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Permalink Reply by Mike Willmouth on July 30, 2011 at 12:49pm

Here's a picture of the Arrow Cased Closed so you can see what the outside looks like.

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Permalink Reply by Danny B on September 13, 2014 at 1:15am

Mike, I really like you case and see a lot of potential of this working for me. I have looked at some arrow cases on Ebay, they are simuliar but not exactly like yours. Could you tell me who the Mfg. of your case is?

Thanks,

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Permalink Reply by Nathan on August 9, 2011 at 3:23am

Hello, 

 

Here is a case I built out of wine boxes.  An all in one blues box.

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on August 9, 2011 at 4:52am

I like that arrow case idea.

 

That wine box case is way cool!

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Permalink Reply by Pete Turner on August 6, 2013 at 6:31am

Great looking cases I was looking for ideas for a case and stumbled upon you guys. I'm not much of a wood worker may go with a cardboard to start. I need one pretty quick for a trip I'm taking. Just something to  provide some protection.

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on August 6, 2013 at 8:27am

I did a cardboard one that was 2 pieces thick. I used spray Loctite. Worked good, and was easy to build.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Turner on August 7, 2013 at 1:14am

Thanks! I'm thinking I could make it look like an old time cheap suitcase, maybe glue on a lot of old travel stamps. I found copies of stamps online. Just google travel stamps.

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on August 7, 2013 at 6:57am

I would love to see how it looks when done.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Turner on August 7, 2013 at 11:20am

Thanks, plan to go to a couple of music stores and see if they have a guitar shipping box.

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Permalink Reply by Order99 on August 7, 2013 at 4:14pm

  I'm super cheap and tend to go cardboard as well-but my local music store often saves a few of the smaller shipping boxes for me, and since they already have the perfect guitar shape built in it's child's play to make a few cuts and shrink them to my 19" to 25" necks and smaller soundboxes.

 One thing I would recommend-if you have a well-ventilated room, I suggest you paint the finished cardboard box with a brush and a thin layer of automotive epoxy, surfboard epoxy or marine spar epoxy-the solution will sink into the cardboard, strengthen it and weatherproof it.  Adding a few cardboard 'ribs' to the interior before applying the epoxy will make a stong, light weatherproof case, and any padding can still be applied with 3M spray adhesive or hot glue...also, the outer surface is properly sealed for painting.

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