What do you look for in a guitar case?

pigeonhammer

Hi guys!

I'm new to this forum but I'd like to become an active user  

I was just wondering as a general newbie question: what do you look for in a guitar case? How important is the quality of a guitar cases' manufacture and what would you be willing to spend on one?

I think the Mono cases are pretty cool, but what other features can you think of that it lacks?

Cheers!

Hootsmon

lost joints

jellyroll

A guitar?

HAL9000

A guitar?

jellyroll

Beat ya!

breakstuff

Know absolutely nothing about guitar cases so nothing to add other than welcome to the forum.Mines a Jack and Coke.

midlifecrisis

protection of guitar mainly, easy to open and shut.

I bought a used les paul studio that only came with a Gibson gigbag. felt very vulnerable, rather than splashing out £140 for a gibbo hard case I bought a stagg hardcase for under 50. had it a few yrs now, case is very battered and scratched (lots of mojo) but has looked after the guirar for me well. gets taken and thrown in the back of car every week.

capo4th

A humidifier for cigars is a nice feature.

Pink fur is a must.

chillidoggy

Welcome!

If the guitar comes with a case, then I use that, if not, I'm partial to Hiscox cases because I think they're very good at protecting the contents. I have three of them, and I'm pleased with them.

guitarfishbay

I only buy Hiscox cases with my own money. Best price to weight to protection ratio IMO. Had some of my cases for over 10 years now and still going strong.

pigeonhammer

I have heard of humidifiers in guitar cases actually but I've no idea what they do or whether they're available in soft cases or not.

Thanks a lot for the replies guys! Really helpful :P 

stickyfiddle

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underdog

I'm going to be the honest one, it helps if a case looks cool

Phil_aka_Pip

Hiscox FTW!

Bogwhoppit

Hertits

Phil_aka_Pip

@Bogwhoppit well played Sir!

mike_l

Welcome @pigeonhammer

As per tradition, your round, mines a keg of ale.

cheers.

monquixote

It depends what you are doing with it. 

if you are gigging it then you need a decent hardcase like a Hiscox. If it's going internationally then you want a proper flightcase. If it's just being kept at home then a padded gigbag is probably fine. 

The worst cases are PRS ones. So stupidly massive they don't fit properly in most cars.

ROOG

Quality handle, they come away from the case on cheaper cases

HAL9000

jellyroll;618727" said:

Beat ya!

Only by a fraction of a nanosecond, but yeah, you beat me

ICBM

Just to add to all the recommendations - if it's a hard case you're after, look for the word Hiscox written on it. They're the best combination of strength to weight of any case and some of the outright strongest short of a full flight case.

If it's a gig bag, I was really impressed by the Mono one a friend brought over, but they are expensive for a gig bag... about the price of the Hiscox hard case. Worth it if you travel light a lot though.

I have a Levys bass gig bag which is OK but not in the same league as the Mono.