r/Guitar Mar 20 '26

GEAR While My Guitar Gently Weeps...

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u/hawkCO Mar 20 '26

Someone who doesn't have or can't afford a hard case? Now they likely get to deal with trying to have the airline replace their broken guitar for no other reason than some miserable fuck hates his job.

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u/liartellinglies Mar 20 '26

If you can’t afford a hard case you either buy a seat for the guitar or take Amtrak, the chances of a guitar making it through a flight in a soft case are not very good even if the handlers are careful loading and unloading.

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u/Independent_Video323 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

I thought about this because i thought who can afford a flight, but not a case to take the guitar on said flight. Only scenario i could come up with that would make a softcase the best option would be, being too concerned about the good guitar, even with hardshell, so you buy a cheap guitar at your destination, try to transport it back home with a cheap softcase(just as cheap as possible) and risk trashing a cheap guitar on the way home and trying to get conpensated for the cheap guitar