No Case?

[outlawten5]

I have bought a couple SoCals in the last couple years. You would think a $900 guitar would come with a case. I have a Demartini also that came without a hard case. Does this bother anyone else?

[Number Of The Priest]

The original 2008-2010 American run of Production Models (San Dimas and So-Cal models) did not come with cases either. They came with gigbags. These guitars + gigbags were USD$999 at the beginning, USD$1099 towards the end.

Only the 2010-2011 Japanese run of Pro-Mods came with SKB hardshell cases (SKB 90915000 (Charvel-branded)).

My 2009 American So-Cal didn't, while my 2011 Japanese So-Cal (which is essentially identical in specifications and build quality) did.

I don't believe the 2012-onwards Mexican Pro-Mods came with cases.

[paranoid]

It bothers me, But I have soooooooooo many guitar cases where would I put them! I have like 60 guitar cases and hang all my guitars (almost 100) on the wall or ceilings. I have to store the guitar cases in the garage. The gig bags are way easier to store (they fold up) and I use cases I already have when I go out and play (which lately I haven't done anyways).

[VitaminG]

I'd rather get $900 worth of guitar for my $900, rather than an $800 guitar with an overpriced "free" case. For an expensive guitar, I'd absolutely agree

[outlawten5]

I actually traded a white SoCal even for the Demartini and kept the SKB case so I do have one. But my OCD likes every guitar to have it's own case. And I only have 7 guitars. lol All valid posts.

[Number Of The Priest]

I'm OCD like you, especially since I store my guitars in their cases. I might be more OCD in that I'm always trying to look out on the used market for inexpensive, brand-matching cases, and/or better-fitting ones than the spare/empty generic cases I keep around to temporarily house GAS purchases that don't come with cases.

[outlawten5]

Haha, I bought a generic case a couple years ago for cheap in anticipation of a Kelly purchase. Craigslist find. Fits v's, RR's, Kelly's, etc... And I just bought the Jackson case from GC tonight.

[Vass]

That gigbag that came with the USA is strange. The bag itself is fine, but each of the zipper pulls fractured and fell apart in my hands within a few months. Crappy pot metal. Really just came apart like a cracker would.

[gnarzan]

Not having a solid case for a guitar makes me a bit worried. I recently snagged a jackson gigbag so I could carry my guitar backpack style, but I am so scared about chipping the points on my kelly. If you just have a square opening generic case it is pretty easy to trace your guitar onto some foam and fit it into the hole to have a custom form fitted case! I covered the foam with fabric and it has been great.

[pianoguyy]

If it is something like a SoCal, there is no need for a case.
It is a standard Strat body. Standard Strat headstock.
We can buy a case to suit our needs.

Something like my V ... I had tried 3 different cases that didn't fit. And I was just about to buy an "official" case when I got lucky and found one for sale at a pawn shop at a fraction of the price.
Or any Jackson, where the backwards tilt of the headstock doesn't allow a guitar to sit properly in a "generic" case the way it would a Fender or Ibanez with a flat headstock... they should have cases.

[wilkinsi]

I think the only thing that bothers me when buying a Jackson guitar is the shop doesn't keep any Jackson cases in stock. You have to place an order, and asking for an approx ETA is met with a sarcastic "how long is a piece of string" and my response being "Fine, I'll buy from somewhere else then".

[Cliff]

I bought my Charvel Model 6 in Denmark Street, London in 86. They told me it didn't come with a case, and so I wound up paying extra for the cheapest hard case they sold. It wasn't until I joined this site many years later I discovered it should have come with a case after all. (Guitar cost around 800 pounds at the time, if I remember rightly.)

[Black Shadow]

I have bought a couple SoCals in the last couple years. You would think a $900 guitar would come with a case. I have a Demartini also that came without a hard case. Does this bother anyone else?

It does come with a case.......when it's a $1050 guitar.