Members EdBega Posted January 6, 2013 Members Share Posted January 6, 2013 Do the airlines offer insurance for damages they might cause?Probably not, they're not that dumb I'm guessing ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 Originally Posted by EdBega Do the airlines offer insurance for damages they might cause? Probably not, they're not that dumb I'm guessing ... Well, my own experience is that if the guitar is over a few months old, they'll "devalue" it by it's age, so, in the case of my 1943 "Banner" J-45 (not sure if the notion of "vintage" was even in effect when I recieved it for my 13th b'day, but likely not) they decided was worth $150, and that's all they would pay, period. This was in 1975, but I understand it's still how most, if not all, airlines do things. You can buy extra insurance, for up to said instrument's upper value rating, but there's no guarrantee that any airline will honor it at full value. I know of one guy who bought full value insurance for his late '60s D-21, which was in a Carleton case...the blade of the forklift still skewered the instrument, in the case, and he's been fighting the airline and their insurance company for more than 3 years. The airline's insurance company feels that a Carleton case is not strong enough to deserve it's ATA rating, it seems, and they share FretFiend's simplistic view of reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdBega Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 Originally Posted by Terry Allan Hall Well, my own experience is that if the guitar is over a few months old, they'll "devalue" it by it's age, so, in the case of my 1943 "Banner" J-45 (not sure if the notion of "vintage" was even in effect when I recieved it for my 13th b'day, but likely not) they decided was worth $150, and that's all they would pay, period. This was in 1975, but I understand it's still how most, if not all, airlines do things. You can buy extra insurance, for up to said instrument's upper value rating, but there's no guarrantee that any airline will honor it at full value. I know of one guy who bought full value insurance for his late '60s D-21, which was in a Carleton case...the blade of the forklift still skewered the instrument, in the case, and he's been fighting the airline and their insurance company for more than 3 years. The airline's insurance company feels that a Carleton case is not strong enough to deserve it's ATA rating .... Yeah that sound about right ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neal Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 What happened to that particular guitar looks like it would have happened no matter the case it was in. It was a fluke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FretFiend. Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 No, it was a Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neal Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 Originally Posted by FretFiend. No, it was a Gibson. Ahh, a stealth 'ukulele reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Peaveyaddict Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 Leave that vintage 335 at home and rent an Epiphone Dot when you get to the town the gig's at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members denvertrakker Posted January 8, 2013 Members Share Posted January 8, 2013 Originally Posted by Peaveyaddict Leave that vintage 335 at home and rent an Epiphone Dot when you get to the town the gig's at. I've been waiting for someone to bring that up. Who tours with a $10,000 guitar? Besides, say, James Taylor or Jackson Browne? If you can't afford to lose it, leave it at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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