duff beer Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 A musician had his $3500 Taylor damaged during a flight. When the airline refused to pay to have it fixed he wrote a song, made a video, and posted it on YouTube. It became so popular that they eventually did pay to fix the guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I say more power to him. The airlines have a crappy attitude towards their customers in general,and musicians in particular. Some of them barely begrudge you a bag of peanuts these days to eat! And I have definitely heard horror stories of baggage handlers/demolition artists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc taz Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Ugh. This is why some musicians would rather have their instruments shipped to a particular location, instead of subjecting it to a passenger airline. Or, just drive themselves over to the place with the stuff. I've never encountered any problems with going through Greyhound, or Amtrak. At least the Greyhound fellas are much nicer with the goods than the airline bots. The only other solutions here are to rent/borrow something, get good insurance, and/or invest in some super tough ATA style flight cases. sevenstring.org profile my flickr page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Love the vid, and the song! Some great guitar tones in there, particularly the overdriven amp with tremolo (panned leftishly?) and the fat overdriven "lead" lines. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Well, lucky for this victim he is a full-time band member with experience and some resources. If it had been some poor solo artist who had everything tied up in his guitar-I`m thinkin S.O.L. Well without wanting to step in a mine field here, but for example I just got the last seat on a plane to N.Y. next month, but it`s a U.S. carrier. That means, get the stupid wallet out if I want a drink, definitely bring my own headphones, no movies on demand-`nuff said. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Heard about this on the radio this morning &thought the vid had actually footage of the incident but this is still good. Reports are that United wants to buy the vid & use it as a training tool. I'm sure that wouldn't have anything to do with then having authority to withdraw it from public viewing, though. d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylerD Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYsDrJ05ZNY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Love that reverb on Dave Ellefson's vid! The Allman Bros used to just buy an extra ticket & have Reddog strap a few guitars into a seat, smilin' all Georgia-Peach-style at the steward(ess). As airlines (non of which has had an unprofitable year in the past decade, despite calling for govt. subsidies following 2001) continue to raises fees for baggage, etc., is that not a workable choice ? d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pick Punch Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Ok that made my night.....great video and story.... good night everyone! von William Von Luhmann www.pickpunch.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I read where Roy Buchanan used to buy an airline seat next to him for his beloved Tele! And Fenders are among the more indestructible of instruments.... hands on favorites for bar brawls...LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Sadites Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Dave is a good buddy of mine. I've performed with him many times, he is a super guy, great singer and songwriter and I couldn't be happier for him. The video is great and very humorous creative lyrics! Jason Sadites www.sadites.com New CD 'WEVE' available now! Featuring performances by: Tony Levin, Kenny Aronoff, Marco Minnemann, Brett Garsed, Gregg and Matt Bissonette, Chad Wackerman and more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I just found out that folksinger Tom Paxton wrote a similar song a number of years ago: Thank You Republic Airlines Flying through the Michigan skies with a song in my innocent heart I placed myself in professional hands Masters of the traveler's art When I opened my guitar case at the end of a beautiful flight I'm sure you can imagine my feelings as I beheld this beautiful sight Thank you Republic Airlines for breaking the neck on my guitar I arrived to do a concert with the Kingston Trio opened my guitar case with a smile "con grio" Thank you Republic Airlines What a joy to a musician you are What a zest you've added to pedestrian skies It was boring to be flying where the wild goose flies But the tedium was broken by your wonderful surprise when you broke the neck on my guitar Thank you Republic Airlines for treating my instrument with care There can be no greater happiness for a musician than to find his instrument in this condition Uh-oh, Republic Airlines in the firmament of travel, you're a star for you treat each piece of baggage like a child of your own When you come across an instrument, it's dropped like a stone May you waken every morning with a new broken bone like you broke the neck on my guitar Now I've been traveling most of my life and the thrill is a long time gone and the sight of another DC 10 just fails to turn me on But I feel my heart start pounding when I get to the baggage claim and when I see how you handled my instrument the thrill is still the same Thank you Republic Airlines for splintering the neck on my guitar My guitar case was so strong that nothing could go through it Way to go Republic, only you could do it Crash bang Republic Airlines in the field of demolition, you'll go far for you took it as a challenge when I turned in my case and you saw the fragile stickers glued all over the place May a team of mad flamingo dancers do to your face what you did to the neck on my guitar There could no satisfaction greater than if you should be the next to go the way of Braniff ---------------------------------- Unfortunately, they didn't have the technology back then for millions of people to hear it online! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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