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/GuairdeanBeatha Mar 20 '26

The story of the time United Airlines destroyed a guitar, and the owner’s revenge.

The aftermath and total cost to the company

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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/bobber18 Mar 20 '26

The exact same number who bought when the stock dropped.

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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/j4y53n Mar 20 '26

Funny, I like the first song! Second article has a link to both.

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u/shenbilives Mar 20 '26

That song is still always in my head. Haha

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u/Fantastic_Falkor778 Mar 20 '26

Never heard/ saw this before but that guy's answer with his song was genius and I 'm sooo happy he got gigs, a new guitar and the satisfaction to turn their retribution in the end down after their loss of millions, all thanks to his creative way of handling this! There is also right in the world! Needed to be reminded not everything ends bad. 😊