steveheroan

Exactly my problem, haha! I just hope the ships mostly have a spare powered monitor of reasonable quality that I can use so I don't have to monitor the Helix through my regular wedge. Haven't encountered this yet but I can get our production manager to find out what's available in advance so I know what to be prepared for. I'm excited and nervous about the whole thing, I'm old and don't like change, tell me it's gonna be ok!

P.S., how the heck do I get the posting or portion of the post that I'm responding to to show up in MY post. Man I'm an idiot!

A full Helix backup, holy moly! I will actually just carry a couple of OD/DIST pedals and the trusty Zoom MS70-CDR in which I have presets stored for the entire show, even though I have to bend over and change things throughout the show this way. At least the "backup" rig will take up only the space that a spare pair of jeans would in my regular luggage, and cost a whole lot less to replace if they get lost. I will insure the Helix, hope the G-tour survives, and hope I don't have to go back to the ibuprofen infused back-bending that I'm currently doing. Thanks for all the responses, it's a lot of food for thought!

Thanks for the insights! I meant by flying would you feel confident (enough) checking it as opposed to carrying it on? Most airlines we use don't charge for checked luggage until it exceeds 50lbs, which I will be well under. If I choose to try to carry on, I will go with a soft case, and hope like heck they don't make me valet-check it. Plus, the charges for our overweight items are recouped anyway, so it's not really out-of-pocket for me, I'm just trying to reduce how much I'm carrying on considering I'm already bringing my guitar as a carry on. On cruise dates our luggage costs alone usually rack up $3000 in charges we have to recoup from whomever is paying us (keyboards!!!!) Obviously I never WANT to check anything, but it's going to have to happen at some point I think. I just hope the G-tour is up to task against airport luggage handlers (is anything up to that task?)

Questions: 1. For you guys using the Gator G-tour LWG hard case. Would you fly it? I do a lot of cruise ship work and other fly dates, and I am considering this case for flying. I might just go with the Boss or Mono bag and carry it on if they will let me, but it sure is a huge risk if they won't. The Pedaltrain Jr I've been using with my current rig will actually fit under an airline seat, so that has been convenient to this point. I wish the Helix would fit in that thing! 2. Do you think that Boss should modify their material that they use in their L2 bag so that it eats away the paint on the Helix, hehe? I guess they don't care as long as they are selling SOMETHING. Won't putting a Line 6 product into a Boss product rip some sort of hole in the space-time continuum?