tommyindelaware
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mr. morse runs into a little difficulty w/ the newer ever changing carry on standards...
go to http://www.stevemorse.com/ to read the rest of the story......to notes from the road .
I volunteer to take my guitar apart to make the pieces fit in the now despised "sizewise" container. Problem is, all the tools that normal guitarists, or me, at least, would carry, are in my checked baggage, due to the vast number of Leatherman pocket toolkit hijackings on airlines. So, I ask if I can borrow a phillips head screwdriver, knowing full well that my chances are not good. Surprisingly, the guy leads me away to a distant storage room and hands me the screwdriver.
Next thing I know, my guitar is in pieces from my own hands. I stuff the collection back into the case and return to board the plane. Now, of course, the overhead spaces are full, since it took some time to do all of this. Yet, my pieces of guitar will fit in very little space, and by simply compacting the multitudes of winter jackets, it's in.
The whole flight I'm calculating the odds of the bridge adjusters getting turned, since the bridge is off, and there's no pressure to stop them from changing position, necessitating a lengthy adjustment/refinement session. All this will not be a problem, though, since Skoots will be there to fix it for me! Except for the fact that he won't......I forgot, he won't be doing any more DP dates, since he's trying to retire from touring to spend more time with his son. This will be basically be my first gig in over a decade playing with Deep Purple with a brand new tech I've never even met. So I make a note to adjust my guitar with my banished toolkit in my checked bag when I get to the hotel.
When I arrive at JFK airport to begin the process of changing terminals via exiting to a train outside, we find some friendly people working for the airline who hand me a well used screwdriver. Not a perfect fit, but enough to get the job done, so in the lobby, I have finally put it back together. Actually, it wasn't me that got the screwdriver, but a rep from our new travel agent who was meeting myself, Roger and our manager at the airport. I gave them the bad news that this domestic airline, which rhymes with "felt a", should be put in the same category as the few others in the World that don't allow items that fit in the overhead with ease. But now, in the boarding line for our international flight, with my guitar put back together, I smile as a normal airline welcomes me onboard with a fully intact guitar.....
go to http://www.stevemorse.com/ to read the rest of the story......to notes from the road .
I volunteer to take my guitar apart to make the pieces fit in the now despised "sizewise" container. Problem is, all the tools that normal guitarists, or me, at least, would carry, are in my checked baggage, due to the vast number of Leatherman pocket toolkit hijackings on airlines. So, I ask if I can borrow a phillips head screwdriver, knowing full well that my chances are not good. Surprisingly, the guy leads me away to a distant storage room and hands me the screwdriver.
Next thing I know, my guitar is in pieces from my own hands. I stuff the collection back into the case and return to board the plane. Now, of course, the overhead spaces are full, since it took some time to do all of this. Yet, my pieces of guitar will fit in very little space, and by simply compacting the multitudes of winter jackets, it's in.
The whole flight I'm calculating the odds of the bridge adjusters getting turned, since the bridge is off, and there's no pressure to stop them from changing position, necessitating a lengthy adjustment/refinement session. All this will not be a problem, though, since Skoots will be there to fix it for me! Except for the fact that he won't......I forgot, he won't be doing any more DP dates, since he's trying to retire from touring to spend more time with his son. This will be basically be my first gig in over a decade playing with Deep Purple with a brand new tech I've never even met. So I make a note to adjust my guitar with my banished toolkit in my checked bag when I get to the hotel.
When I arrive at JFK airport to begin the process of changing terminals via exiting to a train outside, we find some friendly people working for the airline who hand me a well used screwdriver. Not a perfect fit, but enough to get the job done, so in the lobby, I have finally put it back together. Actually, it wasn't me that got the screwdriver, but a rep from our new travel agent who was meeting myself, Roger and our manager at the airport. I gave them the bad news that this domestic airline, which rhymes with "felt a", should be put in the same category as the few others in the World that don't allow items that fit in the overhead with ease. But now, in the boarding line for our international flight, with my guitar put back together, I smile as a normal airline welcomes me onboard with a fully intact guitar.....
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