In Reply to: Buying guitar in Bali posted by bali_jen on Sunday, 1. March 2009 at 21:21 Bali Time:
will let you take on a guitar as hand luggage,like said it is taken off you and stowed by cabin crew.
You are better off having a soft case or gig bag because if in a hard case they want you to put it trough with checked luggage.
I have bought many guitars and flown with them as hand luggage.