Greg Sarchet recently sent me a link to an NPR story about the difficulties Gary Karr recalls facing while flying with a double bass. Gary quit touring in 2001, just before security measures at airports started tightening. I haven’t flown since 2001 myself, and I remember flight with a bass being highly annoying even then. Check out his story by clicking the photo and then clicking “listen” at the top of the page (sorry I can’t embed it here).

You can read my previous posts about flying with a bass here or check out my experiences with Gary Karr’s former Amati bass here.

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