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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on January 3, 2017 at 8:13am

Grim,

I have traveled internationally and domestically for the last 14 years with both commercially-made and homemade CBGs. I also own a Traveler electric guitar. In all cases, I have never had trouble getting any of them into an overhead bin, even on short haul flights.

That said, the simplest way to make a CBG smaller is to use a bolt-on neck that fits into a locking hinge. Either that, or make a removable neck, and reassemble when you get where you're going.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 3, 2017 at 12:10pm

My CBG,s normally have bolt on necks, so it would be simple to unbolt the neck and put it in a bag as carry on hand luggage. That's if the neck does meet size restrictions and is not too long. 

Cheers Taff

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on January 3, 2017 at 4:21pm

I made a uke that would fit in my carry on bag.  With a bigger piece of luggage a short scale cbg could fit.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 5, 2017 at 6:00pm

more   "out of the box" options .

ship  one ahead  . 

build one there  .

assemble one there . just bring parts .

leave it there as a memory  and a reason to come back ;-)

build one there with parts  / momentos  from the area , and bring  back as a momento  for you  .

 etc etc  .

 or  .... there's this  .. 

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/collapsible-travel-guitar

he has a few other vids on it 

 

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on January 5, 2017 at 6:28pm

Scatter CBGs to the four winds. You know: Johnny scrappleweed

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