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Hey guys!
I have what may seem to be a painfully obvious question, but I have done as of extensive research as I am able to only to come up short.
I have a very sweet, very fragile 1960-something Guild M20 that is in wonderful condition. It sounds like heaven and feels like playing a stick of butter. The highs chime and the lows bow and the soundboard is so thin that even putting your fingers on the strings is rhythmic. I love it so much and it was a dream guitar of mine. Upon my first strum, without even a chord shape, I said to my girlfriend, "I am buying this guitar today."
So, as you can understand, it is very important to me that it stays around for a long time.
I am soon to go to Japan for a writing trip, with the intention to only bring this guitar. The problem I am facing is that even though I have (what I think) is the original alligator skin case, that isn't going to do it for travel. I need to get something that will both be protective and can survive being checked into the freezing cold belly of an airplane. I have looked around and seen that SKB makes a TSA approved case for 000 guitars, but looking at the measurements, I am afraid that this won't be snug enough to the body. Here's a link to SKB's website, with the aforementioned case.
Now my question for you guys is two-fold: Does anyone have any experience and/or recommendations of a case that would be suitable for checking this guitar? Also, does anyone have any suggestions for traveling with an acoustic guitar of this level of fragility? Perhaps I should get a humidifier to put in the case so that the cold environment of the baggage compartment doesn't do any irreversible damage? Japan itself is going to be as humid as you could possibly imagine, so climate will be A-OK for the wood, but I am concerned about the flight.
I am leaving for Japan on August 9th, so this is something I'll need to order ASAP. Price is not an issue, either.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate any information you all can pass along.
Skye
PS. Double points if anyone can help me out with the date of this guitar... The serial number is AH-802.
I have what may seem to be a painfully obvious question, but I have done as of extensive research as I am able to only to come up short.
I have a very sweet, very fragile 1960-something Guild M20 that is in wonderful condition. It sounds like heaven and feels like playing a stick of butter. The highs chime and the lows bow and the soundboard is so thin that even putting your fingers on the strings is rhythmic. I love it so much and it was a dream guitar of mine. Upon my first strum, without even a chord shape, I said to my girlfriend, "I am buying this guitar today."
So, as you can understand, it is very important to me that it stays around for a long time.
I am soon to go to Japan for a writing trip, with the intention to only bring this guitar. The problem I am facing is that even though I have (what I think) is the original alligator skin case, that isn't going to do it for travel. I need to get something that will both be protective and can survive being checked into the freezing cold belly of an airplane. I have looked around and seen that SKB makes a TSA approved case for 000 guitars, but looking at the measurements, I am afraid that this won't be snug enough to the body. Here's a link to SKB's website, with the aforementioned case.
Now my question for you guys is two-fold: Does anyone have any experience and/or recommendations of a case that would be suitable for checking this guitar? Also, does anyone have any suggestions for traveling with an acoustic guitar of this level of fragility? Perhaps I should get a humidifier to put in the case so that the cold environment of the baggage compartment doesn't do any irreversible damage? Japan itself is going to be as humid as you could possibly imagine, so climate will be A-OK for the wood, but I am concerned about the flight.
I am leaving for Japan on August 9th, so this is something I'll need to order ASAP. Price is not an issue, either.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate any information you all can pass along.
Skye
PS. Double points if anyone can help me out with the date of this guitar... The serial number is AH-802.