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| Hey,
I went and played a mid depth Balladeer not expecting to like it, and now after trying many other guitars in that price range I ordered one. Very sweet.
Question: Do the Ovation cases protect the guitar well enough to check them in with my luggage when I travel by airplane? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | O have checked mine several times, but I would encourage use of duct tape or luggage straps to insure, just in case, that the case cannot pop open. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I agree with Miles, a good piece of duct tape across the latches will do. The airlines are good at breaking off the latches once they get part way open. |
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Location: NJ | this post reminds me of the old samsonite luggage commercials with the monkey. |
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| Great! Thanks for your responses. |
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Location: NJ | I usually get a roll of 3" or 4" wide shrink wrap and tightly wrap around the case and over the latches. Tape has a tendancy to come loose (and/or leave glue on the case/latches). |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I just thought of something else that would work quite well. At moving stores they sell a celophane cling-wrap on a handle. You just wrap it around whatever and it clings tight. A bunch of wraps around the case at the locks would be pretty solid, then run a wrap of duct tape over that. The duct tape will protect from any "snags" and the celophane will protect the case from the duct tape. We're talk'n under $10.00 for a little insurance here.. I have noticed that due to security, bags are handled a little more careful lately, and there pretty much is no longer a case of bags going one way, and you going another. |
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Location: NJ | Yeah Miles, that's the stuff I was referring to. Here at work (we have 24" wide rolls that we literally "wrap" exhibits with before crating them) we we use the general (and technically incorrect) term of "shrink wrap". Pretty tough stuff.
Once when moving I "wrapped" an entire standup "bookcase CD rack w/800 CDs in it. Of course it weighed a friggin' TON, but it saved me from emptying, packing, unpacking, reorganizing all those CDs. |
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Guitar Cases - Durable?