Has anyone been able to track down a reasonable, good enough or better case for an ES-125?
If so please let me know...I am somewhat dubious about comments I have read that a 175 case would also suit a 125.
regards
Steve Mars
Has anyone been able to track down a reasonable, good enough or better case for an ES-125?
If so please let me know...I am somewhat dubious about comments I have read that a 175 case would also suit a 125.
regards
Steve Mars
Pics on google for ES125 show something similar to PBG ES-5V which has single neck PUP and no cutaways and then other pics which look similar to PBG ES-2V which to me looks a close match to ES175. A case for ES335 might work too.
On prior build threads going way back someone mentioned that large bodied acoustic guitar cases are the go for these babies. You may need to take the kit into a guitar shop to what it fits into. Had to do the same on my EX-5 before realising no hard cases available in OZ that were big enough so ended up with a gig bag from Amazon that came from USA.
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# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
# 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
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# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
ES-335 cases will be too thin. I've got a Gator 335 case and there simply isn't enough depth in it, especially as the shaped padding thins the case around the neck joint area. It would probably fit an ES-125T or TC but not the full-fat version.
TKL do an expensive generic archtop hard case, but you'll need to do some measuring on the guitar before buying anything remotely. There is an Ibanez AFC100C case for the Ibanez archtop jazz series of guitars (case made by TKL) which should fit - but youd need to find some dimensions of the Ibanez AF range and see how comparable they are.
What about a standard acoustic guitar case, you could pad it out if it was too big...
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I tried my ES5 in my Gretsch case (thinline) way too thin, also been keeping an eye out for a hard case for it.
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How about building one? I've built 2 now for my oddly shaped guitars and it's really not that difficult...
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OK, so that establishes that this is a thick body and not a thin bodied single cutaway ES125 lookalike. Regular acoustic guitar hard case should be the go as they are deeper and outside dimensions should
Building one is an option but you can buy cheaper than what it costs just for materials.
# 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
# 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
# 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
# 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
# 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
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Build 15 PBG-2-
Build 14 FTD-1
Build 13 RD-1 Kustom
Build 12 DM-1S
Build 11 MKA-2 -
Build 10 Basic strat
Build 9 JM Kustom
Build 8 FV-1G
Build 7 ES-2V
Build 6- Community prototype
Build 5 LP-1LQ
Build 4 ES-5V
Build 3 JR-1
Build 2 GD-1
Build 1 TLA-1
my prob is I always over build stuff, then I need a team of sherpa's with yaks to move stuff.
Build 19 PSH-1 Kustom
Build 18 HB-4S Kustom
Build 17 WL-1 Kustom
Build 16 TL-1TB Kustom
Build 15 PBG-2-
Build 14 FTD-1
Build 13 RD-1 Kustom
Build 12 DM-1S
Build 11 MKA-2 -
Build 10 Basic strat
Build 9 JM Kustom
Build 8 FV-1G
Build 7 ES-2V
Build 6- Community prototype
Build 5 LP-1LQ
Build 4 ES-5V
Build 3 JR-1
Build 2 GD-1
Build 1 TLA-1
In my case (!?), building one was the cheapest option; the ply cost bugger-all - 1 sheet of 3ply @ about $21/sheet, scrap timber was used for bracing and sides and I picked up an unfinished roll of vinyl off eBay for pennies. The major cost was the form fitted foam insert but even that wasn't especially expensive from your friendly local rubber shop! I used a sound proofing type foam rubber that is quite dense and easily workable, and cost - from memory, about $25.
Hell, yes, it's heavy! But not unmanageable.
By contrast, the cheapest case I could find to fit my pointies was the Gator Extreme with the movable internal blocks which was eye-wateringly expensive and not available in Australia at the time!
However, yes; if your guitar is not a weirdo shape, then a generic case will be cheaper than building one...
Last edited by corsair; 25-02-2017 at 06:19 AM.
"If it's Blues music in a bar and it helps people swallow their drink of choice, or it's a dance song and people get up off their chairs and shuffle their feet, or it's a Jazz tune and the Chardonnay tastes so much better... then it's all good."
- Marcel