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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Learned a tough rtough lesson a couple Sundays ago. Walking down the sidewalk to my door, with my Beautiful Cedar Elite I purchased from BVINCE last year...well Old Man Winter had one more nasty trick for me...after a quick 2 inch snowfall hid the frozen ice below it, I slipped on the ice just enough for my guitar to hit the frozen concrete. I heard the thud and the sound of an untuned harp come from the GIG BAG. When I opened the bag up, I found the previously close to pristine cedar face cracked in three places through the wood, and a large gouge where the binding and face met on the lower bout. The longest crack running the entire length of the lower bout from binding to epaulet.
Unbelieveable. This was a good gig bag (over an inch of foam), but it was no match for concrete...all because I needed a pocket to put some music, cords, and a few other things in.
Word to the wise...USE YOUR HSC...EVERYTIME!!!
I was going to send her to the mothership, but decided financially to get her stabilized locally (I am sure they would replace the entire soundboard to fix her right). She may never look the same, but she will be playable again.
Bummer!
Norse(reason #6,492 why I HATE Winter, and reason #4,843 why I am an IDIOT!)man1
p.s., my luthier says he should send a thank you letter to music stores for selling gig bags...sounds like they generate a lot of buisness for him. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | That is a Terrible Drag! :mad:
(Was it a Zero Gravity Ovation gig-bag, or just a bag-bag?) |
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Location: Newington, CT | Very sorry to hear it, NM! That is painful! |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I feel your pain Norse. I just dropped off a casualty at the factory last week. And like yours, it was a sentimental favorite as well. Let's hope some of their mojo stays embedded in them somehow. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Hard to say if an HSC would do much better. Low temp, rapid deceleration, etc.
Any real doubt why Witko stays in AZ?
M(your pain is my pain)Woody |
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Location: NW of Philadelphia | That sucks Norseman. I always get HSCs for my guitars ASAP if they dont come with it. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Bummer, Norse, especially when I know how much you would have preferred to stay in Arizona. At least the Packers won the Super Bowl. (Oops, wrong state.)
I thought hard about taking the LAV Koa across the country in a soft case last year, but decided that it was the only thing that would fit in the car and if it was damaged in a car wreck a hard case probably wouldn't have saved it. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I hold a different view. I much prefer the nylon/foam core cases. For the type of handling I require, the nylon/foam core cases provide plenty of coverage for the guitar, but have the additional advantage of being a lot more gentle on everything else that the case (and those dang sharp-edged hinges and latches in particular) regularly bangs into during handling (walls, door jams, furniture, automotive seat backs, other gear, etc.). I have three nylon/hard foam cases in different sizes that work for the majority of the guitars I regular transport. And the nylon cases have shoulder straps, which free up my hands to carry other gear. Just my $.02. |
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Location: Jet City | I use the nylon/foam cases for gigging too.
The only guitar I've had bust in a case is the recent mishap with my UKII... and it was a hardshell case. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Y' makes yer best guess and then,
no matter what,
Feces occur. |
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Gentlemen, Burn Your Gig Bags!!!
