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trivium91
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Joined: Jan. 24 2022
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 Taking your guitar with you traveling?
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Hey guys, im pretty committed to play every day, even if its only 15 minutes, although typically its an hour and more on the weekends. That said, we do alot of RV camping in the summer. Now i bought a brand new Cordoba F7 Paco, while not a stage guitar, its really nice and was still $900 CAD. While i do have a hard case with proper humidification, and the guitar does have dual truss rods, im still a little concerned about it bouncing around in the case in the RV or the finish getting scratched. What are your thoughts about transporting your nice guitar in general? Should i not be concerned with mine since i dont have a $3000 concert guitar? i mean in the RV is no different than if i had to drive to lessons i suppose (i take them online).
I do have a beater classical with a cracked sound bridge i can bring instead, its just really hard with its normal tension strings, to do sextuplet arpeggios for example...the high action also doesn't help. I've gotten really used to the Cordoba F7 paco, especially with the high tension strings.
On the other hand the $900 guitar is a drop is the bucket compared to the cost of lessons and the time spent learning. Thoughts?
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Date Jan. 31 2022 18:47:52
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Richard Jernigan
Posts: 3395
Joined: Jan. 20 2004
From: Austin, Texas USA
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RE: Taking your guitar with you trav... (in reply to trivium91)
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If you're short on towels, socks or underwear can be stuffed around the guitar to keep it from rattling around in the case--if that could be a problem.
If the case doesn't support the headstock in both directions, put padding around it. Either way, loosen the strings if the case is likely to bounce around or get dropped.
I'll say it again. Loosen the strings.
I used to check my '67 Ramirez 1a blanca as hold baggage on airlines. It probably has a million airline miles on it. It traveled in a Mark Leaf case, which is huge, thick and weighs a ton. These days I would check the Ramirez in a Karura or Visesnut, but those cases cost as much as your guitar, and would be overkill for RV travel.
Years ago I was checking in at Austin. The ticket agent said, "Nice case."
"Why do you say that?"
"I worked baggage for ten years and never saw a guitar damaged in a Mark Leaf case. My boyfriend is a pro musician. I'm buying him one for his birthday."
"Mine has worked OK so far."
"One more thing," said the agent. "Did you loosen the strings?"
"Always do."
RNJ
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, needless to say my wife does not share my enthusiasm.
