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Topic: Have any of you played on a cruise. Need advice |
Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 2 Sep 2012 4:51 pm |
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| The band I'm in is going on a cruise in January. How do you take care of your equipment? I've already decided I'm not going to take my best setup. I would hate to buy flight cases for just one cruise. |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 2 Sep 2012 5:09 pm
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| Lean right, then lean left. Repeat. |
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Jerry Humphries
From:
Jasper, AL.
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Posted 2 Sep 2012 5:27 pm
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Take along plenty of dramamine. I stayed seasick for 3 days one time while we road out a hurricane. Compliments of Uncle Sam. I looked like this emoticon.  |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Brett Lanier
From:
Hermitage, TN
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Posted 2 Sep 2012 7:46 pm
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| Played on a ship last night. It was a little weird when it started rocking back and forth... I'd imagine a large cruise would be more stable though. |
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Dave Bertoncini
From:
Sun City West, Arizona USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2012 9:55 pm
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Make sure you take the weels off your amp, if it has them  |
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Posted 3 Sep 2012 12:26 am
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Do not settle for
crew accomodations.
Get passenger accomodations.
~Rw
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 3 Sep 2012 2:01 am
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| I'm currently building a guitar for a friend, who's done the cruise ship thing a couple of times. This guitar is a Teletype, with a P-90 in the neck, and a Duncan hum-bucker in the bridge. He says you're constsntly having to change clothes, and move all over the shipWearing shorts for 30 minutes, then having to change to a tux. Good money, but you earn it. |
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john widgren
From:
Wilton CT
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Posted 3 Sep 2012 6:39 am cruise control
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Stages on cruise ships have straps and eyes to secure your amps...use em before you think you need em. Also secure the stage EVERY NIGHT as though a storm or big roll could happen while you sleep. (Probably will not) this includes mic stands, music stands and anything that could go flying into your gear. If it's a big ocean crossing I'd think about keeping the steel set up but secured in the case when not in use. Of course you can maybe be a little more casual in coastal and Caribbean waters.
Don't drink alcohol too much till you get your sea legs, don't let your head get congested. Drink ginger ale. The buffets are great and always available so eat small meals more often instead of larger meals. Watch the horizon or go into the pool if you get queasy. In rough seas go down low in the ship. Try not to be anxious about mal de mer. Sea bands (accu preassure wrist bands) sometimes help as a preventative. Take scopalomine if you must, before you get on the boat..it makes some people a little "trippy". Once you are sick it's too late.
Most of all..enjoy
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 3 Sep 2012 10:04 am
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| Your "ride" will depend on the size of the ship and the weather. If the weather stays fine, any ship is a decent ride. But, if the weather gets rough, there's a whole lot of difference between a small liner and a big one. The ships that carry a couple thousand or more passengers are bigger, far more stable, and generally safer than those that carry passengers counted in the hundreds. Wifey and I rode out the gale-force winds and 18-foot seas in a big liner, and the ride was far less disconcerting than that in a big limo...nary a spilled drink. On a smaller ship, things would have been much different. |
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john widgren
From:
Wilton CT
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Posted 3 Sep 2012 11:02 am Cruise control 2.0
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As a charter skipper for many years I have learned that anyone who says "I don't get seasick" just has not gotten seasick.... yet. It can happen to anyone at any time..even seasoned sailors. Take what precautions are prudent, and try not to worry about it..mental attitude goes a long way, but inner ear imbalances cannot be wished away, Also remember the two stages of seasickness:
First you are afraid you will die...Then you are afraid you won't.
Donny is right: Most ships have stabilizers which are amazing, they really work, so you really probably wont have an issue, at all but if you do..stay hydrated with watered down ginger ale. Very important.Dehydration is dangerous. Ginger is scientifically proven to help.
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Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 3 Sep 2012 11:41 am
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| I really appreciate all the advice and concern for my human body, but what I really want to know is how is your musical equipment handled. As I said, I really don't want to buy flight cases for everything for just the one cruise. Is your stuff handled like it was being shipped on Fedex or UPS? Do you take it to your room with you? Does the ocean atmosphere rot your strings off and pit all the chrome? Does your your speaker cone turn to tissue paper? Stuff like that. I'm from Old Glory, Texas where our population approaches a negative number. There ain't alot of water around here. I rarely even go to the "Big City". |
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