Case for an Epiphone Explorer

[Delberthot]

I've had this bass for ages but will shortly finally be putting it back together after months in bits.

Short story is that i bought it, bad paint job, buggered electrics etc. I've used rubbing compound to get rid of the worst of the orange peel, polished it, cleaned the gold hardware, fitted the pickups that were in my Goth Thunderbird and am just waiting on new pots and a pickup selector switch.

I need to get a case or a bag for this. I've tried it in my Roksak case for my thunderbird but its not even close. I've tried rifle cases and keyboard cases but when they get to size I need they are very expensive.

I don't need anything major, I look after my gear and no one touches it except me. a gig bag would do the trick but I've had a good rake and can;t find anything that would do.

The measurements I am using are 127cm x 48cm x 10cm or 50" x 19" x 4" for those who like to work in old money

I'd rather avoid paying the £60 for the Epiphone one and if I can't find a case for it I'm going to have to fire it on Ebay as I really don't want to spend a lot.

Any ideas?

Edited December 7, 2010 by Delberthot

[Big_Stu]

Buy a bog-standard case, one of the tolexed hard-board jobs & rip the guts out of it - then get one of them foam places to cut a sheet of foam to fit it, then if you want to - cover it with fur. I bought mine from The Foam centre on Causewayside in Edinburgh.

You'll lose more than the £60 you don't want to spend on a gig-bag when you sell it on Ebay, bit of a false economy IMHO.

Edited December 7, 2010 by Big_Stu

[Delberthot]

I don't follow - I bought it second hand for less than the going rate for one and got a partial refund when I discovered the problems with it so I'm not going to lose anything if I end up selling it in the event that i can't find a case for it.