Members orsino Posted July 2, 2004 Members Posted July 2, 2004 ....for Portland....please talk me out of it.
Members MH3 Posted July 2, 2004 Members Posted July 2, 2004 I'm not Trevor, but I'll give it a shot:DON'T DO IT MAN, YOUR GUITAR WILL IMPLODE, TAKING YOU WITH IT! Apologies to Chesh from the CGR forum.
Members orsino Posted July 2, 2004 Author Members Posted July 2, 2004 Thanks Marty....I KNEW it......I KNEW there would be some kind of catastrophe. I'm taking my Esteban instead.
Members Beagle1 Posted July 2, 2004 Members Posted July 2, 2004 Tom, I'm sure you would love to bring the Goody to Portland, and I would love to see it myself. But I would HATE to see your pride and joy get wrecked due to some stupid mishap in flight! I don't know...do you still have your Larrivee? That might be a much safer option. This was bothering me for a while too...I couldn't figure out which guitar to bring to Portland. Finally, I decided I would just bring my Taylor 714 because if it got wrecked, it would be fairly easy to replace (if I even wanted to replace it)...but also I would protect it by getting a good case. Well, it turns out that Calton's cases are custom fitted to exactly fit your guitar. So it didn't make sense to me to spend $600-700 on a case for a $2K guitar. I decided instead to get a Calton OM case for my Martin LJ. And then recently I got my H&D OM and they are close enough in size that they both fit the Calton. So I have decided now to bring the H&D. I would definitely recommend eventually getting a Calton to protect your Goodall. I am REALLY impressed with the Calton case I got. They are way too expensive, but seem very sturdy and well made. The other drag to getting a Calton is the lead time. The current wait is at least 12 weeks I think. I got lucky and found a regular OM-sized Calton that Mandolin Bros had in stock so I didn't have to wait. How about those clamshell cases by CaseXtreme...anyone tried those? I also liked the suggestion (from Frank Ford?) about modifying a guitar box that you then put your case in. Well, if it were me I would NOT bring the Goodall unless I was pretty certain nothing bad would happen to it.
Members orsino Posted July 2, 2004 Author Members Posted July 2, 2004 You're probably right. I'm probably going with one of the Larrivees and a box ala Frank Ford.
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