If no one responds, remind me and I'll bring my SKB bass safe to the next gtg and you can try it.
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Flying with an SKB Bass Safe?
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If no one responds, remind me and I'll bring my SKB bass safe to the next gtg and you can try it.
The last time I flew internationally(continental), I asked the stewardess and she showed me a closet where they would put it. I was impressed that they didn't tell me it would go in the overhead. She acted like it was a common thing. I'd call whatever airline you're flying on and ask. It might save you a couple hundy.
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Take it from someone who flies regularly with their bass on a variety of airlines to a variety of locations... By employing really good 'people skills', showing up early and understanding the system- yeah, 9 times out of 10 carrying on will work out. It' s that tenth time that's a doosy though!
Take it from someone who flies regularly with their bass on a variety of airlines to a variety of locations... By employing really good 'people skills', showing up early and understanding the system- yeah, 9 times out of 10 carrying on will work out. It' s that tenth time that's a doosy though!
It's that tenth time that is the reason I bought my Bass Safe. My fear is that I would show up with just a gig bag and be forced to check it. A bass in just a gig bag being thrown around with all the other checked bags...
It's that tenth time that is the reason I bought my Bass Safe. My fear is that I would show up with just a gig bag and be forced to check it. A bass in just a gig bag being thrown around with all the other checked bags...
+1 ... and in this case the usual "not-well-padded-gigbag-that fits-into-the-Bass-Safe" doesn't help at all.
I've used one a bunch of times. Works great, did add some extra foam inide so that the gig bag was tighter. No problems with latches.
Do you have one? My padded 25 yr old Levy's gig bag fits in with no problem and I also add my pillow (so I can sleep comfy) for additional padding.
How much padding is there in a regular bass case that comes with the instrument and is shipped across the country/world? What the bass safe does is protect against crushing and hopefully puncturing type damage.
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Anvil light...
I have been using an Anvil light for air travel and folding up a gigbag and putting it in my other check in.
This would allow me to have a little more in my other checkin if I could eliminate folding up a seperate gig bag. (Not to mention I could bring a better gig bag then the one I'm folding up).
I know some of you folks still get away with carrying on but its been so much of a hassle the last decade I don't even bother.
I have been using an Anvil light for air travel and folding up a gigbag and putting it in my other check in.
This would allow me to have a little more in my other checkin if I could eliminate folding up a seperate gig bag. (Not to mention I could bring a better gig bag then the one I'm folding up).
I know some of you folks still get away with carrying on but its been so much of a hassle the last decade I don't even bother.
hey guys, do you reckon a double levys gig bag would fit in an skb bass safe? Wanna take two basses when I move to vancouver from glasgow in January and I'm trying to decide between a mono M80 double bass case or squeezing them both into an skb bass case.
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Quick question for those of you that use these often.
I've just bought one and my Mono M80 BARELY fits. In fact I had to remove the foam on bottom so it would. It now closes but the fit is so tight I have I hold it shut while someone else latches it.
Other than wear on the bag, should I be concerned that a tight fit liket this will damage the bass by putting too much pressure on the headstock?
I've just bought one and my Mono M80 BARELY fits. In fact I had to remove the foam on bottom so it would. It now closes but the fit is so tight I have I hold it shut while someone else latches it.
Other than wear on the bag, should I be concerned that a tight fit liket this will damage the bass by putting too much pressure on the headstock?
What about this? Has TSA accepted and recognized locks,,, but doesn't seem to say ATA anywhere.
Shaped Standard Bass Case by SKB Cases
Shaped Standard Bass Case by SKB Cases
I put my P bass in a(now discontinued) body glove semi-rigid bag. Had to remove the foam blocks from both ends of the SKB. I've used it this way several times.dsanders said:
No problems aside from the fact that, as mentioned several times already, TSA often can't close the latches properly. So I wait for them to do the inspection, then assist them closing it if needed. Of course this doesn't work when the inspection area is behind closed doors but in my experience they usually aren't.
I also use Jimmy's bungee trick.
Taking a gig bag on the plane is rough if you are denied and than are stuck checking the bass with the only protection being a gig bag. Putting the bass in a flight case is all well and good, but things get lost, dropped, stolen etc.
Here is a failsafe to air travel with expensive items:
Here is a little tip that a lot of pro photographers uses when traveling with 10,000 dollar plus of equipment and do not want airlines to lose it, drop it, or steal it. Put a gun in there and declare it. The TSA is then required to take extra precautions during packing. For those that do not want to carry a firearm, buy a starter pistol (pistols used for sporting events that fire blanks). They are still considered a firearm and are treated as such by airlines.
Edit: Obviously all local state laws apply and I am not advocating illegal carry of firearms.
Here is a failsafe to air travel with expensive items:
Here is a little tip that a lot of pro photographers uses when traveling with 10,000 dollar plus of equipment and do not want airlines to lose it, drop it, or steal it. Put a gun in there and declare it. The TSA is then required to take extra precautions during packing. For those that do not want to carry a firearm, buy a starter pistol (pistols used for sporting events that fire blanks). They are still considered a firearm and are treated as such by airlines.
Edit: Obviously all local state laws apply and I am not advocating illegal carry of firearms.
I don't follow. The TSA is the last of our worries. It's the baggage handlers that break, steal, and lose stuff, not the TSA.domestique said:
That's a good idea! Next question is, doesn't luggage with a declared firearm have to have an actual lock on it? And if so, does the lock have to be a TSA-approved lock? It used to be than any lock would do, but I'd guess that's probably not true any more...
I'm not sure I understand how this helps, how would the TSA "help" during packing??
I think the point is, normally, if something is reported broken or stolen, the airline is not likely to put much effort into finding out who did it - or find out much if they do bother to look into it.
But, if a luggage item has a declared firearm and it gets reported lost or stolen at the end, the TSA *will* look into it. And the baggage handlers, etc, know that, so they're a lot less likely to mess with it if it's labeled as containing a firearm.
You would have to make VERY sure that the local gun laws where you are going allow it.
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Tea party activist Mark Meckler, who according to the Transportation Security Administration legally checked his unloaded California-registered pistol in a locked box during a preflight check-in at New York's LaGuardia airport, was arrested at the airport in December.
