Which flightcase would you trust your amp to travel with?

[dflipp]

So... It's pretty simple. Which flightcase would you trust your amp to travel with?

Occasional flight travel and being throw around between gigs and rehearsals...

Preferably European-made as it would be cheaper to send to my address.

Also, which options and features would you look for?

Ah! And this would be the "last flightcase I would ever need", as I have no plans to upgrade or replace it. I want something that will last and be "permanent" for the next dozen (?!) years... Focused on quality and not getting "low-cost".

Any and all thoughts welcomed! Thanks in advance.

Cheers,

[bclaire]

Hmm... depends. What kind of amp do you need a roadcase for? Combo? Head? 4X12?

If you're going for a combo, I would suggest getting a case with a top compartment for things you might need. Mine fits pedalboard size stuff. Pictured is my roadcase for my Marshall combo, but I have a similar one for my Orange AD30TC combo.

Oh... and the handle on the bottom is key.

[dflipp]

Hmm... depends. What kind of amp do you need a roadcase for? Combo? Head? 4X12?

If you're going for a combo, I would suggest getting a case with a top compartment for things you might need. Mine fits pedalboard size stuff. Pictured is my roadcase for my Marshall combo, but I have a similar one for my Orange AD30TC combo.

Oh... and the handle on the bottom is key.

Thanks for your reply bclaire!

Yes, I guess I should have gotten a bit more specific. For now, I need a flightcase to fly my Thunderverb head as "special checked-luggage" over to where I'm currently living. Also for the "gigging and moving around" that will hopefully ensue in the near future...

As for my 212, for now, it will have to travel by road on a "souped up/reinforced" cardboard box... My ideia is that it can "take the beating". I ratter not take any chances with and put the amp head through similar abuse...

[bclaire]

To be honest, just check eBay. Lots of people on there selling road cases for Orange heads. Look closely at the descriptions, and you'll find something.

[Les Paul Lover]

For the cabinet, it might be simpler to sell yours and buy another in your new location?

Where are you moving from and to?

[Wendigo]

Thon.

[SIXTENCONNECTOR]

I have safecase (1/2") http://www.safecases.com/ for my Rockerverb head. They are out of Texas though so shipping will probably kill you. My head fell off my 4x12 cab (while in case) on to the street. Loading in before show. I was sure I was F@#%^. Not even a single tube shifted. Like it never happened. I honestly want a 4x12 hard case but even being in the US the shipping for such a thing is a substantial .

Scott

[Les Paul Lover]

Over the course of dozens of flights (mostly international, but also some within the U.S.) over the past several years, I've been able to carry on my electric guitar or acoustic guitar except for a very few times (when it was gate-checked and came out - thankfully - fine on the other side).

For both the acoustic and electric guitar, I travel with them in Mono gig bags. I do have a frequent-flyer status, though, and so I'm usually able to be one of the first on the plane after first/business class board. Most planes that I've flown in have enough room in the overhead bins, although when that wasn't possible I have been helped out by some very kind flight attendants who placed my guitar in the coat closet.

I used to gig more as a bassist than a guitarist, and was never able to bring my bass on board. Back then I used an SKB case (I believe it's called a "bass safe") that held the bass in a gig bag inside the case. I would send that as checked luggage and had (mostly) good experiences. I'd be okay with checking my electric guitar in that SKB case if airlines stopped allowing guitars onboard, but it's size makes it rather cumbersome to fit in vehicles and haul around once I'm on the ground.

Hello!!!

Lovely SPAM in that signature of yours.

To be honest, just check eBay. Lots of people on there selling road cases for Orange heads. Look closely at the descriptions, and you'll find something.

That's got to some of the most creative spam I've seen to date too. With legit answer....

[bclaire]

Banned and deleted her A$$...