I am in the process of building my first guitar. It is a 7/8 size strat. I'm wondering what experience people have with cases for these. Is a standard strat case going to work?
You may have to settle for a gig bag. Not the end of the world, though. There are some pretty nice ones out there these days. If you'd rather a hardshell, just get a standard Strat case and add some foam in strategic places to keep the thing from swimming around during transport.
That's what I'm going to have to do with the L5S in my sig below. Cases for that essentially don't exist unless you wanna pay a bajillion dollars for a custom made unit, so I'll have to get an ES-series case and add some padding.
Check out the Gator GWE-ELEC case. A bit on the lower quality side but lot of the Amazon reviews claim it is too short for various guitars so it may be perfect for your 7/8. Just be sure to purchase from a place with easy returns
Nothing to add about the case to what has already been posted above.
But this is a first, I think.
Zombie thread of the week award, with Special Merit for it being the second time this thread has been reactivated after a gap of approximately six years.
I have a case for tele, but I don't have anything for offset bodies or a mooncaster l, so I am in a similar spot and think the answer would be a universal size gig bag, then of course there is the question, what's your favorite gig bag
I've had several Mono cases break on me after several years, most notably the zippers. One wasn't even that old.
I've had a Strat with a Gibson conversion neck in a Mono Vertigo and it fits OK but still kinda short. So the 7/8, whether with the 24-fret neck or 22-fret Mustang/Jaguar neck, would probably be worse.
I am hesitant to do a 7/8 Strat build with a Mustang neck for these reasons - ill-fitting cases and gig bags. But I also love necroposting.
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