Hard cases.

Ret- · Post by **Ret-** » Wed May 03, 2006 11:41 pm

I'm not sure if this is the correct part of the forums to ask but..

I just got myself a Jackson King V guitar and am lacking a hardcase and was just wondering where the hell you go to get a hardcase made for it. I live in Wellington (Paraparaumu to be exact) and was just wondering if anyone knows any local places in town to get this done and what the prices are, I've been told about $100 or so.

I just want one of those standard hardcases that are rectangle and are black heh...

Cheers.

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:26 am

You go down to the rockshop in lower hutt or in wellington city, and bring your guitar, and they will help you find one that fits. easy as punch (ing a woman)

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:24 am

Just bought one (rectangular black case) myself yesterday to fit a strat - were on a special in the NZ Rockshop in Welly for $99.00 and they had several more.

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:29 am

one problem he may face is that the king V will be huge!! it's bigger than my Kelly and the Rockcase for that one cost about $150 or so. I have an EVEN bigger one for my V... unfortunately that probably cost more. might be keen to offload that at some point, i may be interested in springing for one of those funky V shaped cases.

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Thu May 04, 2006 8:18 am

Will it fit in a bass case?

Some keyboard cases are quite wide, too.

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu May 04, 2006 8:28 am

not sure, i've found that with V/ML/etc pointy huge shapes, a bass case may fit the length but generally not the width... you just have to order an oversized guitar case, when i looked for a case for my old ML i was quoted about $300 to bring one in.

Sanctuary · Post by **Sanctuary** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:58 am

Like the others have said, try locally first. I doubt they will be able to help you though. They may have an "import" case for the King V, who knows? Sometimes cases turn up on TradeMe. The King V is bigger than the Rhoads and the factory case I got with my RR is HUMONGOUS but is designed to fit both the Rhoads and King V. That may be your last option, but consider it's already oversized so you're going to spend a buttload to get it into NZ. I also tried a bass case and it didn't work. The last option is to build one...

ash · Post by **ash** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:05 pm

How wide is it at the tips of the 'V' and how long?

Most bass cases are wide enough for 350mm, which is just wider than a Jazz bass. There may be point Samick, Cort, Dean etc cases that are big enough, but they'll be $200-$400. Still cheaper than a custom made case.

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:36 pm

A Dean case will cost you 120USD from the states, factor in about 40-50USD for the shipping, and it's almost as painful.

joshbosh · Post by **joshbosh** » Thu May 04, 2006 3:29 pm

SAMICK!!!!

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Thu May 04, 2006 3:50 pm

There's a guy down here in welly with a pointy guitar (i havn't given it a proper look at) which will only fit in one of those heinous big flight case things. Those are always an option, you can get em from the rockshop, but they're super duper wang

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu May 04, 2006 5:30 pm

Is it my ML?

i sold my ML to a dude in welly i think. he said he bought a flight case for it.

machina · Post by **machina** » Thu May 04, 2006 8:30 pm

thehenderson wrote:...easy as punch (ing a woman)

Hahaha

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:25 pm

Pretty hard case.

machina · Post by **machina** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:28 pm

Haha nice