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Ron Sodos


From:
San Antonio, Texas USA
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2017 6:54 am    
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Want to buy split cases for my d10 Fessy?
Anybody knows who makes them?
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Larry Jamieson


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Walton, NY USA
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2017 7:01 am    
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Hatten Cases in Buffalo, NY. Web site link can be found
in the Links at the upper right hand corner of this page.
Open Steel guitar related products.
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Jerry Overstreet


From:
Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2017 9:31 am    
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Lots of choices:

Thomas Case Co. in NC been building cases forever.

Hugh Briley in NC builds nice ones.

For lighter fibre board cases Brand X by Steve Hinson in Nashville.

I believe Red Dirt Cases right there somewhere in Texas can build split ones too.

Links should be found somewhere here in posts etc. in a search.
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Cartwright Thompson


Post  Posted 2 Oct 2017 1:12 pm    
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I highly recommend the fiber cases made by Steve Hinson.
Much lighter and far more protective than hard cases.
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Ron Sodos


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San Antonio, Texas USA
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2017 1:19 pm     How to get hold of Steve Hinson
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I can't find his contact info!
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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2017 1:43 pm    
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Wade Thomas has built me some excellent cases. Very Happy
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Cartwright Thompson


Post  Posted 2 Oct 2017 3:14 pm    
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http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=292722
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Wade Thomas

 

From:
North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2017 3:52 am     split case
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pm sent
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Steve Hinson

 

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Hendersonville Tn USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2017 6:53 am    
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Check your pm,Wade...
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Ron Sodos


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San Antonio, Texas USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2017 7:14 am     Apologies
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I hope I didn't create a problem between 2 reputable professionals by inquiring both ways about cases. If so I truly apologize if my big mouth started a problem!
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Steve Hinson

 

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Hendersonville Tn USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2017 7:35 am     Re: Apologies
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Last edited by Steve Hinson on 4 Oct 2017 6:04 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Wade Thomas

 

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North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2017 9:14 am    
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Hey guys, I am truly sorry if I said anything, anywhere, to offend anyone. I was just saying how a little support can't hurt, and yes I have seen damage before caused by broken supports or improper heights of support blocks or cases that were broken or damaged. At least that was what Emmons blamed it on and steps were taken to prevent it. That was 40 or so years ago and the cases never got blamed again. I have OEM customers that use a foam mat instead of blocks for this reason. I never meant to degrade a fiber case, they are a fine product. I can build fiber cases also and did so 25 years or so ago, just don't see how a little support can hurt.

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Jack Strayhorn

 

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Winston-Salem, NC
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2017 9:33 am    
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In 12 years of shipping literally thousands of instruments the Thomas cases by far protected the instrument from serious damage.
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Wade Thomas

 

From:
North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2017 9:36 am     Apology
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Sorry Steve, please check your pm.
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Steve Hinson

 

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Hendersonville Tn USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2017 1:59 pm    
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Last edited by Steve Hinson on 4 Oct 2017 4:13 pm; edited 3 times in total
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Cartwright Thompson


Post  Posted 4 Oct 2017 2:28 pm    
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Fibre cases put a thick layer of foam around your guitar, hard cases transfer any shocks to the case right to the guitar. It's a no brainer, fiber cases are much more protective than hard cases. The fact that the fiber cases are much lighter is just gravy.
If I was forced to throw my '70 push pull down a flight of stairs, I would put it in one of Steve's cases ( the ones I have were made by Danny Bentley, same difference), it would have a chance of survival, in a hard case it would be destroyed. I've been using the cases I got from Danny for about four years and have beat the crap out of them, they are still just as protective as they were the day I got them.
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Steve Hinson

 

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Hendersonville Tn USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2017 4:11 pm    
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Wade Thomas

 

From:
North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 5 Oct 2017 4:13 am    
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That is why I like foam padding inside a hard case.
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Steve Hinson

 

From:
Hendersonville Tn USA
Post  Posted 5 Oct 2017 10:17 pm    
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No steel guitar or amp(or anything else)has ever been damaged in a Brand X case...

I have,however,had 2 steel guitars seriously damaged in the hard cases they came in.
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Wade Thomas

 

From:
North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 6 Oct 2017 3:32 am    
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I have never said, or heard there had been damage caused by a fiber case, only by improperly constructed or broken hard cases.
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Erv Niehaus


From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 6 Oct 2017 6:21 am    
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Thomas cases for me! Very Happy
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Steve Hinson

 

From:
Hendersonville Tn USA
Post  Posted 6 Oct 2017 3:54 pm    
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Anybody that wants to know what this is all about...

...PM me and I'll tell you...

Steve

Brand X
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Bob Hoffnar


From:
Austin, Tx
Post  Posted 6 Oct 2017 8:05 pm    
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I use my brand x case for fly dates. Took my Emmons bolt on S10 to France and back with no worries.
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Bob
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Steve Hinson

 

From:
Hendersonville Tn USA
Post  Posted 6 Oct 2017 8:42 pm     Thanks...
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Bob Hoffnar wrote:
I use my brand x case for fly dates. Took my Emmons bolt on S10 to France and back with no worries.


Bob,I remember standing in my shop wondering"what have I done"right after I started building cases(first ones i built were mine,so I could see if I could even do it)when the phone rang and it was you AND Will Van Horn and you both ordered cases!The first two orders!

Will has flown his steel to Austrailia multiple times and now you have flown your little S-10 to France in Brand X cases...I made Will a case for his Twin Reverb head and it's got about a million miles on it,I think...

Love you both and thanks for your continued support.

Steve

Brand X
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Wade Thomas

 

From:
North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 7 Oct 2017 3:36 am    
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No secrets here.How this all started was I sent a pm to Ron after my name was mentioned. What I said was that fiber cases are lighter but they give the guitar no structural support and I have seen guitars damaged from cases with improper or broken support blocks. Those are my exact words, which is what I said a few post back and am not trying to hide or change what I said. I did not say a fiber case would cause his guitar damage, only that a hard case offered more support. Sorry if I was wrong for pointing out the advantages of a hard case over a fiber case, there are good and bad things about both cases.

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