| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Traveling with a reso | | Date: | Monday, December 3, 2007 17:43:46 (-0800) | | From: | Tom Foote <footet @.........edu>
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| In reply to: | Message 8123 (written by Kathy Barwick) |
On Dec 3, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Kathy Barwick wrote:
> Steve, I had heard that Southwest was good for taking guitars into
> the cabin, so I took a chance. As advised (by Rob & Betty) I went
> online as soon as I could (24 hrs in advance) and made sure I was
> in the "A" boarding group. No one even acknowledged that I was
> bringing a guitar on. Smooth sailing all the way.
>
> So, I can add to the recommendations for flying Southwest. Of
> course that doesn't help if you don't live where they fly....
>
on the way out from Seattle, SW gave our plane away to the
folks standing around waiting to go to
Denver.. but, in the interim another conehead and I were
standing in the A line (K-Bar's right about
that... go on line and get your Boarding Pass 24 hrs in
advance of your flight.. if you have an A pass
you get on early and can pick your overhead storage for your
reso) in any case, we were passing
the time with the pilots who saw the guitars and wanted to
know if were going to Nashville to play
music.. we told them about ResoSummit and the Captain
suggested we store the guitars in the
cockpit with the flight crew for safekeeping.. that was
very nice of them... on the return trip I mentioned
that to the flight attendant at the door and she looked at
me as to say, "Oh, sure.. how many times
do you think i've heard that one..." I had my DeNeve in a
nylon gig bag, which made it critical
that I "supervise" passengers trying to place bags in the
same compartment. I found that standing
up next to my seat and saying "let me help you with that
bag, M'am.." worked just fine.
side note: while in the airport at Seattle I ran into a
resohead and his wife who were my roommates
at IBMA last year (along with 5 others...) but I
digress.. He said check this out. And showed me his
reso-toting rig. He had a short, thick, Carry-On bag he
said was made by Victorinox, the folks who make
Swiss Army knives. It was short and squat, but had a
nice low profile, so he had attached his reso
to the pull handle of the bag so the guitar sat on the
bag and enabled him to tow it. That worked for
him because he was able to get both his bags on the
airplane. I wish now I had spent more time
trying to figure out that rig because, while the nylon
gig bag is a lot easier to carry than a hard shell
case, it is more vulnerable to bumps and the like. I'm
investigating this and when I feel I have a
definitive solution, I'll post it...
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