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you could always fit some threaded inserts if you're worried about it
see http://www.onyxforgeguitars.com/Insert%20kit.html

You mean like I said a page back? Great idea!

I'm pretty sure if you carry it on in the gigbag you can ask a stewardess to put it in a closet.I did this with a rather large fishing rod case and they were more than willing to accomodate me.Just ask the stewardess if she can safely store it for you.
I also have relatives in Hungary but I have never met them.

you could always fit some threaded inserts if you're worried about it
see http://www.onyxforgeguitars.com/Insert%20kit.html

christ Benecol, so sorry I didn't read the entire thread properly. Whatever must I look like?

A cad and a bounder.

We're watching you. No Spamming into Classifieds.

???? he's hardly making a break for the classifieds. he's been a member for a year and a half.

It's a joke.

spamming?

me?

surely not?

You can get threaded inserts. You could try some of them.

BacchusPaul wrote:You can get threaded inserts. You could try some of them.

seems kinda extreme, doncha think? i just wouldn't worry about this issue until it actually does become a problem.

I would just get Lucious Fox to redesign a custom Jagmaster that I could wear as a bullet proof codpiece, which would fly out into a jagmaster when I shout, "Cock, shit, piss!"

Gavin wrote:I would just get Lucious Fox to redesign a custom Jagmaster that I could wear as a bullet proof codpiece, which would fly out into a jagmaster when I shout, "Cock, shit, piss!"

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OK, there are three things you can do (not counting taking the neck off):
1. Put the guitar in a hard locking case and when you get to check in, check the guitar in. Depending on your airline they should have a "fragile" or "special" luggage cage - request that the guitar go in there.
2. Put the guitar in a hard locking case and when you get to check in, put it at your feet. Don't check the guitar in, don't make a big deal about it. Then take it to the gate and ask the gate attendant if they can put it in the closet (most planes have a closet) and if you get lucky they'll do that for you.
3. Put the guitar in a hard locking case and when you get to check in, tell the check-in attendant you want to carry the guitar onto the plane. They will probably say that's cool, and to check with the gate attendant when you get there. Then go to the gate and say to the attendant you're carrying the guitar onto the plane, and them let them sort it out. It will probably end up in an overhead locker.

I've done all three, with no problems.
1. Telecaster in a the fragile luggage cage on a QANTAS flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong (10 hours). Perfect result.
2. DuoJet on a Cathay flight, again from Melbourne to Hong Kong - tried for the closet but ended up in an overhead compartment. Perfect result.
3. DuoSonic on a Cathay flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong - the attendants measured the guitar case, then measured the overhead compartment, and then asked me to get on the plane first so I could stow the guitar in an overhead compartment.
I haven't managed to get a guitar in the closet but my friend got his Rickenbacker 620 stowed on a flight from Chicago to Hong Kong with no problems.

No matter what you do, you need a hard locking case, and if you're checking it in, you probably need a proper flight case. In retrospect, I probably got lucky with the QANTAS flight.