That's why you go out and buy a good quality cheap guitar like a Blueridge. You can pick up a BR160 solid rosewood body, solid sitka spruce top for $500 U.S. or less down there in Maine ... if you wanna go cheaper get a BR60 lam rosewood, solid spruce top for about $250-300. And these usually come with a pretty good case ... if the airline loses or wrecks them you can get nearly the full replacement cost. Overall youd have a 2nd guitar that I bet you would grow to be very attached to, and you don't have to borrow someones guitar and feel uncomfortable with their setup.

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