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Now it's "furnished"! Instead of the rather ugly egg-carton foam that put too much pressure on my New Yorker, I had two 1" thick sheets of foam cut, and today my wife and I have have fitted it with golden velvet-ish fabric. A much "cosier" home for the guitar.

It can be seen in the album here.

It looks much better in reality than in the photo, but I still thought I'd post it. What do you think?

Cheers,

Fred.

Fred,

Cheerio mate, mighty fine job.

How much credit do we give your wife on this project idea?

Now my ultimate question - would you permit the airport baggage handlers to load and unload your case with guitar? Do you believe that it has protection with your case?

Aloha,

Don,

Well, it was my wife's idea to coat the foam with fabric, and she found the fabric in the shop and fitted it, so I'll give her full credits for making this case so nice!

I would not check this case in on a flight though. It protects the guitar fine for normal transport, but the case is plywood with a thin aluminium coating, so I wouldn't risk it with the baggage handlers. It might be OK, but then it also may not... The case is small enough to take on as carry-on luggage (I hope). I have checked in several acoustic guitars on several flights in the past, and they have always survived inside Hiscox cases, but you can stand on a Hiscox case without damaging the contents.

While on the subject of flying with instruments, I must mention the following (true) anecdote told to me by a friend:

My friend met some members of a Swedish symphony orchestra onboard a flight. The tuba player was carrying his tuba with him. "How on earth did you manage to get that cleared as carry-on luggage?!" my friend asked. "I didn't", the tuba player replied. "I would never check it in, as the baggage handlers would ruin it, and it's way too big to carry onboard, so I had to buy a separate ticket for it". When the tuba player had booked his tickets online, he had to provide a passenger name for the extra ticket. His instrument was travelling as "Mr. Tuba Tubasson"!

Have a nice day!

Fred.

While we're on "case" thread, I was in a Harbor Freight store and they have a pretty good assortment of cases such as the one Fred has. Seems like a good idea for small "stuff" cords, etc.Don't think they have one that particular size tho.

Bill

Roy,
You and I both have had our needs satisfied. I have just finished restoring a Gibson Ultratone that is needing a case. This looks like the answer!
Erv