![]() ![]() If you’re flying a commuter plane, your guitar is most likely going in the hold (unless you can talk the attendants into letting you take up the whole coat closet) but if it’s a bigger plane, there’s a chance you can take it on as a carry-on item. Book seats towards the rear of the plane.Here are a few things to keep in mind the next time your take your gig to the skies. You can take some precautions to help protect your instruments. Let’s help protect you from a similar fate when you’re flying with your guitar. True to the song, United was not sympathetic to the plight of my guitar, so the search for an affordable luthier/repairman begins.īut enough about me and my #FirstWorldProblems. Then the guitar gets hulked from the belt to the cart by the baggage guys- where it’s returned to me in its new-and-not-improved condition. So down below it went, into the dreaded cargo-hold where dry, sub-zero air gets to have its way with sitka, spruce, and rosewood.Īnd that’s just the flight. I tried to take the guitar on my flight as a carry-on ( packed in its hard-case with a humidifier), but unfortunately it was one of those tiny commuter planes with barely enough room for coats. I recently flew United with my acoustic guitar, a Taylor (just like in the song), and it came out on the other end with a nice big crack across the body (featured in the photo to the left). Remember that song “United Breaks Guitars?” Well, I can confirm - nothing’s changed: they still do! Protecting your guitar in-flight is scary business ![]()
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