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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 10 Dec 2003 8:50 pm |
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Here's what 20 years on the road can do to your case.  >
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2003 9:08 pm
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Cal, what kind of guitar did you carry in that case? Is it an Emmons push pull?
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 10 Dec 2003 9:21 pm
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| That's the original case that came with a '74 P/P. And that's only the top layer of stickers. More underneath. I think they were actually holding the thing together for the last couple of years. Went thru several Fender amp handles for it. I had to get a pic of it before I retired it in the dumpster. |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Dec 2003 10:36 pm
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I remember putting a couple stickers on my ProIII case when it was new. The guy that was teaching me kind of snickered and said "Looks like you've really 'been around'". That was it. Took them all off, and like my leather bike jacket, I'd rather take a beating than put a single patch or sticker on either. Just another stupid superstition or mine. I'll collect airport tags, but that's about it.
My SHo~Bud case disintegrated 10 years ago from using it as a seat, and too many trips in the back of too many fords. Never had one sticker on it it's whole 15 year life.
Actually I'm looking for a new ( or good used) one in the flight category. Suggestions?
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2003 2:45 pm
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Eric said
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| My SHo~Bud case disintegrated 10 years ago from using it as a seat, and too many trips in the back of too many fords. |
If you had as many stickers on there as Cal #, the case would have been fine.....
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 11 Dec 2003 2:48 pm
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| Dan beat me to it. Those are structural stickers. |
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Bob Watson
From:
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
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Posted 11 Dec 2003 3:58 pm
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| Great lookin' case Cal! I actually put some fiberglass tape, the kind you fix boats with, on my original old Sho Bud case. Finally, the bass player and drummer of a road band I was playing in found a great deal on an anvil case and forced me to buy it, LOL. I hope your new case has wheels. My Sho Bud weighs 84 lbs in its flight case. I wish I had taken pics of that original case, it wasn't as colorful as yours but it had character! |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Dec 2003 4:25 pm
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Try duct tape--works wonders. Oh yea, baling wire doubled up for the handle, too. That's all that holds my 1916 Gibson mandolin case together. You could get another 10 years out of that case!!  |
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David Cobb
From:
Chanute, Kansas, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2003 4:56 pm
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| Do ya really haul that or just drag it behind the car? |
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