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Jun 14 2008, 11:30 PM |
I'm very interested to hear this as well!
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Jun 14 2008, 11:33 PM |
HARD CASE!!! Rock hard!!!
I've been abroad to perform and we checked in guitars and amps etc and while sitting in the plane we saw them load our stuff... Oh brother. Mine was in a hard case, it was tossed from the bandwagon onto the plane My buddys guitar wasn't in a hard case but in one of those semi hard guitar shaped cases... since it was lighter it was tossed even further. Luckily I didn't even see my amp go aboard... So get the special cases for amps and guitars there are for transporation. Very well needed. EDIT: Now a days there's special check in for stuff like trollys etc. Wasn't back then. Don't know how they handle this special goods. Better I hope!!! This post has been edited by MickeM: Jun 14 2008, 11:35 PM -------------------- My bands homepage
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Jun 15 2008, 12:40 AM |
This is an interesting topic, I'm going on vacation to Canary Islands as well, and in the end I decided not to take the risk and got me a shredneck instead. But I heard that they usually allow you to take the guitar in the passenger cabin as long as it doesn't have a bulky case.
I'm curious to hear your personal experiences though, I'd be horrified if they made me put the guitar with the rest of the luggage, seeing how they treat the suitcases... -------------------- Guitars:
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Jun 15 2008, 02:15 PM |
Wow, that tossing in the airplane didn't build me no confidence at all
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Jun 15 2008, 07:17 PM |
Yeah this seems rather complicated , but a high quality hard case should do fine in the luggage department..
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Jun 15 2008, 07:26 PM |
I think so too, good hard case should be pretty safe when it comes to transporting the guitar anywhere.
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Jun 15 2008, 07:35 PM |
Damn, I shouldn't have read this. I'm in Iceland right now and have my guitar with me, and I have a soft (but still really good) gigbag and I check in the guitar in the special check in. I've travelled with it like this before and haven't had any problems, but now I'll worry for the way home. But, so far I've had no problems, I've checked it in at special check in all the time. I've only travelled with my guitar with Icelandair though. So you checked in the guitar and it went to luggage department , you didn't carry it in the aircraft with you ? I hope they will treat it well.. -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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Jun 16 2008, 04:41 PM |
When we are touring we are using special flight cases for our guitars, like this I can be 100% sure that my guitars survive the flights. But you don't HAVE to spend a lot of money on such a case, in case you have a solid case for your guitar this might also do the job, it might not look as nice after the flight though To give you an example, I also used a regular Gibson case for one of my Les Pauls for a flight, and the guitar was perfectly fine, just the case looked a bit "older" But I would only do this with really good and solid cases, because no matter how many "handle with care" stickers you put on your equipment, the guys that are in charge to handle the cargo don't really seem to care much about such stickers...
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