Who made Carter cases?

John Swain · Post by **John Swain** » 26 May 2013 3:52 pm

Who built the cases for Carter steel guitars? And do you have a phone number? JS

John Swain · Post by **John Swain** » 28 May 2013 3:19 am

I'm surprised no one knows this! They're. Similar to the GFI cases,maybe made in Texas?

Steve Wood · Post by **Steve Wood** » 28 May 2013 10:45 am

Talk to Al Brisco at http://www.steelguitarcanada.com, he doesn't make them but he handles Carter now and is a great fella that may point you in the right direction.
sw

Bill Ferguson · Post by **Bill Ferguson** » 28 May 2013 1:11 pm

John, John and Anne were very secretive about their vendors. I do know that as great as Carter steels are, the cases left a lot to be desired. I have really had to reinforce mine with many metal angle straps.

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 28 May 2013 4:06 pm

Their more deluxe wheeled roadcases were built by Grundorf ! Maybe they built the standard ones as well ?

Geoff Queen · Post by **Geoff Queen** » 28 May 2013 4:19 pm

Mine was in a Thomas case, not sure if it was original though.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 28 May 2013 6:44 pm

My case is 14 years old and structurally real sound. Only problems have been that the screws that hold the corners on get pressure put on them when the case is laying in the back of my truck and expanded the holes so the screws are lose in the hole. That and one dime sized missing piece of the covering are all that I have had trouble with, and My Carter is a well traveled guitar.

Micky Byrne · Post by **Micky Byrne** » 29 May 2013 1:35 am

The Carter Uni I got was used...the guy got it in 2000, and I got it off him in 2003, he'd never played it, as he'd never played a steel before and to order a Uni was too much for him,and it just sat in his garage....waiting for me

. I added wheels to one end and a Spring handle on the other end to help get it out of the car. The case is really built like a tank and quite solid, much more so than the Case I got with my Sho-bud S-12 in 1977. Perhaps Carter's went to a a different manufacturer in later years? I guess Al would know??

Micky "scars" Byrne U.K.

John Swain · Post by **John Swain** » 29 May 2013 8:08 am

Bill, I'm surprised yours didn't last well.I've had four Carter D10s(99,02,03,05) all had similar ozite covered cases with black hardware..All stayed in good shape, though as Rich commented the screws need periodic tightening...The ozite seemed to be applied better on the earlier cases...I'm building a case for the body of my 93 Legrande and wanted to buy that hardware and particularly the piano hinge that stops at 180°…JS

Micky Byrne · Post by **Micky Byrne** » 29 May 2013 8:59 am

Me again...just a thought ..... because mine is a single 12 universal, it's quite a narrow guitar, it's not the wide body version, so the overall "mass" might appear to be more stable. I got the Carter in 2003, and it's had some real good use, and nothing seems loose on the case. That was just my thought on the matter

Micky "scars" Byrne U.K.

Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 30 May 2013 6:29 pm

John, I am almost certain the Carter cases were built by Unitec. You can look their website up. Their phone number is (330) 489-6500. I am a dealer for the original equipment Carter Starter cases and that is where I buy them. They built the Starter cases for Carter and I would think all Carter cases were built by Unitec. They also build for some other currently in business steel builders.
Jerry

MARK GILES · Post by **MARK GILES** » 30 May 2013 9:28 pm

Jerry is correct, it was Unitec.

John Swain · Post by **John Swain** » 31 May 2013 3:26 pm

Thanks Jerry and Mark, I knew someone here would know !