Official Luthiers Forum!

To my fellow European members:
I do not know where most of you get your instrument cases, but I have trouble finding anything good locally. I can usually get TKL and Hiscox (sp?) but only in dreadnought or standard Martin shapes. Shipping costs makes importing from North America insanely expensive unless you import a WHOLE lot.

This might be old news to many of you, but I finally found out Calton also makes cases in the UK, so I got in touch with them and when the price /tax / shipping math is done it turns out their prices are pretty good, at least compared to the retail prices I see in the US. Of course, these cases are top quality, built to last and custom made to fit the instrument like a glove! I will be offering these as a standard with my instruments, take a look:

_________________
Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Arnt,

Calton started in the UK - the Canadian end is a franchise if I understand it correctly. Fantastic cases - the Rolls Royce.

Hiscox are cheaper and are great cases in their own way and if you check out their website they do a wide range. Hiscox. They are a very friendly and helpful company and I'm sure they ship to Norway.

_________________
Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

Dave, you could very well be right; I guess I was assuming Calton was Canadian because they are usually referred to as a Canadian company on these guitar web sites that I frequent. They are also a pleasure to deal with by the way!

Yes, we see lots of Hiscox cases up here, I have owned a few. They are OK, but more lightweight and I would hesitate to carry a precious instrument in one on a plane or a tour.

_________________
Rian Gitar og Mandolin