Dave Edmunds was taking his original 1958 dot-neck Gibson ES335's (one blonde, one black) on the road until someone told him how much they were worth. Too easy to get stolen. Yo Yo buys a second ticket for the seat next to him on plane flights, for his cello.
Saving the sound of the Stradivarius
An interesting project is taking place in Cremona Italy. A link to a brief piece in the New York Times describes the effort to chronicle the sound of various Stradivarius instruments before they have lost their mojo.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/arts/music/stradivarius-sound-bank-recording-cremona.html?action=...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/arts/music/stradivarius-sound-bank-recording-cremona.html?action=...