Members lowbasslowbass Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Well, it looks like we can't carry our instruments in the cabin anymore. It is time to invest in good flightcases... I wonder if low temperatures and the pressure can harm a bass... Have you travelled with your bass this week? Please share your experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ToeJamFootball Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Originally posted by lowbasslowbass Well, it looks like we can't carry our instruments in the cabin anymore. It is time to invest in good flightcases... I wonder if low temperatures and the pressure can harm a bass... Have you travelled with your bass this week? Please share your experience. why only this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bringtherock Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 Apparently it takes a few days for Fox News to get to Australia. Not necessarily a bad thing, especially if you wanna take a coke and a bass on a plane with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted August 12, 2006 Members Share Posted August 12, 2006 I just took my SX jazz in a hard case to Seattle (from Houston). I checked it with my other luggage, and in Seattle it came out on the conveyor with the other luggage. I never had to sign anything, I just declared it as a musical instrument. I never had any problems with the transaction. No obvious dings on the SKB case, and the bass wasn't harmed at all. On the way back to Houston, I had to sign a waiver declaring that I would eat the cost of any damage done to the bass. (They aren't liable)... When I got back to Houston, they took it to the baggage pickup area thinking it was a rifle... I had to go find it. No-one came to find me. It was inspected by the homeland security people, but it was not dinged at all. All in all, I'd travel again with a cheap instrument. It was not much of a hassle at all. There's no way I'd take my Ric, RD or Cutlass with me. I'd be too paranoid. They said to relax the strings on the bass which I did, and the SX had no problems adjusting to different climates. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members walkerci Posted August 13, 2006 Members Share Posted August 13, 2006 On Aug 28th, my son carried on his SX J in a gig bag with no problems at all. This was Newark to Orlando. I hope they don't give us trouble on the return flight.The SX will probably be destroyed if checked as luggage. This terrorist sh!t is getting out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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