mind you both these men are probably also made of Indestructium.), [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqf9AcEpJUw&feature=related To Pete Townshend, a man who's career has revolved around smashing guitars, not being able to consistently destroy them.] How did the company founder go about showing how reliable his first guitar was in the 50's? He went to a trade show, placed it across two chairs, and proceeded to jump on a piece of wood about an inch and a half wide multiple times, repeatedly putting the full weight of a grown man on that tiny part. Then he picked it up, and it was in-tune. Hell, most of them even today have a completely user-dismantleable design so in the off chance you toss it in a volcano and something does break, it's an easy fix.

* Apple achieved this with the iPod Touch. People have even shot them at point blank, and the screen worked everywhere except for the bullet hole. And maybe even there.

 

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