I heard about this about 10 years ago, but I haven't posted it before. There used to be a music store in Toronto called Hudson's Music. I went to it a few times in the early '80s. At the time, I didn't see any Vs. It wasn't a great store. The Canadian group Anvil came in to rehearse one day while I was there in the basement, during the bands early days.
The store over the years was never really doing great. I guess there were money issues. They asked a local musician who's band had somewhat of a big local following to take the vintage V on tour with them and to smash it on stage at some point. The band was called Goddo and their lead singer was known for crazy drug use and debauchery on the road. He had no idea what the guitar was worth at the time in the late '70s, but he knew it was so that Hudson's Music could collect insurance. The guitar was smashed and the store got an insurance payout. I got the story from the band's lead singer who did the smashing. I don't think there is really any way to figure out what the serial number was. Greg, the lead singer mentioned that if the store was smart enough, they would have kept it because it wasn't worth nowhere near as much as it is currently. The store went out of business years ago. Since it was past the statute of limitations, Greg told the story. By the way Greg played bass in the band but did a long guitar solo during part of the show. I guess that's when the guitar got smashed.
Anyway, that's one less V to account for.
The store over the years was never really doing great. I guess there were money issues. They asked a local musician who's band had somewhat of a big local following to take the vintage V on tour with them and to smash it on stage at some point. The band was called Goddo and their lead singer was known for crazy drug use and debauchery on the road. He had no idea what the guitar was worth at the time in the late '70s, but he knew it was so that Hudson's Music could collect insurance. The guitar was smashed and the store got an insurance payout. I got the story from the band's lead singer who did the smashing. I don't think there is really any way to figure out what the serial number was. Greg, the lead singer mentioned that if the store was smart enough, they would have kept it because it wasn't worth nowhere near as much as it is currently. The store went out of business years ago. Since it was past the statute of limitations, Greg told the story. By the way Greg played bass in the band but did a long guitar solo during part of the show. I guess that's when the guitar got smashed.
Anyway, that's one less V to account for.
