Really Missed My Strat...

[Stratster]

December 18th the wife and I left for the Philippines for Christmas and new years. That meant I will be without my strat and amps for three weeks. Now i have a hand made acoustic guitar there but it is nothing like my acoustic here.
Almost every day I played including a few songs for a wedding. But it isn't a soulful strat.
The first night we were home, I got my guitar out and played for a couple hours. Man that thing played and sounded awesome. Ive been on a tone hunt for a while but taking a break and kinda resetting my ears made me realize my tone is pretty good.

[ch willie]

I'm without a guitar for three weeks each summer. I hate it. Welcome btw.

[OldStrummer]

I know the feeling! I went so far as to buy a travel/practice guitar, which has enabled me to take short trips and still practice in the quiet comfort of a hotel room.



In a couple of days I'm heading across the country on business. I'll be there the whole week. I debated going without, but then I realized I could check my suitcase (I'm granted one free checked bag) and load up my gig bag with t-shirts, socks, shorts and maybe a polo or two, that I could wrap around the guitar, thereby giving me extra carry-on capacity PLUS add protection to the guitar itself. Wonderful how some problems just seem to solve themselves!


And, welcome to TFF!

[Stratster]

Thanks for the welcome guys. The international flights are quite comical. What some folks think is a carry on is beyond me. There were several guitars on our flights. By the way the prices on guitars in the philippines are very low. Think a few hundred lower on fenders, Jacksons etc.