Back in 1976 I went on a big Greyhound trip around America. Skytrain had just started (relatively) cheap transatlantic flights to Toronto. From there I went across Canada to Vancouver, down the west coast to LA, then back across the USA via Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Denver, to Washington DC. Then New York and Boston before going back into Canada and around the eastern provinces. Finally back to Boston for a few days before flying home.

I didn't take my own guitar (something cheap and Japanese) but everywhere I went I found people were willing to lend me a guitar, and these were usually good ones - mostly Gibsons, Martins and Guilds. I've always regretted not buying a guitar while I was over there, but I'd spent most of my money on the trip. However when I got home and picked up my own guitar it felt so rubbish after playing so many good instruments that I ended up buying a new one anyway.