I have heard that United is the most problematic of airlines--definately not musician friendly. But I regularly take my banjo on other airlines in a gig bag....
Actual, each airline has it's own policy AND the gate agents are free to ignore it. You won't know whether you will be able to carry your instrument on until...
Is this the same for acoustic guitars in hardcases in your experience, Doc? I'll be going overseas soon and would much rather gatecheck it than ship it! Aurora...
i always take my banjo with me, even on United. i always have it in my hard shell calton case, and be sure to flip your bridge down..just in case(pressure/head...
Aurora, ... If you are concerned for the safety of your instrument, take a boat. If I ever get to go to Europe, that's what I'm going to do, because I have a...
Thanks for the advice, Andy. I'll be heading to the land down under, not sure if I can get there by boat in time. I'm on a tight budget so it's all about what...
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... This is way off topic but I have been shipping everything from motorcycle parts to antique sand casting patterns to saxophone mouthpieces to banjos lately...
I finally gave in last spring and purchased a Calton case for my banjo......$550 may seem like....and is...a large amount of money....but much less expensive...
Yeah. Just don't take your big bulky 'good' case. That might stop you from getting to the gate. It needs to look like something you could carry on. This is...
I also have had just about every experience possible with airlines and banjos. I've found it does not depend on any written policy, letters from TSA etc.,...
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Which blues and in what matter do any of you play on the banjo. My own include two or three styles. One is just playing the banjo more or less like I can in...
Paul hath writ a while ago: <<<That makes me think of a statement I've heard several times, though I can't quote a source, that the feature of "dancing" in the...
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Reporting back, for what it's worth: I decided not to bring my banjo -- it's just too precious. It's an old no-name thing that my dad got at Sears in the 70s,...
If you read some responses to posts made a while ago, it is because I am going through the archives looking for materials on several subject I have to write...
... I have read three books that focus on Black dance, Black Dance 1619 to the Present (a present about 1980-5), Jookin, and the Above mentioned Stepping on...
Here is a crosspost from a slavery list I belong to that I thought was provocative about the number and extent of slaves, and thus Black folk in the North and...
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... Yes! I heard Marvin Gaster discussing the roots of his style at Mt Airy Festival a few years ago and his style is a direct descendant of a particular...
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I have been searching in vain to obtain the Stax recording of Gus Cannon. It seems only to be available at collectors prices. Does anyone have a copy of it on...
