Cheap Les Paul Hardcase Recommendation

tampadragon

Hi

At the weekend I bought a cheap Vintage V100 Les Paul for use at work at lunch times. I was just going to go with a soft gig bag, but having it under my desk for a couple of days I'm a bit conscious of it being kicked/ knocked accidentally.

As such I'd like to buy a suitable hard case but not spend the earth on it as it is only for my work guitar and the guitar wasn't that expensive, but having never bought a hard case, I'm at a bit of a loss.

So does anyone have any recommendations.

underdog

Epiphone or something from thomann

Skipped

The vast majority of customers rate their (very cheap) Thomann case at 5 stars or 4 stars. Seems like a good bet.

chrishill901

I quite like these for a bit more (£50)

http://www.flightcasewarehouse.co.uk/industry/product.asp?item=spider-shaped-les-paul-guitar-flight-case-with-brown-crocodile-finish-7087-7286

not_the_dj

Skipped said:

The vast majority of customers rate their (very cheap) Thomann case at 5 stars or 4 stars. Seems like a good bet.

Yeah but most of those people are just after the vouchers ;-)

ESBlonde

I bought my boy a Thomann case for his Epi 56 goldtop. It was a sensible hard case for the money given the guitars value.

tampadragon

Looks like I might have to pick up the Thomann one then. Shame about the 37 ish postage on it though.

fretfinder

If you've got room for a hard case at work, haven't you got room to store the gigbag reasonably safely? Of course, I don't know where you work and maybe you have people in hobnail boots jumping on anything lying around and throwing anvils around for fun.

jd0272

Cheap eh?

Think of it like tyres. There are costly tyres, and less costly tyres, but, ultimately, tyres keep your car on the road, and those inside your car safe.

Iamnobody

I can recommend the Thomann one. The aluminium edges are exposed so careful placement in and out is required if you don't want it scratched.

stimpsonslostson

Out of interest... Does a LP Jr fit a standard LP case?
I assume there's a depth discrepancy- with the Jr being thinner & flat, but a blanket under the Jr should fix that right?

rlw

http://www.flightcasewarehouse.co.uk/industry/product.asp?item=spider-les-paul-hard-case-5958-4775

These are very good - I bought one for my dot and its as good as anything sold by Gibson.

tampadragon

fretfinder said:

If you've got room for a hard case at work, haven't you got room to store the gigbag reasonably safely? Of course, I don't know where you work and maybe you have people in hobnail boots jumping on anything lying around and throwing anvils around for fun.

I work in an engineering place, and so there are lots of people with toe tectors on! Also it's in a padded gig bag under my desk, It should be relatively safe under there, but it is the padded gig bag from my acoustic, and I'd hate to forget, spin round in my chair and put my boot into the neck or something!

rlw said:

http://www.flightcasewarehouse.co.uk/industry/product.asp?item=spider-les-paul-hard-case-5958-4775

These are very good - I bought one for my dot and its as good as anything sold by Gibson.

I'll take a look at these too, they do look very good!

martinw

The Spider ones are pretty good, but I've just bought a Gator case from Thomann for £55 delivered.

They're around £80 delivered from UK sellers.

Corvus

I got one from FCW but there was glue all over the outside and lining not stuck. Just unlucky I guess, sent it back. Got one from gear 4 music for the same price instead.

thermionic

I bought an acoustic case from Thomann which sounded from the description to be an "own-brand" no-name thing. It was £36, good enough for a ocassional use with a £200 guitar.

 

What I got was £80 worth of Warwick Rockcase!

rlw

martinw said:

The Spider ones are pretty good, but I've just bought a Gator case from Thomann for £55 delivered.

They're around £80 delivered from UK sellers.

Spider case £58.39 delivered...............

mudslide73

Used Hiscox if you can find one. I paid 70 delivered for my last one on the bay.