The son of the legendary guitarist Frank Zappa has blasted British Airways for destroying his band mate’s guitar.
Dweezil Zappa took to Twitter to ask the airline how they intend to help after modifying Adam Minkoff’s Gibson guitar in a “non-musical way”.
The photograph reveals the guitar’s headstock has been shattered cleanly from the neck of the guitar.
The 48-year-old rockstar posted a picture of the damage captioned: “I’m hoping that British Airways will be able to help my band member Adam Minkoff.
“His guitar was modified in a non musical way on a BA flight at the start of this tour. It’s his favorite guitar. Now what?”
On social media, Bob Knott? wrote: “Unacceptable. Please do the right thing, BA. Hell hath no fury like a guitarist whose headstock was separated from his guitar. And, as a rule, guitarists roam in vast, unwieldy packs via social media, so Dweezil’s bandmate won’t be unhappy alone.”
Kevin Barbour?, said: “Ouch…. Never give an airline an irreplaceable guitar. Good chance they lose or break it.”
Carly McConville?, posted: “Sacrilege. Can you not take guitars on board?”
Nir Felder added: “Oh man. British Airways the horrible way you treat musicians and our instruments is a disgrace.
“It wasn’t always like this and I hope you reconsider your new policies. It is not making you guys any fans.”
British Airways’ customer service team replied to Dweezil’s Tweet by apologising and asked if there was a way to fix the guitar or hire a replacement.”
A spokeswoman for British Airway, said: “Every day we take great pride in carrying thousands of bags safely and speedily to their final destination where the vast majority arrive in the same condition as they departed.
“We appreciate how precious instruments are to musicians, and have been in contact with our customer to apologise and resolve this matter.”
Earlier this year it emerged that Alitalia had damaged one of the world’s rarest musical instruments, a 300 year-old viola da gamba.
The instrument was found in the baggage reclaim with one side completely crushed and broken bits of wood and with strings snapped.
The owner claimed the instrument, worth about £150,000, was “savagely vandalised” and looked like it was “run over by a car.”
