I got a new toy

[stubhead]

If I spent $900 for a case I would have to walk wherever I was going because I'd be broke, and if I was walking I'd want a lighter case than that for sure, and I can get a really light case from Muzican's Fiend for $40. So there - I win!  :cool01:



(flying is for the boids) :blob7:

 

[mayfly]

Was all of the measuring necessary?  I mean they didn't have Tele case?

I'm sure that they have done teles before.  But each tele has a different shape, unique neck shape/profile, etc.  About 10 measurements were just on various aspects of the neck.  And this tele is a bit weird since it has the bender - they did special cut-outs for the bender mechanism so it fits snugly.  Kashmir fits in there very very well.  I tried the 'shake' test and the guitar does not move at all in any direction.

 

[mayfly]

If I spent $900 for a case I would have to walk wherever I was going because I'd be broke, and if I was walking I'd want a lighter case than that for sure, and I can get a really light case from Muzican's Fiend for $40. So there - I win!  :cool01:



(flying is for the boids) :blob7:

Yea I know - it took me a loooong time to come to terms with how much this case costs 

not sure that I have fully come to terms with it even now - and you guys are not helping!  :evil4:

I suppose I'll feel it's worth it in 10 years time it falls out of the back of the equipment truck or something...

 

[MUYFUE]

Exactly!
I would not have spent that much, BUT, when / if the time comes, you'll be so glad you spent the money on the protection.

Now, time to get life insurance too! :icon_jokercolor:

 

[Nando Vallart]

Yea I know - it took me a loooong time to come to terms with how much this case costs 

not sure that I have fully come to terms with it even now - and you guys are not helping!  :evil4:

I suppose I'll feel it's worth it in 10 years time it falls out of the back of the equipment truck or something...

Everyone has different needs... I'm planning buying one and it's ABSURDLY expensive to me... But I want be to sure that when I get a flight with the guitar it arrives as good as it was...

 

[mayfly]

Hey - the opening shots of this video show a great reason for a Calton case!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysXMAOgEIq4&feature=related[/youtube]

 

[blue313]

not sure that I have fully come to terms with it even now - and you guys are not helping!   :evil4:

I suppose I'll feel it's worth it in 10 years time it falls out of the back of the equipment truck or something...

We can technically all get away with gig bags.  But, it only takes one incident to make you regret not scoring a HSC.....just one.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Yea I know - it took me a loooong time to come to terms with how much this case costs 

not sure that I have fully come to terms with it even now - and you guys are not helping!   :evil4:

I suppose I'll feel it's worth it in 10 years time it falls out of the back of the equipment truck or something...

Well, honor thy mother.  Right?

 

[stubhead]

I have a few SKB and Gator cases as well as hard plywood - I would never use a gigbag, actually. However, I really oughta get a flight case at least for Gleamo, it's essentially irreplaceable; if you can even find an aluminum body.... the Spruce Hill and Kellet people both seem to be trying to sell the exact same remaining stock, and they both seem to, ummm, not deliver them re: Harmony Central nightmares.

Cat for sale?

Nah.... the airline baggage guys see one of  those cases and "lose" it instead....

 

[mayfly]

EDIT: Forgot to say: your mother sounds awesomely funny!

Yea, my mom is quite the character.  Here she is at a jam somewhere.  She's on the left:

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

We can technically all get away with gig bags.  But, it only takes one incident to make you regret not scoring a HSC.....just one.

IMO, a gig bag just keeps them from getting scratched.  "Sure the neck broke off, but the body didn't get scratched."

 

[dbw]

That price is nuts!  Sorry, if I'm paying $900 it better be space-age feather-weight bullet-proof ballistic plexiglass of doom... also the custom measurement thing is silly, it's got the exact dimensions of a standard Tele dude...  :dontknow:

 

[Nando Vallart]

EDIT: Forgot to say: your mother sounds awesomely funny!

Yea, my mom is quite the character.  Here she is at a jam somewhere.  She's on the left:

:icon_biggrin:

 

[OzziePete]

Yeah, then price is steep, but it's obviously gunna protect the guitar as good as anything that's on the market, barring an armed security detail!

I think that if you feel the guitar deserves the extra special case and you may be travelling, then it is worth it the first time the case takes a tumble off some airline baggage trolley or the back of an equipment truck.

After reading what happened to George Harrison's FIRST Tennessean (it fell off the racks off a car along a British Motorway in between gigs in 1963/64  :sad: ), I'm sure should that happen to your Kashmir, then you'd EXPECT it to survive intact.

BTW, did Calton give any sort of assurance about the case's effectiveness? Like, can it handle so much g-force on impact, or take a car wheel running over it, on a small car? Looks damn near rocket proof to me. :headbang:

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I've only had a couple of gig bags, and as much as I used to gig, I'm soooo glad that I stuck with hardshell cases.  Stuff just gets thrown, dropped, slammed, & such, especially when you're not looking, and I have soooo much more piece of mind knowing that my instruments are safely suspended in foam between 2 hard surfaces.  My siggy gtr has had the same plywood case for nearly 14 years, and well over 500 performances, and while the case looks scuffed as all get out, the guitar is in fantastic shape considering how old it is.  The guys at Warmoth can attest to that from me bringing it to work several times when I worked there.  I also have an SKB keyboard case with the wheels at one end, and it's saved my Synth from many potential catastrophe's over the 13 years I've had it, so the $225.00 that I spent on it back then has more than paid for itself.

 

[hannaugh]

I have decided that my LP does not travel.  Unless of course it is locked in it's hardcase, which is handcuffed to me. 

 

[OzziePete]

I've only had a couple of gig bags, and as much as I used to gig, I'm soooo glad that I stuck with hardshell cases.  Stuff just gets thrown, dropped, slammed, & such, especially when you're not looking, and I have soooo much more piece of mind knowing that my instruments are safely suspended in foam between 2 hard surfaces.  My siggy gtr has had the same plywood case for nearly 14 years, and well over 500 performances, and while the case looks scuffed as all get out, the guitar is in fantastic shape considering how old it is.  The guys at Warmoth can attest to that from me bringing it to work several times when I worked there.  I also have an SKB keyboard case with the wheels at one end, and it's saved my Synth from many potential catastrophe's over the 13 years I've had it, so the $225.00 that I spent on it back then has more than paid for itself.

I have decided that my LP does not travel.  Unless of course it is locked in it's hardcase, which is handcuffed to me. 

It is funny, you know, that I can clearly remember B.B. King coming through Sydney Airport years ago with his entourage and there was not a guitar case in sight as they went on the plane, so Lucille must have travelled with the rest of the baggage in the hold  .

I know a few musos carried their guitars on board with them. The Ramones guitar player did for an international flight (Johnny Ramone - Mosrite), Billy Thorpe carried his cherished Les Paul with him on a domestic flight, same also with Mark Lizotte (Diesel). Those are the ones I can remember.... :icon_scratch:

But if there was a guitar icon who would have hugged the instrument, I would have thought Mr. King's guitar would have been right beside him. Go figure..  :dontknow:  Maybe he insisted on the guitar going luggage in line with the reasons WHY he names his guitars 'Lucille" and not getting too pretentious about the guitars he plays?

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Where was SRV's "number 1" or "Lenny" when the helicopter crashed?

 

[MUYFUE]

Well, obviously Lucille was going in a Cadillac Car!
:cool01:

 

[hannaugh]

All I know is that the last time I was on a plane, I sat above the baggage compartment and watched them load it, and after seeing that, there is no way I'm carrying anything valuable and/or breakable on a plane unless I'm going to be supervising it the whole time.  The guys were literally throwing (we're talking airborne) the bags onto the conveyor belt with no regard for if large bags were getting thrown on top of small bags.  I'm pretty sure I saw a guy's bicycle get a rim bent.  The girl sitting next to me was also watching, and we were both amazed. 

If I were a rich rock star who could afford to replace things, I might feel slightly different, but it would take me a long time to come up with the cash to replace my Warmoth if anything happened to it.  It's my only high end guitar, so it stays home.