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Bijou
Akahai
USA
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 Posted - 03/02/2011 : 3:08:04 PM
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I know this subject has been discussed but now I find myself having to fly on Hawaiian Airlines and I want to take my regular guitar. I have a Baby Taylor but I would miss my Martin too much and it sounds much better. Has anyone had any experience with Hawaiian Airlines?
If so any pointers. Sounds like the guitar would be a second oversized bag and there is a fee. What have people paid in the past. I tryed to call Hawaiian but got in some voice mail jail.
I dont have a Tric case. I do have a hard case and will wrap the guitar with clothing and towels to protect it.
Any info would be appreciate.
Mahalo
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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
1533 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2011 : 4:04:54 PM
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I took a Baby Taylor to a workshop in Hawaii and regretted not packing a bigger guitar for jamming with other players. The next time I went I took a full-size guitar, but not an expensive one, on the off chance I might give it to a relative or friend there and not haul it home. I did bring it back (checked baggage) and it wasn't a big deal.
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noeau
Ha`aha`a
USA
1105 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2011 : 4:09:03 PM
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| For the most part if you losen the strings all the way and support the head stock inside the case and make sure the guitar does not move around inside. It may survive checking it. See if you can gate check it then it goes on with baby carriages and stuff and it wonʻt be buried under something heavy. |
No'eau, eia au he mea pa'ani wale nō. |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2011 : 6:30:37 PM
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Do what noeau said, and carry it to the plane as carry on luggage. There's a chance it will fit in the closet and maybe even in the overhead, but the most likely outcome is it will have to be gate checked with the baby strollers and any other carry on stuff that doesn't fit in the cabin somewhere. I have had a full size guitar in several closets, and once in an overhead bin. (That plane had huge overhead bins!)Don't count on the huge bins, or on the closet having space. Have a good hard case, and pack the guitar with some type of support under the neck and head. Loosen the strings and put clothing in until it's actually a tight fit to close the case. Here's some info on traveling with a banjo, but remember that a banjo has a smaller body than a guitar, and is more likely to fit in the overhead bins. http://www.banjohangout.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=118285 I'm leaning toward the idea of a travel size guitar myself; my nerves don't like to take my bigger models on airliners. I would only be traveling for a couple of weeks at a time.
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"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2011 : 02:20:18 AM
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Yeah and ask Paul what he cushions his guitar with in the case. Bebedees!
Did I ever tell you guys about the time in the Honolulu airport when Paul had just gone through security and had his belt in his hands and...... |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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Pupule
USA
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2011 : 06:18:41 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Did I ever tell you guys about the time in the Honolulu airport when Paul had just gone through security and had his belt in his hands and......
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Originally posted by Admin
Here is a link: http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Musician/GenMaint/Packing/packing1.html
For a moment, I had a shuddering fear that these two posts were related (and I was NOT gonna click on that link). |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2011 : 08:10:43 AM
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Somewhere in the mountains of Tibet there is someone who has not heard Auntie's story, but we don't have his contact info. He lives without electricity, has no neighbors, and doesn't speak except to the Almighty. But his existence is not proven, he may not, in fact, exist.
Bebedees are as good as anything else, and pants don't fit in a guitar case. You can buy bubble wrap at the drug store or a UPS or U-haul stores if you don't wear underware.
Unko Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2011 : 08:55:48 AM
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| IMHO, Hawaiian is the best airline on which to travel with instruments (good grammar, but sounds funny, yeah?). As a steeler, I'm lucky because all of my steels are overhead compatable. I send my resonator guitars through baggage because of their square necks and the resonator. So far, no huhu wid Hawaiian, although I had to demonstrate for the gate person that I was not lying on my last trip. When I travel with a guitar, I due an Unco Paul number, loosen the strings and carefully pack underwear, socks and t-shirts around them to add padding and decrease guitar motion in the case. Then I gate check it. Overhead spaces on Hawaiian 767's and 717's are ample. The worst aircraft for overhead (and any othere kind) space are MacDonald Douglas MD-80's. |
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Trev
Lokahi
United Kingdom
265 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2011 : 01:05:41 AM
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I’ve never loosened the strings to transport a guitar – I think it’s a bad idea. I understand I’m in the minority in this view.
But before you dismiss the idea as being from that stupid Limey who doesn’t know what he’s talking about, have a look at this avice from Jean Larrivee.
http://www.larrivee.com/features/shipping.php
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2011 : 12:57:20 PM
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I don't recall where I found the idea of loosening the strings. It may have been a guitarists suggestion, rather than a maker's. Larrivee certainly makes his opinion clear. I don't know if other makers ship at full tension, as he says.That does make me less concerned about loosening the strings. I would check with your maker to be certain.
Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2011 : 3:58:38 PM
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| It's supposed to remove tension from the neck, so I've heard. Of course, getting the maximum padding around the neck and the peghead is of prime importance. The baggage gorillas literally throw the baggage onto the carts and, especially, down the ramp just before you see it. When I worked at McCabe's, what we saw mostly was broken off pegheads(headstocks). |
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Claudia
Lokahi
USA
152 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2011 : 03:28:27 AM
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Buy Bruce Lambʻs Clam case, put your hardcase inside, check it. Sleep like a baby til your destination.
casextreme.com
I regularly fly my guitars from New York to Hawaii. I put wheels on it to walk the Clam around the airport, and then take the wheels off to check it. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2011 : 07:52:10 AM
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Originally posted by Claudia
Buy Bruce Lambʻs Clam case, put your hardcase inside, check it. Sleep like a baby til your destination.
casextreme.com
I regularly fly my guitars from New York to Hawaii. I put wheels on it to walk the Clam around the airport, and then take the wheels off to check it.
Where do I get one? |
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Claudia
Lokahi
USA
152 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2011 : 08:52:01 AM
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www.casextreme.com
Bruce Lamb (the inventor) has got some videos of himself jumping on the case, throwing it off a roof, attacking it with a hammer...entertaining! He shows the Clam with either the hard cased guitar inside or a soft gig bag. For me, I am too chicken to trust a gig bag - I pack it in the hardcase inside the Clam. Gone from New York to California or Hawaii at least 15 times with the Clam, guitar very happy inside.
When I pick up the guitar at the oversized baggage claim, I always open the Clam up on the spot, in front of the agents, to inspect the guitar. All has been well so far.
I know some people get their guitars onboard as hand luggage, but I already have the ʻukulele as hand luggage, so I am forced to check the guitar.
I am quite the sight at the airports in Honolulu and on the Big Island. 5 foot 1 inch tall, blonde haole chick, wheeling the Clam in one hand, ʻukulele and wheeled suitcase in the other, backpack on my back. Itʻs a challenge.... |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2011 : 11:12:19 AM
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| Is this the case that somewhere , sometims ago there was a picture of Liko Puha standing on the case? |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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