Opinions on hard shell guitar cases

Commander Wallace · 03-10-23, 09:15 AM

I have finished all the tweaks on the ESP Electric lead guitar. It has 2, nice sets of Humbucker pickups in it now It has a locking nut at the base of the head stock, standard. I also found a nice set of gold, Shaller locking tuners. Most think this is overkill with a locking nut but I may not use that. Floyd Rose tremolo's are great but a royal pain in the ..... when it comes to tuning. I would rather have the strings locked by the Floyd Rose bridge tremolo at the aft end of the guitar and locking tuners in the head stock and tune the guitar there.

I have seen friends buy what are considered cheaper guitars but have great tone woods like Alder, Ash and Mahogany, among others. I am of the opinion that body wood compositions are less important with modern amplifiers. It is more important to go with with good pickups and or sensors. They take the " cheap " guitars and hot rod them with good pickups and hardware. This saves their valuable, vintage guitars from theft and or damage on the road.

I went to get a good guitar case and there are a plethora of them. I have a couple thrashed out hard shell guitar cases. I was going to get a thick piece of Polystyrene, Polyurethane or Fiberglass and rout it out in the shape of the guitar body, although go out a 1/4 of an inch or better to allow for the plush fabrics covering the inside of the routed material. It can be a bit of work but fun.

Instead, I found two guitar cases that are custom fits for this guitar and wanted your opinions. The first is pretty basic while the other is kinda freaky.

This is the second case. My lady absolutely hates it.

Which do you like and opinions ? This may become important later because I may be living in the cases at some point.

03-10-23, 09:15 AM	#1
Commander Wallace Silent Hunter Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 4,979 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	Opinions on hard shell guitar cases I have finished all the tweaks on the ESP Electric lead guitar. It has 2, nice sets of Humbucker pickups in it now It has a locking nut at the base of the head stock, standard. I also found a nice set of gold, Shaller locking tuners. Most think this is overkill with a locking nut but I may not use that. Floyd Rose tremolo's are great but a royal pain in the ..... when it comes to tuning. I would rather have the strings locked by the Floyd Rose bridge tremolo at the aft end of the guitar and locking tuners in the head stock and tune the guitar there. I have seen friends buy what are considered cheaper guitars but have great tone woods like Alder, Ash and Mahogany, among others. I am of the opinion that body wood compositions are less important with modern amplifiers. It is more important to go with with good pickups and or sensors. They take the " cheap " guitars and hot rod them with good pickups and hardware. This saves their valuable, vintage guitars from theft and or damage on the road. I went to get a good guitar case and there are a plethora of them. I have a couple thrashed out hard shell guitar cases. I was going to get a thick piece of Polystyrene, Polyurethane or Fiberglass and rout it out in the shape of the guitar body, although go out a 1/4 of an inch or better to allow for the plush fabrics covering the inside of the routed material. It can be a bit of work but fun. Instead, I found two guitar cases that are custom fits for this guitar and wanted your opinions. The first is pretty basic while the other is kinda freaky. This is the second case. My lady absolutely hates it. Which do you like and opinions ? This may become important later because I may be living in the cases at some point.