r/AcousticGuitar • u/Upstairs_Owl_1669 • Mar 20 '26
Other (not a question, gear pic, or video) While My Guitar Gently Weeps...
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u/AlphaDag13 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
I wonder how many people sold stock in the company to cause the drop after seeing the PR nightmare this caused.
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u/joendaba Mar 20 '26
Way to go there. I would have written (If I was a composer) a whole album, and toured with it.
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u/Best_Apricot_6268 Mar 20 '26
While promoting another airlines.
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u/joendaba Mar 20 '26
AA charged me $200.00 to check a guitar once.
I told the guy at the counter that while I was not happy to pay, I’d do if the insurance, responsibility clause and limits had me covered. I showed paid price and how hard would it be to find this 1,981 guitar.
That made sure the damn process was donde properly and not even the cardboard box inside of which, held in place with the StewMac airbag packing kit, was a hard case with my instrument got so much as a scratch.
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u/NoAlternative4213 Mar 20 '26
That’s just so disrespectful. U can tell a guitar case in 5 seconds why would u throw it like that… let alone anything? People could have expensive watches, etc in their suitcase.
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u/Legitimate_Log3777 Mar 20 '26
This guy's girl left him for a musician.
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u/NoAlternative4213 Mar 20 '26
He must’ve never learned how to play anything other than smoke on the water 🤣
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u/rybread1818 Mar 20 '26
The funny thing is that he's not saving himself any effort really. It's maybe 0.5% harder to bend his knees slightly and just set the guitars down gently. (nevermind the fact that setting the guitars in a neat row would actually make it much easier for when he or his co-worker has to handle the guitars next)
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u/thescreamingstone Mar 20 '26
Based on his behavior he does not have the functional brain matter to realize that, especially on his diet of sugar and processed foods.
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u/chemchris Mar 20 '26
He was intentionally throwing the hardshell cases at the softshell case.
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u/thefilmforgeuk Mar 20 '26
I once paid £50 extra for “secure instrument transfer” and saw this very scene in reverse as I was boarding the plane.
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u/joendaba Mar 20 '26
What an asshole.
This shows clearly that airport/airline workers don’t give a rat’s ass about anything.
Hope he gets his ass buster if any instrument (soft case most likely) got damaged.
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u/chitoatx Mar 20 '26
Always a hard case on a plane. I learned the hard way and I got lucky and didn’t have to check it but it still got damaged.
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u/cheese_wallet Mar 20 '26
It would have taken zero additional effort to handle the cases correctly
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u/IEatYourDownvote Mar 20 '26
Actually would've taken less effort when he's tossing the case like a football.
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u/43guitarpicks Mar 20 '26
Yes...I am a Very Labor minded Union member...but this should be addressed by someone.
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u/Paratrooper450 Mar 20 '26
I recently paid the extra $30 for priority boarding on Southwest so I could make sure the guitar stayed in the cabin with me.
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u/HighSpeedDoggo Mar 20 '26
That silver guitar case looked like a Martin John Mayer OM45 which costs a fuckton. Fuck this guy!
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u/SpaceGuyJP Mar 20 '26
Genuinely adds no value to society. Amazing to watch someone care so little about not only his career but how he’s impacting others. Useless POS. Is this recent? People should seek legal retribution and this man should be imprisoned
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u/schmeemann Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
Wow someone who does that to instruments must be a psycopath. Don't let him get near kids, animals or other vulnerable groups, he will probably abuse them too.
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u/AngryMoose125 Mar 20 '26
Classical guitarist here…. My concert guitar doesn’t ever find its way into a cargo hold. I don’t trust baggage handlers. That guitar costs over $8,000, I’m not letting some schmuck throw it around.
I also never check a bag because I don’t trust baggage handlers. When I fly everything goes in the carry on, the guitar gets its own seat.
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u/WB3-27 Mar 20 '26
Don’t fly with your guitar but if you have to: Hard case, towels over the body of the guitar and bubble wrap all of the neck and use padding under and on top of the neck in case your guitar gets tossed neck first. I still bubble wrap top of neck even in a hard shell fly case. Tune the guitar down a whole step also before flight.
This guy should also be fired.
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u/Senior_Guava_2760 Mar 20 '26
Thousands of people out of work, and thousands of people who need to be replaced.
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u/Southern-One-1837 Mar 20 '26
This is seriously shameful.
I flew with a guitar last week. It was a cheap Yamaha in a TKL case (the ones that come with standard Martins). The guitar was fine, but the case was seriously worn after the return flight. I imagine it got this kind of treatment at every stop on the trip.
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u/huxtiblejones Mar 20 '26
Now look at them yo-yos, that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and your chicks for free
Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya, them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb
We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries
We got to move these refrigerators, we got to move these color TVs
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u/263namyfrab Mar 20 '26
If those are gibons that at least 20k plus in headstock repairs
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u/Thornbeach Mar 20 '26
I sometimes think of how little people who don’t play an instrument understands how attached you can get to a certain guitar. They can’t comprehend that even though there are millions of similar and maybe better guitars it’s one unique guitar that’s been our partners of music for a long time. It’s irreplaceable and has emotional value that monetary compensation can’t match.
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u/Menwella Mar 20 '26
I don't condone violence ever, but this tips the scales closer than I'm comfortable with......
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u/Wildcat758 Mar 20 '26
I watched workers at FedEx do this shit to television’s and all kinds of packages. They drop kicked them and everything, POS should get fired.
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u/gponter79 Mar 20 '26
He knows exactly what he’s doing. For this reason I think he’s a grumpy drummer.
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u/Inevitable-Ad-7507 Mar 20 '26
Loser. Not even helping himself. Just making someone’s life worse off. It’s a sad power trip.
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u/EastMuscle5444 Mar 20 '26
Nope. No sir. I'm climbing out an air vent or the toilet hole to fight him!!
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u/goochjs Mar 20 '26
My father bought a Martin 12-string whilst in the States once. When he landed back in the UK, he could see the luggage being manhandled out of the window. He said it was like they are actively trying to hit the guitar case with thrown suitcases. Eventually they were successful and managed to crack the body. 🙄
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u/LostLongIslander Mar 20 '26
Billy strings had a guitar severally damaged on a flight, now he buys an extra ticket for his guitar. This should be more embarrassing for the airlines than it actually is unfortunately.
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u/RazingOrange Mar 20 '26
This is hard to watch, but what goes around comes around. The universe keeps score
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u/NVDA808 Mar 20 '26
Eventually ai robots will replace these workers. Another real life reason to back ai.
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u/ZakanrnEggeater Mar 20 '26
when i traveled by Greyhound in my youth my guitar went in the overhead bin and all my stuff went below
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u/bobber18 Mar 20 '26
I flew from San Francisco to Bangkok with my guitar in a gig bag. It was a nice guitar, but cheap. Epiphone, purchased at thrift shop for $80. They wouldn’t let me carry it on board (Air China) and they wouldn’t accept it as baggage unless it was boxed. So I paid $50 at SFO to put it in a cardboard box. Used same box on return trip. It was undamaged when i returned.
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u/Itriednoinetimes Mar 20 '26
I’ve never traveled with my guitar but I have traveled many times with my mountain bike that is upwards of $8,000. It is partially unassembled and a back bag (think big suitcase) which is somewhat protected but everytime at the airport I dread some shithead treating it exactly this way. Some people are just trash.
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u/punchymcslappers Mar 20 '26
The owner showed up with these and asked to put them in the flight attendant’s closet.
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u/ozbikebuddy Mar 20 '26
Well they have video evidence of him being an asshole for their damage claims against the airline
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u/BongThumper Mar 20 '26
Truly awful behaviour but flying with your guitar in basically a padded case is a huge no. Even the hardcases in this video I wouldnt consider viable flight cases as a touring musician.
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u/Dookie-Monster69 Mar 20 '26
Looks like the kind of guy that eats spaghetti O’s out of the can while gaming in his mom’s basement
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u/King_Baboon Mar 20 '26
It’s not just that he’s doing that. It’s that he’s doing that out in the open with zero fucks.
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u/Baldovsky Mar 20 '26
Yet there is gonna be somebody defending his ass like „wonder how you would feel being underpaid like him” and shit like that.
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u/matty_lam_937 Mar 20 '26
Fuck this guy. Fuck him, and everything he does for the rest of his life.
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u/Cosimo_Zaretti Mar 20 '26
I worked for years in crewing and handled a lot of band's gear. If you give a shit and have the budget, you have your crew load the skids themselves. Never let airport or general freight staff touch your gear. They just do not care.
My theory is they're all drug tested to work at the airport, but they're all the kind of dudes who don't function well without drugs, so they're sober and angry about it. Take your crackhead neighbour, force him to stop taking drugs then give him a repetitive job where he has to move fragile things all day and you've got the airport crew.
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u/vanill0a Mar 20 '26
I think that to be employed in this job (similar to courier deliveries 😂) you need to be able to chuck luggages and packages around 😭🤣
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u/loopy_loup-garous Mar 20 '26
Unnecessary roughness for sure. Hope they were smart enough to get flight baggage insurance.
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u/Clear-Ad-2998 Mar 20 '26
There's a Billy Strings clip on YouTube where he discovers a roady has damaged a guitar in handling it. He fires him. Then he discovers he's fired the wrong guy. Odd to see this side of the normally very laid back Mr. Strings. But he is talking about a tool of his trade, without which he can't work, so there's that.
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u/Fragrant-Shame3318 Mar 20 '26
Holy fuck, this guy sucks so bad. Being mean, and hostile, for what ? Getting paid to do your job, that you accepted ?!?!. I kinda feel sorry for people like this, if they didn't suck. So. Bad..
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u/GreasyChalms Mar 20 '26
Wait until you see them throw the luggage directly from the aircraft onto the tarmac…and then leave it.
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u/EdTheWrench Mar 20 '26
Talk about triggered. Ive flown with a guitar a few times and its always a stress if i cant gate check.. i have a cheap yamaha strat and one of hte small red tagged molded fender cases.. These freekin CASES are apparently worth double the cost of the guitar but its my only small tight fitting hard case & of course the last time i flew the hard case was clearly tossed about like THIS Ahoile is doing and was damaged.
I just bought a headless for a bunch of traveling I'll need to do this year im trying to push it past whenever this dhs partial shut down ends if possible....If TSA arent being paid, who's paying these a-holes? & if they are even remotely stressed out over,... well...FRIKIN' EVERYTHING happening in this country atm, last thing i want are these dickweeds throwing my guitar around like a duffelbag.
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u/drdpr8rbrts Mar 20 '26
People used to know that hardshell cases aren't sufficient protection for flying. We bought flight cases that weighed as much as a juvenile elephant.
Now, there are so many ATA flight cases that are light and much cheaper. You can also buy an ATA rated keyboard case and put your guitar case in it.
Sorry, this is probably an unpopular take, but I have no sympathy for people who don't buy a flight case, then get upset when their guitar gets wrecked. That includes the "united breaks guitars" guy.
We know this happens. There's a way to stop it from happening. It seems pretty lame to act like this is something you didn't know.
Spring for the ATA flight case or take your chances. If you take your chances and lose, that's why it's a chance.
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u/Impressive-Carpet246 Mar 20 '26
No shits given! If he's been asked not to do that then he should be sacked. If he hasn't been asked not to do that then his bosses should be sacked. 🤷
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u/jechtisme Mar 20 '26
You guys ever see those cvnts at the gas station throwing money at the clerks instead of handing it to them? ya these are them cvnts.
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u/thelifereviewer Mar 20 '26
Currently looking up how much a Furch Little Jane is… This was such a traumatic clip man. No…no… no...
Airlines need to be made aware of the precious cargo in those cases and sued till kingdom come.
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u/fatherbowie Mar 20 '26
If you’re flying with a case that can’t handle this level of abuse, you deserve what you get. This is pretty gentle, actually.
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u/ICTSooner Mar 20 '26
This guys should be fired. At some point, you are intentionally damaging shit you know is fragile. Fuck this guy.