Guitar Stuff

When I picked up my guitar, Rosie Hitler, from the shop today I found out some surprising news. Another musician and my luthier, Norik, were discussing touring and how horrible the airlines have treated guitars. That was sad to hear. Even the hard cases that are made for touring don't protect guitars from airline carrier damage.

Norik told me that he sees no less than one guitar a week brought into his shop that got wrecked from the guitar cases being thrown around with other luggage from the airlines. When a guitar arrives in the baggage claim area, it's usually been knocked around so much that a lot of times the head stock breaks or worse.

They said that even if you gate claim a guitar, some airlines won't bring the guitar to you when you arrive at the gate at your destination. I don't travel much, so I haven't run into that problem. When I've traveled on Southwest Airlines, I've gotten in line for pre-boarding and put my guitar in the overhead bin. Everyone was always cool about it.

Blessings!
Laura

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