Usually at
Haywire Custom Guitars we ship our used guitars without a case but we pack the
instruments very well. The reason for this is because shipping rates have
gotten very high. The extra weight and new rules for dim (dimensional weight)
weight add lots of extra "balloon" charges to a guitar which can sometimes double the
cost of shipping. Just like insurance, a
case does not guarantee perfect delivery. I have photos from UPS to prove that. We don't want to see our customers pay hard earned money and get very little value for it.
We would rather
see our customers save their money on the expense of extra shipping and spendit to buy a case on the other end after they receive their new guitar from
the Haywire Custom Shop. They can benefit from all of their purchase money instead
of handing some of it it over to the shippers. A good used case is not expensive and will
do the job just fine. Some of the players we build guitars for are on the road 24-7 and
when in smaller vehicles they have to use gig bags to cut down on taking up too
much space. So, before you opt for or
feel as if you need a "new
case" for your guitar think about how it will fit in your life-style.
In the 1950-1969
era when guitars began to sky rocket in sales, cases were generally included
with a new purchase. In 1969 I remember seeing a new Telecaster with a hard
shell case for sale in a local music store for $200. Today you can pay close to
that just for a guitar case. Since cases
are no longer always "free" with purchase take time to ask yourself
if you really want to get saddled with carrying a big heavy case to a gig every
night. Maybe a gig bag will work just fine.
Make sense?
Rick Mariner
Haywire Custom Guitars
Inc.
Haywire Custom Shop
