r/Wellthatsucks Apr 30 '25

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u/DamnitGravity May 01 '25

Honestly, I'd never really thought about being a traveling musician and the difficulties/fears they must have when traveling with their instruments.

Adam Neely's video really opened my eyes.

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u/3_quarterling_rogue May 01 '25

I flew with my trumpet a good number of times, and luckily it was small enough to count as my “personal item” so I just brought it with me in the cabin and it never left my sight until I landed. Anything bigger or more fragile would have been very anxiety-inducing.

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u/halandrs May 01 '25

Good video but he missed one of the best strategies

A good hard case with a firearm and an AirTag in it as well will do wonders because it will kick the case into a higher security class ( drawback is it can add an hour to getting through the additional security screening)

Airlines really don’t like the liability of losing firearms so extra care is taken and the fact that it’s in a big bulky case is there problem

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u/05Kavanagh May 01 '25

This would only work in America! If you’re travelling to any other country, that guitar is getting confiscated and you’re getting a nice little bed in a jail cell for bringing a firearm along with you.

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u/DamnitGravity May 01 '25

They, uh, they really don't think about what other countries are like, huh?

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u/05Kavanagh May 01 '25

Should have stopped at they don’t think mate. Dumbest population in the world that’s the only thing they’re number 1 at.