Class of 29 Undergrad/Class of 27 Grad: All Things Related to Music School Applications (prescreens/tours/interviews/auditions/supplements/etc)

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This is a very old thread (2007 - which honestly feels like just last week) but the title is “Flying With a Bass”!

Flying with a Bass

<p>There are several options. Buying a bass trunk is indeed expensive, with the good ones (David Gage, Kolstein) costing $3000 or so. They can be rented from several good bass shops usually on the order of $100 per week. We bought one of these used on Ebay for about $1000. They are not often seen for sale there, but one comes up every now and again. Be careful if you do this. Some older trunks were built so that they required a special tool to open them. In some places, cases that cannot be opened manually will either be refused outright or may be subject to being chisled open at the whim of security personnel.</p> <p>Going down a step, there are the STS and Tuff-Lite trunks priced around $2100. These do not have the air suspension feature of the Kolstein and Gage cases.</p> <p>With any of these, you have to be careful not to exceed the 100 pound limit for excess baggage, you have to show up extra early at the airport and you have to know how to beg in just the right way to g…