AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Emily Wolfe flew to Las Vegas from Austin last week to play guitar with her friends' band The Gaslight Anthem, opening a show for the Counting Crows. When she opened her guitar case after her flight, she found her custom Epiphone guitar was "in pieces."

"I mean, my heart sank," Wolfe said. "I kind of took a minute. I was like, 'wait a minute, am I in an alternate universe? Is this real? Is this thing actually broken to the point where I can't play it?'"

Wolfe is an Austin-based musician who's been touring for over six years. She said she always has her guitars in TSA cases -- hardshell, custom-molded flight cases -- so she doesn't have to worry about them getting damaged while flying.

"I packed it in a flight case, like I always do, and it was in perfect condition when

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