If you want to go with the option of flying with your #guitar or #bass and #pedalboard as checked baggage, you need to first of all use much heavier and larger cases for protection (Pelican type), and then you have to pay a fortune for checking them, plus the hassle of getting them in and out of, and to and from, the airports.

Although some people do check instruments in soft-sided cases, I would NOT recommend this, and pedalboards are even more fragile than solid-body electric instruments.

The Boss GT-1000Core measures 173 x 135 mm, so even if I smashed them together with only 10 mm between them, I'd still need a minimum of 356 mm #pedalboard width to fit them side by side without overhanging the board.

The FS-7 is 62 x 131 mm, and the FreqOut is 73 x 120 mm.

The problem is there are 1/4" and USB jacks on the sides I need to access and use, and I don't want to have to unplug patch cables to get this to fit in the bag. Plus, I'd like to have extra board to protect the edges.

The good news is, my #bassguitar #pedalboard is smaller, and will definitely fit. This is my current plan for the next generation of my hybrid analogue/digital #bass board, which is only 350 x 200 mm (Miracle Thaw), and it's more likely I'll be flying for bass gigs:

But I don't have $150+ to buy this, now that I've already blown my budget on the Platinum Elite Regional and a 20000 mAh Anker powerbank. And the only way I'll know if my planned #guitar #pedalboard will fit it is to buy it and test it with my mockup board, which is a 385 x 285 mm bamboo thing I bought at Walmart that's really designed to fit some sort of craft taboret/basket thing.

Still, that 8.5" dimension is at the bottom, which is where they measure luggage in the sizers.

This is my current plan for the next generation of my #guitar #flyrig #pedalboard, designed for use with both stage amps and direct to PA or recording console. It has two Boss GT-1000Core units, four Boss FS-7 dual footswitches to control the Cores, a Digitech FreqOut, with a Peterson StroboStomp HD tuner plus two Countryman Type 85S stereo direct boxes separate from the board, and a MONO medium powersupply underneath. The board is 385 x 285 mm.

Your #pedalboard has to fit inside that personal item, along with everything else you need for that trip that won't fit inside your instrument case: clothing, toiletries/makeup, personal electronics (laptop, tablet, phone, etc) and power supplies/chargers, inflight snacks, etc.

BUT...pedals only come in certain sizes, and feet are only so small, so there needs to be spacing between them, as well.

This puts a hard limit on how many pedals you can fit on a board that fits inside a personal item.

The FAA requires all domestic airlines to permit musicians to travel with "small instruments" (up to the size of a typical guitar) as cabin baggage.

This will count as your one permitted piece of cabin baggage, so it you want to fly without checked baggage, then the only other thing you can bring is a "personal item" which must fit under the seats, and on most flights, that means no larger than 18" x 14" x 8".

So, if you are flying with a #guitar and a #pedalboard…

I've been sitting with some disappointment since yesterday, because it's throwing my future plans into disarray.

Yesterday, my new Travelpro Platinum Elite Regional Carry-On Rollaboard suitcase was delivered (Black Friday 72.5% off sale). It is sized to meet most US domestic airlines' underseat "personal item" size restrictions.

It is slightly too small to fit my #guitar #pedalboard which is 385 mm x 285 mm.

If I go any smaller on the pedalboard, I may not be able to fit what I need to fit.