This post is about my new electric guitar case.\u00a0 I lone my electric guitar to my brother because he plays the guitar, and I do not.\u00a0 He travels with the guitar so much, that the old case was beaten into the ground and as such, the guitar was desperately in need of a new case.\u00a0 The old one served well, but it was breaking by the small storage area and as a result the side was falling out which was making the case useless.<\/p>\n
My thought process on things like this starts with, “Can I make it?”.\u00a0 The answer is yes, I can make a guitar case.\u00a0 Maybe not a fun curvy case, but I don’t really like those kinds all that much anyway.\u00a0 My next question is, “I can make it, but will it be cheaper?”\u00a0 I foolishly thought that I could.\u00a0 This is technically true, provided you picked one of the high end cases.<\/p>\n
Before I show pictures, let me tell you some of what I did here.\u00a0 Each wood edge was glued, nailed, and then clamped overnight.\u00a0 I used 1\/2 inch oak plywood for the outside and a few other places.\u00a0 There is a 2×4 in there that supports the neck and keeps the headstock from taking weight.\u00a0 For a finish, I used three coats of stain and three coats of polyurethane.\u00a0 Internally, there’s 2 layers of padding everywhere the guitar will contact, and four on the lid to build up the padding and to keep the guitar from sliding around.<\/p>\n
The balance is pretty decent when the guitar is in the case.\u00a0 Sans guitar however, its forward heavy.\u00a0 The whole thing itself is just heavy.\u00a0 I wouldn’t suggest letting go accidentally.\u00a0 Though the case and guitar would probably be fine, your toe would describe its urge to fall off in a colorful, metaphorical way.\u00a0 As far as the guitar fitting in the case, I can shake it and the guitar won’t move which is a good thing.<\/p>\n
I can’t really tell you guys the build time, do to the fact that I didn’t keep track and worked harder the closer I got to deadline.<\/p>\n\n\t\t