Andrés Cepeda, famous Bogotá singer, He reported through his social networks that a well-known airline damaged two of his beloved Gibson guitars.which he took to his tour of the United States.
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Although he reported that the instrument company helped him replace the destroyed guitars, he called on the world’s airlines to be more careful with artists’ work tools.
“Hopefully this testimony will help airlines understand that our instruments are not only very expensive and acquired with great effort, but that we establish an intimate and personal relationship with them, since they are the tools with which we practice our trade and, also, the vehicles of our art,” Cepeda mentioned.
How much do Andrés Cepeda’s Gibson guitars cost?
In the images of Andrés Cepeda’s complaint it is possible to see that one of the guitars, black and white, is acoustic.
According to Gibson’s website, The guitar would be a 60s J-45 Original, Ebony. The price of this reference is 2,999 dollars, that is, more than 11,743,000 Colombian pesos.
The costs of Gibson acoustic guitars range between 2,199 and 8,999 dollars (8,611,000 and more than 35,239,000 million pesos, respectively).
The second reference that was affected, according to the images that Cepeda shared, would be a ’61 SG Standard electric guitar. Its price is 1,999 dollars or 7,828,000 million pesos.
What happened to Andrés Cepeda’s guitars?
The Bogotá singer said that the airline staff Delta Airlines, on two flights, improperly tampered with its instruments, causing both to break.
“While I am respectful of the airline’s policies of not allowing us to travel with instruments in the cabin, I consider that these and The other elements that your clients pack to travel in the hold should be treated with care, consideration and respect.”, he stressed.
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