Gibson Replaces $10,000 Guitar Destroyed by Delta Airlines

FUSE TV - Gibson Replaces $10,000 Guitar Destroyed by Delta Airlines

We've all been there. The horror from the mishandling at baggage claim: your smashed fedora, an exploded hairspray can, broken snow globe you bought Grandma as a late birthday present. But imagine musician’s Dave Schneider’s horror when his $10,000 (yes, $10,000) 1965 Gibson ES-335 came back sustaining thousands in damages following a Delta flight.

Schneider took extra precautions to make sure his vintage guitar was treated properly; trying to check it on the plane (which he was denied) as well as requesting a flight attendant to ask baggage handlers for an additional safety request (which they complied with, seen on a CNN report below). But when the guitar was returned, its case was shredded with the guitar sustaining over $2,000 in damages. CNN says, the guitar will never be the same.

Cue the media (both traditional and social) to the rescue! Following an interview on Yahoo! News and a Facebook video post, the injustice could not be ignored by Delta, who compensated Schneider for the mishap, plus gave him two free flight vouchers.

But it gets better! Word ALSO got round to Gibson too! The iconic instrument company gifted him the 50th anniversary reissue of the 1963 Gibson ES-335 guitar, plus free repair his ES-335.

"We all know Gibson guitars rock," he wrote in a follow-up e-mail to Yahoo!. "But at this moment, the Gibson company is rocking even harder than Pete Townshend's Les Paul."

Undoubtedly, Schneider will keep on rocking too.

Ed Sheeran: Man Plus Guitar

41m

Ed Sheeran: Man Plus Guitar

Struck by Lightning

1h 18m

Struck by Lightning

Connected by Coffee

1h 7m

Connected by Coffee

Struck by Lightning - Trailer

2m

Struck by Lightning - Trailer

Dr. Dre: Beat by Beat

56m

Dr. Dre: Beat by Beat

A Tiddy Bounce Tutorial By Ts Madison

4m

A Tiddy Bounce Tutorial By Ts Madison

Steve Aoki Gets Robbed By A Crazed Fan

9m

Steve Aoki Gets Robbed By A Crazed Fan

As Told By Michael Jackson's Glove: Hot Tops

3m

As Told By Michael Jackson's Glove: Hot Tops

So You Can't Get Pregnant By Smiling at a Boy?

2m

So You Can't Get Pregnant By Smiling at a Boy?

Taylor Swift: Dare to Dream

41m

Taylor Swift: Dare to Dream

Juanes

22m

Juanes

That Competition Ish

20m

That Competition Ish

Not Quite Done

46m

Not Quite Done

Bo vs. Aubrey

45m

Bo vs. Aubrey

The Reunion

45m

The Reunion

DJ Nu-Mark's Vinyl Collection

11m

DJ Nu-Mark's Vinyl Collection

Moving In

41m

Moving In

Welcome to the Jungle

46m

Welcome to the Jungle

DJ Eclipse's Vinyl Collection on Crate Diggers

13m

DJ Eclipse's Vinyl Collection on Crate Diggers

Stripped

22m

Stripped

Operation Osmin

Operation Osmin

Transcendent Season 2 Starts In June!

1m

Transcendent Season 2 Starts In June!

Puppet Hot Tub Aftershow Episode 2: Anjelah Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr.

7m

Puppet Hot Tub Aftershow Episode 2: Anjelah Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr.