John Deacon at Knebworth

I saw the clip from  the show at Knebworth were John Deacon Destroys His Bass Guitar; anynone know why he did it i mean he does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments.

relieved that the tour was over?

who knows..

I think it was frustration that triggered it

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[b]falmark wrote: [/b]

I saw the clip from  the show at Knebworth were John Deacon Destroys His Bass Guitar; anynone know why he did it i mean he does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments.[/QUOTE]



Link please, I've heard many rumours about this but I can't find it

[QUOTE]he does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments.[/QUOTE]
He does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments because he isn't a guy that goes around destroying instruments. He threw his bass once, what about the 600+ concerts where he did NOT throw it?

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Link please, I've heard many rumours about this but I can't find it


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsl3d-buDh8

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He does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments because he isn't a guy that goes around destroying instruments. He threw his bass once, what about the 600+ concerts where he did NOT throw it?

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True this is the only time he did, thats  why i asked if anyone knows why he did throw it this time.

There were some technical issues with his bass. As Niek said: pure frustration.

A similar situation can be seen during One Vision at Leiden 1986. I believe he switches bass twice. (although without any aggression this time).

I think there could be a deeper reason.

It is the P-bass he had played for most of Queen's career, since 1974.  He had it completely redone before the tour, and before the second encore at the last show, he tossed it away.  Maybe the band did know that it would be their last show.  I guess there are some things we'll just never know...

Actually, I think the bass he threw was the Elite one, not his famous black Precision.

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[b]falmark wrote: [/b]

I saw the clip from  the show at Knebworth were John Deacon Destroys His Bass Guitar; anynone know why he did it i mean [b]he does not seem like the guy that goes around destroying instruments.[/b][/QUOTE]
Well, he doesn't seem like a guy who visits strip clubs either...

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[b]Sebastian wrote: [/b]

Actually, I think the bass he threw was the Elite one, not his famous black Precision.
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Thanks again. :))) 

Whener I have a doubt about a Queen concert I use to go to queenconcerts.com, which now I know is Mr.Scully's website  - * bowing respectfully to Mr. Scully * - and it was a delight to find out that you contributted there with info on the instruments. ;-) Thanks, really.

Thank you all guys for the great work. It's really valuable, informative and entertaining.

Thanks also to Sir GH, who has a wonderful website for those who - unlikely - don't know it: queenlive.ca,  which is deliciously informative and fun too. He's a Knight in disguise - the old-fashioned, gentle knights who defended the ladies and did their best to help people out along his way: if the amount of e-mails in your mailbox happen to double now, dear Sir GH, it's all this poor's squire fault. :)))

Kiss to you all, you're great.

John Deacon destroyed a bass?!  Just watched the clip, really wonder what was going on!
Yara, thanks for the queenlive.ca address, can't wait to look it up!

He didn't destroy it, he tossed it but it wasn't destroyed - he still used it for the second encore.

Still hard to believe, but that makes slightly more sense, i was really struggling with the mental image of John bashing the life out of his lovely, lovely bass!  The video clip is fairly distant, so it's hard to see what exactly is happening.