It was an issue that saw the spotlight back in 2008, when United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago nearly destroyed passenger Dave Carroll's $3,500 acoustic guitar, and Carroll struck back after a year of unsuccessful attempts at redress by posting a video for a charmingly scathing ditty of his called "United Breaks Guitars." A viral hit, the song racked up 4 million views in just over a week, after which United finally offered to compensate Carroll. Taking a guitar on a commercial airline can be rather unnerving considering all the nightmare stories you may have heard of dinged, broken or even lost instruments due to careless baggage handlers or uncooperative flight crews. In fact, that was one of the questions Reddit user egglicious submitted to the r/guitar forum. If you’re a guitarist and like to travel, you’ve probably thought about the best way to protect your guitar on a plane.
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