From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Thu May 11 11:07:31 2006
Subject:Re: Gator Semi-hard cases

Hi Jon,

Call Gator, or your dealer. Every Gator hard case is lifetime guaranteed. That doesn't mean something won't break, but it does mean that they'll repair it.

I've had the handle on my 8-space rack break. Is it because the Gator rack case is crap? No, it's because I have FOUR Mackie 1400i power amps in it Gator has never asked me, "What the hell are you putting in that case?" They just replaced it, and the latest handle has a reinforcement in it.

Regards,

-BW

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Bruce Wahler
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At 05:40 PM 5/11/2006 +0000, you wrote:

>I might be chipping in a bit late here...
>
>But....
>
>I had a Gator semi-hard/soft case for my XK-3 (the black canvas one)
>and it fell to pieces.... Even though it was designed for an 88 key
>keyboard. The posts fell off by the wheels, and then the top handle
>for wheeling, which was made of very lightweight metal, came off....
>
>Many 88 keyboards are heavier than the XK3 so I'm not sure what it
>was designed for....
>
>I got a refund, and an upgrade to a harder Gator case (black
>plastic) which has been fine, although one of the silver feet has
>falllen off....
>
>jon
>
>--- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, Allan Evett wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the 'heads up'; good point...
>> I'll likely keep using this case for local/regional
>> gigs where I'm in control of transporting the AX-1.
>> But I'll probably pick-up a more 'serious' case for
>> when the cartage gets 'rougher'...
>>
>> A
>>
>> --- jake92028 wrote:
>>
>> > --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Wahler
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Hi Allan,
>> > >
>> > > Be careful! Having worked with product case and
>> > packaging design
>> > for years, I can tell you that angled
>> > ("kitty-corner") transport is a
>> > disaster waiting to happen. If the case ever takes
>> > a corner hit, your
>> > AX1 is going to help save the integrity of the case:
>> > it's in the
>> > natural path for force to flow.
>> > >
>> > > We had a guy from shipping that we used as our
>> > "test gorilla" in one
>> > of the companies where I worked. Nine times out of
>> > ten, when we asked
>> > him, "Can you break this?" he would start by
>> > dropping it on a corner.
>> > >
>> > > Just my $0.02 ...
>> >
>> > Uh-oh.. me too. I thought my AX-1 one was so nicely
>> > packed in its
>> > little case, lots of foam cut-outs, and the
>> > 'business end' fairly snug
>> > against a corner<- Yeesh! Wj
>> >
>>
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