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Post by snakehips on Apr 8, 2019 7:08:53 GMT
Hi there!
I’d have reservations using that massive rectangular SKB case. While it offers bags of space in the neck half for cables etc, there appears to be very little between the treble & bass sides of the widest parts of the lower bout, for protection of the guitar
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 8, 2019 7:58:53 GMT
Snakehips is absolutely right that the rectangular SKB case is not a safe way to travel with a guitar. The real aluminium extra strength rectangular flight cases are good, but they are also very expensive and really designed for heavy touring. The problem with the rectangular SKB case is that it has flat surfaces which stuff can land on and crush the case. Good cases have no flat surfaces and therefore stuff landing on them sheers off like water landing on a gabled roof, or upside down ship. Filling your case with wires and straps around the neck and headstock is also very dangerous because it allows for no 'give' in the case around the weakest part of the guitar. Always travel with cases as empty as possible, just the guitar. This is what protects guitars. I am knowledgeable on this subject because I doubt that many people on this forum have travelled as much and flown as many times as I have with guitars.
Shine On Michael.
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Post by leeophonic on Apr 10, 2019 6:11:21 GMT
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Post by pdxdobro on Apr 12, 2019 2:01:25 GMT
Thank you all again. I ended up following the advice from Mendax (who happened to respond first) and bought a TKL "Premier Square Neck Resonator Case". When I first opened the case I thought that the giant neck of my National would never fit, but it worked perfectly.
The fact that the guitar has held up for almost 90 years in a hideous and weak case says something about the way that National built them.
Again, many thanks.
Richard
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