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Another question I’m dealing with is how to take my p bass back to Austin on a flight. I have my tweed case, I have that old cheaper tkl case pictured with the jazz bass above, I have various gig bags, none of those are ideal for checking a guitar on a plane. I want to avoid collecting additional cases, I’d like to avoid spending $200+ dollars on a case for a single flight to protect a bass with a street value of not much. But that may be what I have to do - maybe I could put some straps on that black case to secure it better and gate check it. I’ll have to call the airline once I book a flight. Has anyone here actually flown with a guitar?

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Another question I’m dealing with is how to take my p bass back to Austin on a flight. I have my tweed case, I have that old cheaper tkl case pictured with the jazz bass above, I have various gig bags, none of those are ideal for checking a guitar on a plane. I want to avoid collecting additional cases, I’d like to avoid spending $200+ dollars on a case for a single flight to protect a bass with a street value of not much. But that may be what I have to do - maybe I could put some straps on that black case to secure it better and gate check it. I’ll have to call the airline once I book a flight. Has anyone here actually flown with a guitar?
Get to the gate early and carry it on. By law they have to allow a musical instrument on as carry on if there is room at the time you board. I've never had an issue, and I've abused it by calling amplifiers musical instruments.

I have had a gate agent try to make me gate check an instrument, but I asked to speak to a flight attendant and the flight attendant found space for it.
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1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

Another question I’m dealing with is how to take my p bass back to Austin on a flight. I have my tweed case, I have that old cheaper tkl case pictured with the jazz bass above, I have various gig bags, none of those are ideal for checking a guitar on a plane. I want to avoid collecting additional cases, I’d like to avoid spending $200+ dollars on a case for a single flight to protect a bass with a street value of not much. But that may be what I have to do - maybe I could put some straps on that black case to secure it better and gate check it. I’ll have to call the airline once I book a flight. Has anyone here actually flown with a guitar?

Buy it a seat.

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19 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Get to the gate early and carry it on. By law they have to allow a musical instrument on as carry on if there is room at the time you board. I've never had an issue, and I've abused it by calling amplifiers musical instruments.

Yup.  I've seen pros I recognize carry on a guitar early.  Mid-level touring acts who have to watch their budgets, and I get it.  In particular I saw Rodney Crowell and Radney Foster both do that, and both flew coach.  I don't blame them, I wouldn't check my guitar if I didn't have to.

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1 hour ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Get to the gate early and carry it on. By law they have to allow a musical instrument on as carry on if there is room at the time you board. I've never had an issue, and I've abused it by calling amplifiers musical instruments.

I have had a gate agent try to make me gate check an instrument, but I asked to speak to a flight attendant and the flight attendant found space for it.

 

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Well i failed to track down a .5mm hex key so I have to wait to fix whatever weird shit I did to the height at the bridge when I was 17, but she’s alive. Stopped by Walgreens yesterday and got a bottle of ronsonol, went to work.

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