Flying with a guitar - revisited

Well, not to get into politics not allowed, but some will probably consider the strings of the guitar to be a weapon.
 

UbiquitousBubba
Banjos are still illegal, though, right?

To play or carry?

Finally, I can travel with my Kazoo.

Karyn
ok, so the determination is "at the time you board the aircraft".  So you get to your seat, the overhead locker is already half full and is 2 inches to short for your monster gear flight case anyway... You check under your seat and find a bass sized monster gear flight case already there belonging to the guy in the seat next to you.
 
You've nowhere to put your guitar, and no way to get back to the gate to buy another ticket (as per the requirements..)
 
Sounds like fun.

I was also thinking that the real big issue is that some of those cases are made of cardboard! Yeah, a guitar is gonna get crushed. I wanna see a hard shell case get crushed, because if it does, that would be considered lawsuit time, for serious recklessness and everything else.
 
I find this thread bizarre, to say the least, since any ANY airline, not knowing that a band is flying with them, or a musician with a name, is not only stupid, they will pay for their ignorance sooner or later. It's part of our radio/tv madness ... they ignored you, and when you interviewed the artist it gets mentioned and it happens enough times, you can do some amazing things ... like remove a sheriff, remove an alderman, remove member of congress ... how far do you wanna go and play games?
 
Any bad "press" out there about these things, is serious, and can you imagine Virgin getting that, when Mr. Balls got his start stealing from musicians?

craigb
Some airlines have been around more than others...
...

Yeah, but the slut is a lot more fun! Well, in my days, they were! Today, I'm not sure!
 
Let's see ... Tangerine Dream and slut and dope; Pink Floyd and slut and dope; Yes with slut and dope; Hawkwind with slut and dope; Nektar with slut and dope; Babe Ruth with slut and dope; Tangerine Dream at the Greek Theater with slut and dope ... it was all a part of the experience, Craig.
 
Btw, the same slut saw 3 of these with me!
 
Hehehe!!! No regrets. She's still nice in my book!

Steinberger brooms are the easiest to fly with (and the only guitar I've ever flown with).
 


 
 

Rain
Flying still sucks though.

Better than falling with that sudden stop though...

Flyin' with a guitar....is that like Surfin' with an alien?
 
Rain I watched another very good martial arts movie last night...True Legend. :)

I was asked to bring a guitar with me when I went to Argentina the last time. I thought about that for all of 3 seconds before saying "No!" 
 
I did not relish the idea of traveling with a guitar for 2 weeks to the places we were going, nor did I think that carrying it on the several planes and through the airports and security in foreign countries sounded like a fun idea.
 
Instead, having been to Argentina before, and knowing there were a number of musicians there whose guitars I could borrow that were already set up on stage..... I simply asked that one be provided for me as the need arose.
 
Everything worked out perfectly and there was never a time that I didn't have a guitar when I needed one. One fellow there even offered to give me a guitar to carry with me, a spare that he had, for my duration in country. I did not need it because every place we went had a stage setup ready to roll.