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| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] reso tote project | | Date: | Friday, April 25, 2008 23:53:05 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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Fear not Tommy boy,
Plans for a.......MOTORIZED GUITAR CASE........that you can sit on, and actually
drive around to your airline's terminal are in the works. I envision a
solar-electric powered case that will keep the emissions in accordance with the
owner's ability to...........
Twang!
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Foote <footet@evergreen.edu>
> Yo, Resomaniacs--
>
> sad to report my experimenting with a rolling tote briefcase as a
> base for
> towing a reso in a hardshell case has come to an ignominious end...
> I managed to put a dent in the bottom extension of a 4 extension metal
> collapsible tow handle unit and it's currently inoperative.. unless I
> can
> get the handle to extend for all 4 sections and get the dent out..
> sigh-h-h
> I hate to conclude that a rolling business tote is too wimpy for this
> project,
> but it sure looks like that might be the case. DANG! I thought this
> would
> be the answer to getting a reso on board an airplane while not having to
> carry it through miles and miles of airport.. or so it seems anyway.
>
> my original notion was to extend the tow handle of the rolling tote
> briefcase, set the reso in the hardshell case on top of the tote and
> velcro it to the collapsible handle and then put a tow handle in the
> peghead end of the hardshell case... hm--mmm.. oh well, back
> to the drawing board.
>
> Tom muttering away in the NW sunshine
>
> PS Oddly enough I saw a guy do this in the Seattle airport on my way
> to ResoSummit last Nov. He set the guitar (in it's case) on top of the
> rolling tote, but he was towing it with one hand and trying to balance
> the guitar with the other. The guitar case was not attached to the
> rolling tote and looked tipsy and unstable... and it forced him to be
> walking in a twisting position making him a prime candidate for
> throwing his back out.. no thanks...
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