mackinnon

Anyone got any?

Mines just a fairly cheap acoustic, still don't want it arriving in bits though!

Vim Fuego

I've shipped 2 electrics (a Fender Strat and a Les-Paul-A-Like) as checked luggage in standard hard cases (not reinforced flight cases) and both arrived fine thanks to Singapore.

I just declared them as 'fragile', put them in the special cage after I checked-in and waved them goodbye (gulp ...).

The only special thing I did was take the strings off and put some silca gel in there to attempt to regulate humidity (dunno if this works but it was peace-of-mind).

oliver1982

Mine's a Les Paul. I bought a hard case for the journey and checked it in with the rest of my luggage.

The case had a couple of scuff marks on it but the guitar itself was fine.

The only worry I had was when I went to collect it upon arrival. The 'bulky' items from the plane were dumped away from the luggage carousel in a random spot.

After about an hour of waiting, I spotted it on the floor in the corner of the arrivals section. So I guess it's quite possible that someone could have nicked it if they wanted to.

Vim Fuego

Aye, the thought had occurred to me too ... and a pay-out on travel insurance just does not cover the loss of a guitar for me ... if I'd had travel insurance that is ...

biggy

hubby brought over his two...in hard cases in the checked in luggage....they put fragile stickers on them and they arrived safe and sound

moneypenny20

Ours came in the container. Just needed a retune and all fine and dandy

oliverandlisa

mine too,
quick retune and good as new

Anastasia Beaverhausen

Hubby had 2 Ibanez, 1 accoustic1, 1 epiphone and another no name piece of s##t.

1 Ibanez came with us in the flight in a padded soft case. Left the strings on and packed a few towels around it for extra protection. It was checked in seperately from our luggage and wasnt included in the final weigh in. The only thing it needed was a re tune on the other side.

The other guitars were shipped with out household contents by John Masons. 2 didnt have cases and they wrapped then up well. Dan took the strings off the ones being shipped in the crate and put silica gel in the cases/wrapping.

No damage to any of them.

binky

Just shipped my epiphone in a hard case with the rest of our stuff and asked the packers not to put anything on top of it. Arrived fine with no damage - wasn't even out of tune!

rossifumi

Yes that is a concern isn't it, anyone can walk off with your belongings.

soldierblue

Bought mine over in a hard case. When I checked in I was told that I could either take it onboard with me or put in the hold. As it was in a hard case It went in the hold to save me lugging it around. Didnt come off my weight limit either.
Arrived in perfect condition.

Donna&Neil

Hi there, I brought my electro/acoustic in a hard case not flight case in the bulky items luggage with singapore air. Arrived safe (thankfully) the case had a couple of cracks and dents but my trusty tanglewood was just fine.
Neil