Greetings.

Has anyone tried a Pelican case for touring with your Stick? I am in the US, but do a European tour every year or so, Covid willing. Trying to think ahead of alternatives in case I can't use the Stick gig bag as a carry-on and am forced to check it through baggage. Maybe something like this, tho there are other models:

https://www.pelican.com/us/en/product/c ... 3300-00001

Any experience with a Pelican case for your Stick? I've used a few for mics, so I know how tough they are.

TIA,
-e.

Any reason not to just get a hard case for it from SE? If memory serves, you can even remove the foam and stuff the Stick-in-a-gig-bag in the hard case, so you can travel with both. (Verify that before counting on it, though...my hard case isn't at my home, so I can't check.)

I have the exact same case but built by SKB. Perfect for flying with two sticks in their gig bags or one stick and some clothes. Perfect for long flights : it has a valve for the difference in pressure in the cargo whole so no worries with that either. The only inconvenience is that people in the US think it’s a riffle case.



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Thanks, bachdois.

When you travel, have you had any issues checking it through airline baggage? The only two case brands I use on tour are Calton or Anvil. I don't know that I'd trust anything else, tho the Pelican cases that I've seen look like they could handle touring.

Thanks and regards,
-e.

Never had any issues with the case. It’s just oversized luggage (same as if you travel with a surf board). As long as it doesn’t weight more than the regular 20/25kg all passengers are allowed to carry, there is no issue (witch it doesn’t, with a grand and a railboard). As for the brand, it’s all Injection moulded plastic (I believe it is the same factory that builds them for different brands). Either way, you can drive a car over it and it won’t break. The case I have shares the exact same mold as the electric bass one or the snipers riffle for both SKB and Pelican : they just change the foam inside. Those other brands I don’t know but as long as it’s the same material you won’t have a problem. I have a video here somewhere of the airport handlers dropping mine when loading it on the plane… all good.


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Thanks again, bachdois.

I like the idea of keeping the Sticks in their gigbags, and packing the gigbags into the Pelican case. Using the gigbag from hotel to venue back to hotel would be much easier. Great tip; thanks again.

I used to tour with a Steinberger as a carry-on, so I'm used to shocked "HE'S GOT A RIFLE!" looks from folks in airports.


thanks again,
-e.

Just for fun, a few more pics of the case. How many sticks can you put on it? cheers Rodrigo





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Excellent multi-Stick pic.

Great pic, Rodrigo!

I'm 96.82% confident that this is not your personal Stick collection. So where/when was this taken? During a visit to SE?

Why wouldn’t this be my personal collection!!?? Lol. But unfortunately you are right: the pic was taken during the 2018 Free Hands Academy, hosted by none other than our own Gene Perry.
Check this one out:


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