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Mark
Ha`aha`a

USA
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Posted - 05/18/2010 :  08:47:10 AM  Show Profile  Visit Mark's Homepage  Reply with Quote
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When I got to the check-in counter a month later they were actually measuring the size and weight of each and every checked in bag of each and every customer, and they made sure to measure each dimension at the largest place.


Actually, I sincerely wish they would measure "the size and weight.... of each and every customer." That is the real reason the planes are so much heavier that they need more fuel... it ain't all those guitars!

One last thing to add: I recently picked up a Hiscox flight case. Fantastic! Considerably lighter than the Calton-- and, even better, it is the same size as a standard, garden variety plastic guitar case.

So no worries..

You can find them here:

http://axe-essories.com/

I have no financial ties, 'natch.
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Volcano
Akahai

USA
89 Posts

Posted - 05/18/2010 :  09:19:13 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A big difference is that I can stand on my Caltons and do a tap dance without hurting the guitar inside. Not so with the Hiscox which is nice but more like a glorified SKB with good suspension.
One of my Caltons was once thrown so hard (with a 1953 D28 inside) that the back lock popped and the case was deformed. The guitar was fine and I just pulled out the deformation of the case. It still is used 10 years later.
There is a great carbon fiber case availalable which is made is Yugoslavia but it is very expensive. Very, very light and strong.
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a

USA
1055 Posts

Posted - 05/18/2010 :  11:28:45 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
"Actually, I sincerely wish they would measure "the size and weight.... of each and every customer." That is the real reason the planes are so much heavier that they need more fuel... it ain't all those guitars!"
Don't say that too loud, it may come true. Who wants to wait in line while the entire ticketed population of a jumbo jet gets weighed? Boarding would take longer than the flight!
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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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a

USA
1597 Posts

Posted - 05/19/2010 :  08:20:47 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Who wants to wait in line while the entire ticketed population of a jumbo jet gets weighed?
They can combine the weight scale with the new full-body X-Ray (since you have to stand still in the X-Ray with your arms over your head for about 20 seconds). Yes - and they are doing this (the X-Ray) with every international passenger in certain airports already!

On some small aircraft (like some of the puddle-jumpers to Molokai), you are allowed to bring something like 250Lbs of Passenger+Luggage (and you are weighed together with your luggage on the same scale). Actually, this is what they used to do on almost all airlines back in the thirties when planes could not carry as much of a load as they do now. So more and more the future is looking like the past!


Mahope Kākou...
...El Lorenzo de Ondas Sonoras

Edited by - Lawrence on 05/19/2010 10:58:37 AM
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Mark
Ha`aha`a

USA
1628 Posts

Posted - 05/19/2010 :  08:31:51 AM  Show Profile  Visit Mark's Homepage  Reply with Quote
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So more and more the future is looking like the past!


Does that explain why I never got my personal jet pack?
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Larry Goldstein
Lokahi

267 Posts

Posted - 05/21/2010 :  08:33:44 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
For at least a few years I’ve gate checked my guitar, e.g., put it on a cart near the steps of a commuter plane. This has been the routine on literally dozens of flights to eastern Washington.

Yesterday as I was walking to security a Horizon agent called me over and said I couldn’t take the instrument as carry-on. I explained it was going on the cart – like it did just two weeks ago. No. The now enforced rule is nothing bigger than 10x17x24, and no instruments bigger “than a flute or trumpet;” everything else goes in baggage.

At least I wasn’t charged.

Larry
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JeffC
Lokahi

USA
189 Posts

Posted - 05/21/2010 :  3:25:42 PM  Show Profile  Visit JeffC's Homepage  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by Volcano

There is a great carbon fiber case availalable which is made is Yugoslavia but it is very expensive. Very, very light and strong.



Calton is making a carbon fiber case now too. They're a little pricey, though.

Jeff

Making Trout Country safe for Slack Key!
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a

USA
1025 Posts

Posted - 05/28/2010 :  1:39:45 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Just back from Kauai. Took my Seagull Parlor w Gig bag. Had to gate check from San Diego to LA on one of the regional jets. They "dented" it; big fist-sized "impression" (broken wood) in the top below the sound hole. It's insured, but what a hassle. I'm gonna fix it and continue to use it, but I'll never take anything valuable on a plane again. Next time, I'll pay $20 and take my Calton or leave everything at home.
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a

USA
1055 Posts

Posted - 05/28/2010 :  5:43:49 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sorry to hear this. Is the airline accepting responsibility for the damage?
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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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a

USA
1025 Posts

Posted - 05/31/2010 :  6:40:57 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
What they gonna say? I didn't even bother.
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Volcano
Akahai

USA
89 Posts

Posted - 06/01/2010 :  10:14:07 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
For future reference, always bring damage to the attention of the airlines. I have done many estimates for people to use in recouping repair costs from them. No matter what you sign, they will ususally pay for repairs.
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