Guitar cases

[Tony Burns]

My 71 Guild D-55's case is pretty shot , its an old martin from the 1960's ( one of the 4 chrome latch gray ones ) the paddings shot and it slops around in the case . Been looking at my Martins Geib case ( which i like ) and a vintage style case i bought with my Lucida concerto last winter- as well as a case my Greven's in ( think its an old Harptone ) The case that i bought for my Lucida is a Guardian Vintage case , very close to the Martin Geib - almost a dead ringer ( the catchs are a bit different ) but the case looks like it came from the same place. ? which doesnt make much sense -- the Martin Geib case costs a small fortune, so heres what i did - i ordered a vintage style case for the Guild like i have for the Lucida -( from musicians friend ) I have a gut feeling that the Martins Geib case ( from TKL ) was made in China , like the Lucidas - and TKL possibly had better or different latches put on it in the US ( or china ) - they are too close for comfort-- hey 49 bucks , its a better case than a upper end Guild case i bought about 15 years ago for my Yamaha ( as well as the Grevens ) -- what are your thoughts -Are we getting ripped off with these so called US cases , Which i feel are really coming from China --If Im nuts , i can accept that , but this isnt the first time someone has tried to pull the wool over my eyes--

[Stackabones]

Could be some deception there ... gotta watch out! I just found a good hard shell for my nylon-string at a pawn shop. Smelled like new guitar wood inside and the outside looked real nice after I cleaned it up.

By the way, Tony, about your Lucida? Steel or nylon? What do you think of it? I've been thinking about getting a Lucida nylon cutaway with electronics as a backup. At $150, it seems like a deal. What are your experiences with them?

[Tony Burns]

STACKABONES - i AM VERY FOND OF THE lUCIDA CONCERTO - COST ME ABOUT 600 PLUS ABOUT 30 + more for the case ( which is a super case ) the guitar is made by prudencio-saez ( hope i spelled that right ) and there version of the same guitar goes for around a thousand- mines not a cutaway, its a traditional classical -solid rosewood back and sides but with a cedar top - It is everything I expected it to be, comparable to guitars in the 1500 dollar range, im not just saying that - Iactually compared it to a Ramirez as well as a allambra ( both in the 1500 dollar range ) i feel the lucida had alot better tone and quality -- Ive also heard the next one down (Lucida ) , solid mahogany is good too - but Im not too familiar with the cutaway your talking about - Doesnt sound like alot of money, but Id check the return policy of the seller -- personnaly i would buy this guitar all over again it was a good decision , not alot of these 600 range instruments really are - good luck my friend-- Tony

[Stackabones]

Thanks for the review, Tony! Sounds like the Lucida's a winner. The one I'm looking at is definitely in the budget range, and it's good to know that they are making quality guitars.

[Terry Allan Hall]

No idea who makes modern Guild cases, but my early-70's era F-212XLs' cases were both made by Harptone.

My JF-4's original (modern) case wasn't nearly as sturdy, but I lucked onto a Larrivee jumbo case in very good condition for $90.