Guitar smashed by Paul Westerberg at old Guthrie now within your reach Seemingly destroyed at a 2002 solo show, the hackneyed Gibson Les Paul Jr. was restored and is now up for auction. January 6, 2021 12:14pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The old Guthrie Theater was demolished in 2006. Paul Westerberg hasn t been seen on stage since 2015. Somehow, though, a guitar that violently got between the two decommissioned Minneapolis icons in 2002 has reemerged in 2021 and is now up for auction.
An eBay seller and guitar enthusiast in Ohio is taking bids on a 1993 Gibson Les Paul Jr. that the Replacements frontman smashed on stage at the end of his last of three sold-out solo performances at the old Guthrie in 2002.