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Permalink Reply by Mad Dog Madda on November 22, 2009 at 12:15am

I've carried guitars on the plane several times and my son just flew with a CBG that he carried on the plane.

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on November 22, 2009 at 2:32am

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Permalink Reply by Paul H (PRH) on November 22, 2009 at 2:46am

H'lo all,

Just my .02 here but what about leaving the instrument (substantailly) alone and offerring a case?
My traveling friend wanted to learn to play but was on the road 3/4 days a week. As soon as he got a little headway on learning to play he'd be on a plane, gone for days and lose momentum. Wanted something he could take with for motel jams instead of cable TV.

I took the challenge and made a very cut down Strat copy (Hondo II is a better guitar than one might think) and built it to fit inside a heavy cardboard concrete form tube that I picked up at a big box for under 15.00. A cap for each end, foam rubber packing some webbing for a shoulder strap and this thing is bullet proof for checked luggage.
If I was to do it again I'd add an outer layer of sheet metal (like round ducting) and a hazmat yellow and black stripe paint job to shock the handlers into being gentle.

The end result was long and slim (the guitar) so it lent itself to this idea, but it may prompt an idea for your own projects.

Good luck,
PRH

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on November 22, 2009 at 2:52am

I like it... somewhere out there is a travel fiddle that fits in a small-ish round tube..


PRH said:

H'lo all,

Just my .02 here but what about leaving the instrument (substantailly) alone and offerring a case?
My traveling friend wanted to learn to play but was on the road 3/4 days a week. As soon as he got a little headway on learning to play he'd be on a plane, gone for days and lose momentum. Wanted something he could take with for motel jams instead of cable TV.

I took the challenge and made a very cut down Strat copy (Hondo II is a better guitar than one might think) and built it to fit inside a heavy cardboard concrete form tube that I picked up at a big box for under 15.00. A cap for each end, foam rubber packing some webbing for a shoulder strap and this thing is bullet proof for checked luggage.
If I was to do it again I'd add an outer layer of sheet metal (like round ducting) and a hazmat yellow and black stripe paint job to shock the handlers into being gentle.

The end result was long and slim (the guitar) so it lent itself to this idea, but it may prompt an idea for your own projects.

Good luck,
PRH

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