American Airlines lost my Marlen!
Posted: 12 Jan 2014 3:07 pm
My 1975 Black Mica Marlen that has played hundreds of gigs and been around the world with me has been lost by American Airlines.
I was coming back from the Music Fest in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on Thursday the 9th, and it still hasn't been located. Gotten conflicting reports from everyone I have spoken to at AA, and may still be in Dallas and just be delayed, as some other bags have been, or may have come in on an earlier flight to Austin as I was laying over in Dallas, (guess they thought they were doing me favor by having it come early and me not being there to pick it up) and possibly just picked up by someone who thought it looked interesting, because it's not at the Austin Airport. Doubt if it would have hit the area pawn shops yet, but still keeping my fingers crossed that it mysteriously shows up in Austin, like the woman at the baggage office said has been happening lately. It's in an SKB case.
Seriously broken system!!!! - they do this every day - why can't they figure it out?
Bittersweetly ironic that in the For Sale section there's an almost identical Marlen that may have belonged to Jeff Newman. Bought mine after I attended a seminar in early 1975 where he played one just like it.
Doubly ironic that I just took delivery Saturday of a beautiful new Rains, but I'll save that for a happier thread.
I was coming back from the Music Fest in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on Thursday the 9th, and it still hasn't been located. Gotten conflicting reports from everyone I have spoken to at AA, and may still be in Dallas and just be delayed, as some other bags have been, or may have come in on an earlier flight to Austin as I was laying over in Dallas, (guess they thought they were doing me favor by having it come early and me not being there to pick it up) and possibly just picked up by someone who thought it looked interesting, because it's not at the Austin Airport. Doubt if it would have hit the area pawn shops yet, but still keeping my fingers crossed that it mysteriously shows up in Austin, like the woman at the baggage office said has been happening lately. It's in an SKB case.
Seriously broken system!!!! - they do this every day - why can't they figure it out?
Bittersweetly ironic that in the For Sale section there's an almost identical Marlen that may have belonged to Jeff Newman. Bought mine after I attended a seminar in early 1975 where he played one just like it.
Doubly ironic that I just took delivery Saturday of a beautiful new Rains, but I'll save that for a happier thread.
