RE: Transporting my acoustic guitar to santa cruz on my flight, etc.

["William Walker" <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

Hmmm
I'm not sure I'd call your guitar cute, Handsome in a weather beaten Clint
Eastwood would be more appropriate, You talkin tele or that Ibanez thingy?
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Bernhard Wagner LD [mailto:loopdelightml@nosuch.biz]
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 2:08 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: RE: Transporting my acoustic guitar to santa cruz on my flight,
etc.


Hi Kris

My procedure is basically the same as yours, only, because it's an
over-the-big-pond-flight the lockers (or "overhead compartments") are big
enough to accommodate my cute little guitar. They've denied cabin-access to
it before, declaring it as "carry-on luggage", which was fine by me, too.

HTH
Bernhard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kris Hartung [mailto:khartung@cableone.net]
> Sent: Samstag, 1. Oktober 2005 22:37
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Transporting my acoustic guitar to santa cruz on my flight, etc.
>
> Just some interesting tid bids and a follow up on this. I just called
> Horizon/Alaska, my airline to Santa Cruz, and the the place where they
> stow the a la carte bagage is both pressurized and temperature
> controlled....it's the same place they keep animals, so I'm not worred
> about freezing my acoustic guitar. The rep on the phone suggested I
> first try to get the guitar on the plane and sweet talk the stewardess.
> There is a closet on the plane, but it is not for customers...I have
> used this in the past or guitars, however. So, my plan is to enter the
> plane with my guitar and plead for them to put it in their closet, but
> if they can't, at least I know the guitar will not be in a temperature
> contolled area. I'm also plastering stickers all over it with Fragile,
> Handle with Care, etc.  That's my plan, and I'm stickin' to it.
>
> What is everyone else doing? Bernhard?
>
> Kris
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kris Hartung [mailto:khartung@cableone.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:40 PM
> To: 'Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com'
> Subject: RE: still goin clean
>
>
> I think the under-carrier baggage areas temperatures are temperature
> controlled. Have you heard differently? I mean people put liquids in
> their baggage all of the time...shampoo, etc...I've never had a frozen
> item out of my baggage, even after a 14 hour trip from West US to Italy.
> This is a main concern too...a nice wood finish being exposed to sub-0
> degrees is frightening, even if for only 1 1/2 hours.   I may try to
> bring the guitar on board and sweet talk the stewardess into putting it
> somewhere....there must be some place.  On my business drop to the Bay
> area last week, I saw a cello player walk off the same small plane with
> his instrument in a hard case. I was wondering wher he had it, or if he
> had purchased a seat for it.
>
> Or I could ship the guitar to someone in Santa Cruz...last resort.
> Better yet...get a Steinberger!  :)  It must be nice to be Kid Beyond.
>
> Kris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Travis Hartnett [mailto:travishartnett@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:12 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: still goin clean
>
>
> It's not the air pressure to worry about, but the handlers and the cold,
> in that order.
>
> TravisH
>
> On 9/29/05, Kris Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
>
> >
> > I hear you! I'm checking in my 5 space rack with the rest of my
> > baggage, and hope it doesn't go over the 60 pound limit. I hope to
> > check in my rack and a large suitcase with my wires and controllers,
> > and a few clothes, and then walk on the plane with my two laptops and
> > guitar. The flight from Boise to San Jose is short and on a small
> > plane with no closets, so I think I will have to put my acoustic
> > guitar on the a la carte and have it stored under the plane. I don't
> > know what else to do. The overhead compartments in the plane are too
> > small for my electric, otherwise I would bring it. No closets, no
> > overheads...leads to only checking my guitar in...but I'm sure it is
> > pressurized where they store the a la carte bags.
> >
> > Kris
> >
> >
> >
>