How do I get my guitar on the plane?

[darren wilson]

http://www.local1000.com/pdf/carryon.pdf

And a list of links to individual airlines' baggage policies:

http://www.afm.org/public/departments/airline_links.php

[Rich]

There's a man that knows how to search!

[trajectory fish]

I'll be traveling through Europe in May, and I've decided to take an electric (more durable). I've ordered a gig bag with 1" foam padding, to use the guitar as my carry-on. Now that I have the guitar taken care of, I need some amplification. I like the compact and simple setup of the Lil Smokey Amp, but I realy just want a good, clean sound. I don't think any of the toy mini-amps by fender or marshall would be any good for this either. A travel amp or a modification to clean up my smokey would be great!

Thanks

[Tom Gilroy]

Hey Rich do you send to Ireland?

[Rich]

There's only one uncrossable board in today's commerce, RUSSIA!

[Tom Gilroy]

I'll take that as a yes. I might order a jem7vwh and a trem stud mod kit off you this summer when I get the money. Do you do sustainers?

[Rich]

No on the sustainers.

[sugizo_esp]

i just bought my ibanez in a hardcase from hk-syd around january...becaz its at high season n the plane is full....i cant take it on the plane...the ppl say usually on a plane not full they will allow carryon but not on a full plane....so htey took it to the fragile part just before goin into the plane so they place it extra-fragile with care....i stuck all those papers saying whihc side up and bottom..and guess what whn i got to syd...all those papers are ripped off n i was pretty pissed off..duno if they take it in care or chuck n bang like other luggages...btw...whn i went to the fragile collection ..therea a bunch of 10-20 guitars waiting to be collected...lol....some even wrapped in gig bag

[shredfreak]

I heard that Steve Lukather bought in the late 70's '59 Gibson Les Paul. When was going to a plane he had to buy a seat ticket for his guitar! Don't know if this is true, but sounds funny.

[Armann]

O.k just to get this straight, I have a PGM model that has the Edge-Pro.
Should I detune the strings ?
I also own a CS Strat, is it okay to remove the strings, I always change one string at a time, It's something I was told I should do many years ago.

I'm flying from Iceland to L.A soon to attend Musicians Institute so it would
be great to have some info.

[Armann]

Originally Posted by iceland

O.k just to get this straight, I have a PGM model that has the Edge-Pro.
Should I detune the strings ?

I'm flying from Iceland to L.A soon to attend Musicians Institute so it would
be great to have some info.

Any ideas ?

[JJEMMER777]

Originally Posted by iceland

Any ideas ?

You don't need to detune a floating bridge. (if that's what your asking

[Armann]

Originally Posted by JJEMMER777

You don't need to detune a floating bridge. (if that's what your asking

Thx for clearing that up m8

[JJEMMER777]

Originally Posted by iceland

Thx for clearing that up m8

No probs - I've had my vwh over the England and back a few times. No problems at all. It's all in the springs