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Re: Flying with a guitar... or not
I have to say, the simple answer is .. dont bring a great guitar! Luckily I dont have this problem as I don´t HAVE a great guitar... Also dont worry TOO much, before this list I had never heard of any trouble and have never had any trouble... I used to routinely chuck my old Washburn guitar and Takamine acoustic onto the baggage chute without even thinking about it...(with normal hard shell cases).
I also occasionally used a musical instrument shipping firm (Rock.it Cargo I believe, dont know if they still exist) They will usually do a great deal IF they are sending someone elses stuff (Some big touring band) to the same place, or a few weeks earlier... but then you often have to drive to an obscure warehouse in the neighborhood of the airport...
This is my cue to re-tell (not for the first time on LD) my Rolling Stones story. After RETURNING from the states, we had lost one flight case, but recieved someone elses case in its place. A quick check of the shipping sheet revealed it belonged to the Rolling Stones and contained 1 x Inflatable HonkyTonk Woman!
We thought this was so funny, that we decided to wait (after calling our press officer so they could get a "funny story" in NME) about a month later, the Rolling Stones Tour Mnager (or a minion) called asking if we wanted to swap an inflatable woman for a box of broken crap guitars... we reluctantly agreed...
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