So, you sold your house, your land, almost sold your soul to buy the dream guitar of your life – a ’59 Gibson Les Paul. Now, you freak out every time your friends try to come near, or would like to touch it, feel it, play it. Recognize it – you have gear anxiety. You even leave the guitar at home when you go gigging for fear of transport damage, etc., etc.
Yes, forgot to buy the poor thing a guitar flight case!!
ProStageGear Les Paul ATA Flight Case (PS-LP1)
What’s In A Guitar Flight Case?
So, among so many guitar flight cases what are some of the qualities you should look into that sets them apart from other cheap ones? Here are some of the most important aspects you should consider while shopping for ATA Guitar Cases:
Comfortable padding – There is really no use to have a sturdy exterior with strong handles, recessed locks, high profile wheels if your guitar is loose and moves all over inside as the case is being dropped in and out the truck or plane. The ProStageGear ATA guitar cases were tailored around the stock dimensions of your precious guitar (be that a Gibson Les Paul, Fender Strat or Tele or Jazz/P-Bass style), making sure that your instrument has a comfortable plush padding but also a tight fit when the case is closed making it practically immovable no matter how the case is handled.
Les Paul case dimensions
TSA Locks approved latch
TSA approved locks recessed lockable latches – Confess it that while you are traveling or flying, or maybe even while sleeping, you have these nightmares of somebody opening your guitar case just to see what’s inside and even touching the surface or strings, or worst… ok, I’ll shut up. If you don’t want anyone come near or touch your newly polished car, why would you want them touch your guitar with their doughnut greasy fingers? This problem is solved in these instrument cases simply by featuring ProStageGear‘s own designed recessed lockable latches, where you can use TSA approved locks. Your nightmares are gone. Sleep peacefully now.
Low Profile Wheels
High quality low profile wheels – Ok, you land, but discover that the terminal for your next connecting flight is located at the other end of the freakin’ airport. Oh fun! There’s your chance for the exercise you missed for so many days! But why the sweat? ProStageGear added high quality low profile wheels to one end of the ATA guitar case making walking a breeze from one terminal A to terminal Z!
Battleship Grey Color Exterior
Battleship grey exterior – It’s a no-brainer. Having a black exterior instrument case left out in a hot summer sun calls for nothing but trouble. Heck, you can turn that thing into a portable oven! Imagine your guitar baking in there! Not a pleasant thought. While you should NEVER, NEVER, NEVER leave your guitar case out in the sun, having a grey exterior, averages 10 degrees cooler temperature than common black.
High Quality Handle
Strong Handles – The last thing you need while racing from one end to the other of the airport is to have the handle break off your case – which is THE CASE with many other brands! What use is to have a strong guitar case but have flimsy handles on it? In the end they carry all the instrument case‘s weight. Manufacturers are so lost in the details of designing the perfect case that they sometimes forget to build a reliable handle! ProStageGear’s handles are made of thicker metal rod than the usual you would find on others.
The Right Musical Instrument Case
ProStageGear has three guitar cases tailored after the most popular guitars of all times. Of course they will fit same style guitars with no problem at all.
Les Paul Guitar Flight Case
For Gibson Les Paul style guitars there’s the PS-LP1 guitar case:
- Rough inside dims: 41″ x 13″ x 5″
- Weight (net): 25.0 Lbs
- Recessed lockable latches (for TSA approved locks)
- Durable low profile wheels
- Battleship grey exterior.
Fender Strat or Tele style guitar case
For Fender style Stratocaster or Telecaster guitars, there’s the PS-ST1 guitar case:
- Rough inside dims: 40″ x 13″ x 4″
- Weight (net): 24.0 Lbs
- Recessed lockable latches (for TSA approved locks)
- Durable low profile wheels
- Battleship grey exterior.
Electric Jazz/P-Bass guitar flight case
For Jazz/P-Bass guitars, there’s the PS-BC1 bass guitar case:
- Rough inside dims: 47″ x 13″ x 4″
- Weight (net): 27.0 Lbs
- Recessed lockable latches (for TSA approved locks)
- Durable low profile wheels
- Battleship grey exterior.
