Joe Bonamassa's JP broken by airline

[SouthernShred]

Per Joe's Facebook status:

I just would like to extend my gratitude and thanks to the staff of Cypress airlines for breaking my Royal Albert Hall Musicman JP today.. We here at J and R adventures appreciate the attention to customer service. Im shattered..

 

[dstockden]

they just don't care do they! I've been lucky so far. I would be gutted if it happened to me! I guess at least he can get another one for free!

 

[e.mate]

it seems, not only United breaks guitars

 

[balance]

Ouch! I'm amazed at how even travel-hardened luggage can end up thoroughly smashed after a single trip.

 

[Tomcat84]

Oh dear that's a bad omen two days before my trip with my Morse

 

[beej]

Wow. It doesn't matter who you are ... airlines just like to break stuff.

 

[GWDavis28]

That sucks, well hopefully he can get to an local EBMM dealer and either rent or borrow one for the shows he has.

Glenn |B)

 

[jcm900]

Oh dear that's a bad omen two days before my trip with my Morse

Bring it with you on board, in a gig bag (that's important) .
that's the only advise I can give.
good luck!

 

[Big Poppa]

Yeah Derek was busting his butt trying to find one in Israel for Joes last show....
It was a madhouse.

 

[GWDavis28]

Yeah Derek was busting his butt trying to find one in Israel for Joes last show....
It was a madhouse.

Nice to see you guys stepping up, Derek is awesome, great guy the times that I've met him. Way to go.

Glenn |B)

 

[the24thfret]

The bari??? Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

 

[colinboy]

Yeah Derek was busting his butt trying to find one in Israel for Joes last show....
It was a madhouse.

Pity it wasnt broken round the time of his irish tour last week and i could of lent him mine

 

[Coffeemug]

That completely sucks! Thank god it wasn't the BP AL...

 

[King Loudness]

I saw that on Facebook myself. Why an EBMM? Seriously, they could've broken a Gibson, or some other guitar that wasn't the best.

 

[Coffeemug]

Aren't even Airlines supposed to be transporting any kind of luggage without causing damage to it?

 

[browndog]

Oh my Thats just terrible.

 

[Derek]

The Headstock was severed completely off the guitar....It was in a hard case..

Were working on getting a new Neck built for the Ruby Red JP bari today. They have a bari to use for the show so all is good.

This Ruby JP is very special as he used it in the RAH DVD.

 

[Ripper]

Airlines... love em, but hate em too.

(Glad all my balls came in a piece!)

 

[the24thfret]

The Headstock was severed completely off the guitar....It was in a hard case...

How the hell...?

 

[the24thfret]

Here's the guitar (right?):
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBgNuP86BNk"]YouTube- Joe Bonamassa - Ballad of John Henry - Royal Albert Hall[/ame]