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Location: Chicago | (Apologies for the rerun topic.) I'd like to take my Adamas to CA, but am worried that they'll make me check it. It has a standard headstock and I could pack it in a soft case... Any advice on strategy for success? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Avoid using a soft case.
Wear dark glasses and act like you own the plane... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I would trust the hard foam two-tone nylon covered Ovation case that Al sells, but not the cheap light-padded units typically sold at GC. |
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Location: SoCal | Insist at the ticket counter on taking it to the gate. At the gate, be nice as can be and explain how important that guitar is to you. If needed, ask to talk to a flight attendant on the flight to see if they can find room. I'd say that at least 90% of the time I've got a guitar with a full hard shell case on the plane. Once in a while, they will walk it to luggage from the gate and get it back to you the same way at your destination. Only once or twice over the last 10 years have I had to check it at the ticket counter. Be firm, kind, and grovel a little.
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Location: Chicago | Palo Alto and Humboldt County (Redway): it's been our routine for 15 yrs... I probably should forget taking the Adamas, really. |
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Location: SoCal | Ah. Up north. Bay area.... |
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Location: Chicago | Yes, the Eel River and the Redwoods. I have played a Hohner beater up there al this time (stored in CA), but I do miss a real guitar. I guess I fear having to check the Adamas and having it tossed around. I like the sunlglasses strategy. "Hey, I'm Bob Seeger and you are gonna do what I say!" |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Our daughter has an 83 Collector in Fort Bragg that isn't getting any exercise. |
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Location: Tennessee | I'm 45 minutes from where you're gonna be. When are you going to be in the Bay Area? Leave your guitar at home; you can use my OFC1 while you're here. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Since he offered first, I highly recommend a visit to Casa Bobbo. Easy to find (even with California traffic) and wonderful company. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | stonebobbo - 2012-06-27 2:31 PM
I'm 45 minutes from where you're gonna be. When are you going to be in the Bay Area? Leave your guitar at home; you can use my OFC1 while you're here.
That could be a title for a movie "DOBRO MEETS BOBBO"   |
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Location: Chicago | Awesome, Bobbo. I shall take you up on this! As I recall, you are in the SF area, or east Bay? And thanks so much Mark. You guys are the best. I look forward to having a real guitar up there. BTW We are traveling up from Palo Alto to Humboldt probably on the 8th of July. Maybe I can swing by before? (we fly out the 6th, spend a day with family and take off. We'll be back in PA for a week in August....) |
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Location: Tennessee | Yes ... East Bay. I may need to have an intermediary hand the guitar off to you, but we'll work out the details. Go ahead and send me an email at stonebobbo at gmail and we can talk that way. You're gonna love the guitar, and certainly be able to do it justice. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Let me know if you decide to take Highway 1 through Fort Bragg. |
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Location: Chicago | Fantastic! One way or another, we'll work it out.... Now one question: I tend to sit on banks of the Eel and play 8 hours a day. Are the environmental conditions going to be a problem for the fine guitars? I know to keep the axe out of the sun, but still.... |
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Location: SoCal | Dob, the only problem you're going to have is going back to an Adamas II after playing the OFC I. For the GAS it will create, you might end up with a real problem..... |
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Location: Chicago | That different? My 1581 is the best acoustic I've ever played. Really looking forward to it. How would Al's 47 RI prototype compare? |
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Location: SoCal | Probably very close. Didn't know he had the 47 proto.... |
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Location: Jet City | legend74 - 2012-06-27 4:27 PM BTW We are traveling up from Palo Alto to Humboldt...) There's only a couple reasons to go to Humbolt that I know of |
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Location: Chicago | The nature, the people, and the herb. Unfortunately, I cannot smoke (asthma, bronchitis) so the last part is lost on me. Brownies suck. But we have been staying on the Eel for 15 years. A very closed culture for sure. Love to Kayak from Benbow to the last bridge! |
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Location: Chicago | RI 47: for sale on LVA for the bargain price of 3500. It has electronics and Al sez it's a prototype.... |
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My Adamas 1581 as carry-on (Virgin Airlines)