Let's see, a hand made, made to measure, veneered and marquetryed (sp?) case, ya, that's gotta go for at least fifty or sixty bucks.
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| Author: | rlabbe [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:22 am ] |
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I don't even want to think about the cost. Case |
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:39 am ] |
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Ahhhh, it couldn't be any more than an SKB could it? Get Dave B. in this thread, I'm sure that's a case he'd be proud to put his guitars in. |
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| Author: | rlabbe [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:46 am ] |
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Let's see, a hand made, made to measure, veneered and marquetryed (sp?) case, ya, that's gotta go for at least fifty or sixty bucks.
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:48 am ] |
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You think he'd wheel and deal if I told him I could get one from Musician's Friend for $39? |
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| Author: | rlabbe [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:52 am ] |
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Oh, I'm sure that would put the fear of God in him. |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:53 am ] |
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That's right--it's a ZOOT-case!! Carlton |
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| Author: | PaulB [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:13 am ] |
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It's a case that needs it's own case
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| Author: | EBarajas [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:50 am ] |
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Do you think it's french polished or laquered? 
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| Author: | Dave Rector [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:51 am ] |
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Looks like Bob C. has been at it again. |
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| Author: | Don A [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:13 am ] |
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[QUOTE=CarltonM] That's right--it's a ZOOT-case!! Carlton[/QUOTE]
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| Author: | Bobc [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:11 am ] |
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Awesome! |
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| Author: | Dave-SKG [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:13 pm ] |
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Well I wouldn't put one of my guitars in that case either...couldn't afford it! That certainly is a pretty case. A candidate for sure for one of those stupid case covers. I never could understand why you would need a case for a case until now. HEY...Somebody call B.D. and let him know Musicians Friend is having a sale would ya. 
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| Author: | EricKeller [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:31 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=PaulB] It's a case that needs it's own case [/QUOTE]
Can you imagine putting that on an airplane? The baggage handlers would think they'd died and gone to heaven. |
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| Author: | rlabbe [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:18 pm ] |
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I'm just imagining the look on a client's face when you make a delivery. (hand them the guitar case) "Holy hopping bunnies! Awesome!!" (eyes bugged out) (open the case) "oh.....huh.....ehhh....(crestfallen look).... Wow, look at that case!!!" |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:24 am ] |
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I considered building one kinda like it for my Koa top, IRW Om, but when I started running the numbers on materials I was going to be worth as much as the guitar. so I opted for a Canadian.
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:33 am ] |
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So, I'm wondering--is that solid wood, or veneer? Seems like you could have a standard plywood case, without the vinyl covering, delivered from the manufacturer, and do some fancy lamination yourself. Yeah, I know, a lot of work, but what do you think? Carlton |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:53 am ] |
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I am sure it is veneer over baltic ply. If you look close you will see the sides are veneered also, so imagin the bottom is as well. |
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| Author: | Jimson [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:58 am ] |
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I can barely set a neck correctly and I already have purchased ply and veneer for making my own case/s. (actually the veneer was a gift). What I cannot figure out is how to do a fitted, plush interior. |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:05 am ] |
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Interior is just basic Upholstery. you need to account for the thickness of your batting and lining material. Pick up some litature from you library or a how to book from Hastings Barns & Nobell. |
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| Author: | Dave Anderson [ Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:14 pm ] |
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My God thats an incredible guitar case.Prettier than a lot of guitars!! |
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| Author: | sfbrown [ Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:56 am ] |
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I hear tell that the case holds one of Esteban's $99 "You too can learn classical guitar" special guitars!
Steve |
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| Author: | Shawn [ Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:31 pm ] |
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That case looks alot like on I saw at GAL's conference last year that housed a Torres that Jeffrey Elliot restored. To get to the home page for Kingham MTM cases go to http://www.merion.co.uk/web_users/merion.co.uk_kingham/. They show prices that start reasonable but Im sure go quite high. I have built coffin cases for early Pre-Torres romantic guitars that I have restored and took the opposite approach...rather than build a case that looks like fine furniture, I build my lined cases from solid wood and painted the exterior with milk paint which was then dirtied, scuffed, marred and shellac'ed so that the case looks as close to what a vintage coffin case as possible. It was all for show so I then had a custom cases made that the coffin case fit in...these early classical guitars are short scale around 610 mm and at the lower bout are less than 12 inches, sometimes as narrow as 9 inches. |
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| Author: | crazymanmichael [ Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:18 am ] |
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the case is on the kingham site. |
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