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Post by tonycamphd on Apr 11, 2015 12:00:26 GMT -6
do any of you fella's know if a jazzbass case will fit in the overhead compartment on a flight? I hate to let the samsonite gorillas get a hold of it!
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Post by winetree on Apr 11, 2015 15:09:04 GMT -6
Why take it? Are you going to play at the wedding?
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Post by tonycamphd on Apr 11, 2015 21:15:06 GMT -6
Why take it? Are you going to play at the wedding? no sir, but i'm going to be there long enough twiddling my thumbs that i'd go nutz if didn't have an instrument to play, i love playing bass when i'm stressing for some reason?.. |
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Post by keymod on Apr 12, 2015 5:51:29 GMT -6
Seems to me it would be too big for overhead. Call the airline?
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Post by donr on Apr 12, 2015 12:56:26 GMT -6
You'd do better with a gig bag than a case. What's the aircraft you're flying in? Can you get early boarding? Rudy Sarzo and Kasim Sulton have had good luck flying their basses (Rudy's Peavey model and Kasim's NS Spector) on 737's and Airbusses.
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Post by mobeach on Apr 12, 2015 13:53:27 GMT -6
I know everyone likes "their" bass, as I'm a bassist  But I would get a cheap, slim line acoustic bass for these purposes. I wouldn't trust airport crews with anything worth value. |
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Post by tonycamphd on Apr 12, 2015 14:07:54 GMT -6
You'd do better with a gig bag than a case. What's the aircraft you're flying in? Can you get early boarding? Rudy Sarzo and Kasim Sulton have had good luck flying their basses (Rudy's Peavey model and Kasim's NS Spector) on 737's and Airbusses. thanx D, i haven't checked into early boarding, it's an airbus 320, I found a size of 45" max on the overhead bin, the case is 49", so i guess thats out, maybe i can ask an attendant if they can stow it top side for me? it is a redeye so maybe not a problem? i leave at 10:20pm on tues and arrive at 6:30 am. I guess worst case i could check it, it's non stop and I have a formed hard case, i'll bring some duct tape in my bag to insure it stays closed. |
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Post by donr on Apr 12, 2015 16:13:18 GMT -6
You'd do better with a gig bag than a case. What's the aircraft you're flying in? Can you get early boarding? Rudy Sarzo and Kasim Sulton have had good luck flying their basses (Rudy's Peavey model and Kasim's NS Spector) on 737's and Airbusses. thanx D, i haven't checked into early boarding, it's an airbus 320, I found a size of 45" max on the overhead bin, the case is 49", so i guess thats out, maybe i can ask an attendant if they can stow it top side for me? it is a redeye so maybe not a problem? i leave at 10:20pm on tues and arrive at 6:30 am. I guess worst case i could check it, it's non stop and I have a formed hard case, i'll bring some duct tape in my bag to insure it stays closed. If you check the case, de-tension the strings. Tape the latches closed and put enough extra strips of tape on the lid of the case to do it again. Put a note inside and ask TSA to use the extra tape to re-seal the latches if they open the case to inspect it. Put a FRAGILE please handle gently sign or sticker on the case. And hope for the best. We fly our guitars all the time in the baggage hold for our "fly" dates. We fly them in gig bags that are inside these cases from CASEXTREME. www.casextreme.comThey're great, much better than Anvil type cases. They are corrugated plastic lined with foam, they bend a bit but will not crush, even if you jump on them. The result is they absorb shock better than any hard side case. We've got many hundred of thousands of airline miles worldwide on ours, and we've never had any damage at all to the instruments. Plus, they're light weight, so you can fly two instruments per case and still weigh less than the 50lb. limit for checked bags. Strongly recommended to anyone who flies instruments often. Watch this video of the boss tossing an acoustic guitar 14ft down off a roof. It's a hoot. www.casextreme.com/roof-toss.php?vid_id=73 |
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Post by wiz on Apr 12, 2015 20:50:06 GMT -6
thanx D, i haven't checked into early boarding, it's an airbus 320, I found a size of 45" max on the overhead bin, the case is 49", so i guess thats out, maybe i can ask an attendant if they can stow it top side for me? it is a redeye so maybe not a problem? i leave at 10:20pm on tues and arrive at 6:30 am. I guess worst case i could check it, it's non stop and I have a formed hard case, i'll bring some duct tape in my bag to insure it stays closed. If you check the case, de-tension the strings. Tape the latches closed and put enough extra strips of tape on the lid of the case to do it again. Put a note inside and ask TSA to use the extra tape to re-seal the latches if they open the case to inspect it. Put a FRAGILE please handle gently sign or sticker on the case. And hope for the best. We fly our guitars all the time in the baggage hold for our "fly" dates. We fly them in gig bags that are inside these cases from CASEXTREME. www.casextreme.comThey're great, much better than Anvil type cases. They are corrugated plastic lined with foam, they bend a bit but will not crush, even if you jump on them. The result is they absorb shock better than any hard side case. We've got many hundred of thousands of airline miles worldwide on ours, and we've never had any damage at all to the instruments. Plus, they're light weight, so you can fly two instruments per case and still weigh less than the 50lb. limit for checked bags. Strongly recommended to anyone who flies instruments often. Watch this video of the boss tossing an acoustic guitar 14ft down off a roof. It's a hoot. www.casextreme.com/roof-toss.php?vid_id=73Geeze!!! that thing looks great. I might grab one of those when I am in the US and bring it back with me.. what a cracker idea... cheers Wiz |
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Post by tonycamphd on Apr 13, 2015 9:04:58 GMT -6
If you check the case, de-tension the strings. Tape the latches closed and put enough extra strips of tape on the lid of the case to do it again. Put a note inside and ask TSA to use the extra tape to re-seal the latches if they open the case to inspect it. Put a FRAGILE please handle gently sign or sticker on the case. And hope for the best. We fly our guitars all the time in the baggage hold for our "fly" dates. We fly them in gig bags that are inside these cases from CASEXTREME. www.casextreme.comThey're great, much better than Anvil type cases. They are corrugated plastic lined with foam, they bend a bit but will not crush, even if you jump on them. The result is they absorb shock better than any hard side case. We've got many hundred of thousands of airline miles worldwide on ours, and we've never had any damage at all to the instruments. Plus, they're light weight, so you can fly two instruments per case and still weigh less than the 50lb. limit for checked bags. Strongly recommended to anyone who flies instruments often. Watch this video of the boss tossing an acoustic guitar 14ft down off a roof. It's a hoot. www.casextreme.com/roof-toss.php?vid_id=73Geeze!!! that thing looks great. I might grab one of those when I am in the US and bring it back with me.. what a cracker idea... cheers Wiz may be a really good idea? get a hold of an old suitcase for your trip over, and then load all your stuff into the caseextreme for the trip back, and toss the old suitcase? |
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Post by jimwilliams on Apr 13, 2015 9:23:35 GMT -6
I would bring a gig bag onto the plane. Usually the attendents would hook it onto the suit rack and send it to suitland under someplace. If I ever got any pushback I would always bring a large phillips head screwdriver and begin to remove the neck to make it fit. One twist and the crew would give in and store my guitar.
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Post by keymod on Apr 13, 2015 12:52:34 GMT -6
I doubt TSA would let you onboard with any type of screwdriver
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2015 3:31:20 GMT -6
Not even the one with the vodka?
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But I would get a cheap, slim line acoustic bass for these purposes. I wouldn't trust airport crews with anything worth value.
