Anything I should be concerned about when bringing guitar overseas?

[Kirk's Puppet]

As some of you may know, I'm leaving Brunei for Australia this Monday. I'm gonna take a 2 hours flight to Singapore and then after a few more hours, I'll fly to Melbourne. I've read about people taking strings off the guitar or something before bringing it onto the flight. Is that necessary?

It's a Jackson DXMG with a Floyd Rose bridge.

Thanks :thumb:

[Epicurus]

Got no idea but I've taken one of my guitars on a domestic flight and it was fine. Are you worried about customs?

[Kirk's Puppet]

Nah, just worried about pressure changes and all those crap. I know nothing about these so I'm just asking.

Thanks.

[4yearpro?]

im not too sure, but i think a good thing will be, to have a very good hardshell case

[Kirk's Puppet]

I'm hand carrying it by the way.

[Vanhalen234]

I would be more concerned about the condition of the shimrod, it's located just underneath the bridge and a little to the right. If you loosen it about 5/7 before you get on and then tighten it .056 every 3 then it should work out just fine.

[Kirk's Puppet]

Vanhalen, care to elaborate further? What would happen if I don't do that?

[Vanhalen234]

It may crack the undercarriage of the FR, so I would recommend bringing it in to your local guitar shop and asking about the shimrod, they can usually adjust it pretty cheap.

[4yearpro?]

shimrod, funny name

anyways it might be better to go to shop and ask about everything rather than just the shimrod because something else could happen