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Baron Collins-Hill
May-30-2006, 11:14am
I am headed off to india for a post graduate year after higschool and was wondering what i should do to keep my mando alive and kicking. it will be kinda hot, (not too bad by india's standards) 85-95 F, but i am more worried about monsoon season, where it rains forever al the time. i am getting my mandolin set up with a new bridge, a new nut, a fret dress, etc, but what should i do to combat humidity and heat?

also, i read here that if you have an mandolin, they are required to let you on the plane with it as a personal item because it is an instrument. is this true? i am flying air india and they say i am only allowed one carry on, my backpack. i think they know that i also want to take an instrument. does anyone know anything about this?

thanks,
Baron

also, any cool mando-places in india? probly not huh... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

JEStanek
May-30-2006, 12:05pm
Don't be so sure a bout India being a mando wasteland...

Read this (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=22;t=34416) for instance....

Jamie

rhetoric
May-31-2006, 6:40am
Well, I taint never been to India, but I was just on the Indian ocean and in East Africa during the drought and later during rainy season. I had my mandolin w/ me from zero humidity to zero dryness (100% humidity) and all the altitude changes and etc. and it seemed to hold up just fine. Now, I took my KY 250S and not the Gibson A, but that was mostly because people told me "Be prepared to leave in Africa whatever you take to Africa" (Africans are not shy about asking for stuff). I don't know what your schedule will be, but I was teaching at a University and I had WAY more free time there and my callouses have never been harder. Definately take a mando, but you may not want to take your museum piece.

Zero troubles on the plane. In fact, when they made me check my carry-on bags on the puddle jumpers, they never made me check my mandolin -- it fit in the overhead compartments on every plane.

May-31-2006, 7:20am
If you are on a full flight you may be required to check the mandolin. Don't assume anything. My suggestion is that you get a seat in the back of the airplane. That way you'll be loading early and there will still be overhead space. If you are one of the last people that boards I can guarantee you'll end up checking it.

dang
May-31-2006, 9:37am
get one of those triple tennis racket bags, use it as a case cover and stuff any essentials outside the case so if you only can have one carryon, it will have your mando in it!

TommyK
May-31-2006, 4:25pm
India? Why'd you pick India?
Musicians is musicians. If you find a feller playing a sitar, maybe he'd want to jam. You both could learn a thing or two. Mandos and sitars are kissin' cousins anyways.
Humidity? Well if they can survive hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, they ought to survive a little old monsoon. Maybe FatDadd can chime in here. He's in Fla isn't he? Is he still around? I've been gone a while. GAS http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif and TAGS http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif set in and I just haven't had time to mandolincafe. Just use your head and store properly and allow her to acclamate to the new surroundings once you're wheels down.