Re: OT: Traveler Guitars?

[S V G <vsyevolod@yahoo.com>]

     Pre 9-11, I was returning from Italy to Seattle via DC/LaGuardia.  
They had a 'puddle-jumper'
flight to connect DC and NY and I was carrying my Ovation acoustic in a 
softcase.  Walking through
the final gate out onto the tarmac, a guy stopped me and said "there's no 
room for that guitar on
board".  I looked at him with full confidence in my eyes and said, "Don't 
worry, I do this all the
time..."  This was a United prop plane, two seats on one side, one on the 
other of the offset
aisle.  When I boarded the plane, I realized that there was NO overhead 
storage bins whatsoever. 
Holy shit!  I quietly sat down in the single seat side, held the guitar 
between my legs with the
neck coming up under my armpit, threw a big blanket over all that, then 
got a newspaper folded out
large over everything.  I sat that way for the whole flight and nobody was 
the wiser.

     Don't think I'd ever try that one again...

     Stephen



  Mr.Tiktok wrote:
The smallest commuter jets don't have overhead bins, as I discovered a few 
trips back, and
everything goes in the hold.  I can't remember the model of that plane, 
some Airbus thing I think.
 Finding the specs for overhead bins for a given model of plane is tricky, 
particularly since the
airlines have zero interest in helping you.

For anything that does have an overhead bin, I've found that my 38" long 
case for the Larrivee
parlor fits (24" scale), or a Steinberger GM (25.5" scale, 30.25" overall 
length).

TH


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