A Hardcase For Thumb Nt 5 - Skb Gigbag Case?

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Hi,

I'm on the lookout for a hardcase for my Thumb, for air travel. I am aware of the rockcase, but 1) it is very expensive, and 2) my brother has an old Thumb hardcase that is hellishly heavy.

Thus, I was looking for options, and came across this:

https://www.thomann.de/intl/skb_r44_electric_bass_save.htm

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Does anyone have any experience with these cases? Are they a nice fit for Warwicks?
 
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I have a standard SKB case and it's great you just need to use a little bit of creative foam cutting to get the Thumb to fit tight.
 
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Hi,

I'm on the lookout for a hardcase for my Thumb, for air travel. I am aware of the rockcase, but 1) it is very expensive, and 2) my brother has an old Thumb hardcase that is hellishly heavy.

Thus, I was looking for options, and came across this:

https://www.thomann.de/intl/skb_r44_electric_bass_save.htm

preview.jpg


Does anyone have any experience with these cases? Are they a nice fit for Warwicks?

You should check this one for sale on Reverb for super cheap! Even if you don't want a used one, the seller describes it's use. It appears to be an outer cover and designed to be used in conjunction with a gig bag. Check it out:

SKB 44RW Bass Safe. Damaged latch, still works great! FREE Gig Bag Included!
 

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The wheeled case in question is weird, maybe too weird.
I own one and I can't really remember why I bought it.
It's verrrrry worth avoiding. It just doesn't matter
whether you can fit a Thumb in it cuz ... DON'T do it !
SKB calls it a "Bass Safe" but it's a "Bass UNsafe".

The only "padding" is a pair of very stiff "hard foam"
rails, running the length of the interior, one on each
side. If you insert a naked bass it will rattle around
in there.

It seems the idea is the bass should be in a gig bag to
provide some padding, and the hard foam rails are there
to stiffen the sides of the case, and also to "snug up"
the bagged bass ... cuz without those rails the case is
overly roomy even for a bagged bass.

If everything worked according to design, the shell is
protecting your bagged bass during rough transport and
then you extract the bagged bass at your destination
and hit your gig.

But if your gig bag is reasonably well padded, the bass
in-gig-bag is too bulky to shove in between the inner
rails. It might work with an unpadded bag or minimally
padded bag ... with nothing in the bag's outer pockets.

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ABOUT AIR TRAVEL [bad news] :


All in all, not a greatly practical thing. But if you
use it regardless of all the hassle, don't consider it
as a "Flight Case" even tho it's exterior has the "no
snag" design of a flight case. There is NO WAY you can
trust airport security to figger out how to open up all
this mess and then put it back together properly, which
is a very tricky procedure requiring some patience, and
maybe more than two hands. IOW, while the exterior may
protect a bagged bass during rough transit, the risk of
damage during the inspection is too risky. It's not as
safe as the standard flip open hard case where he puts
your case on the inspection counter, opens the hinged
top, sees a bass instead of a Kalashnikov and he closes
the lid and latches the familiar latches.
 
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Wow you found an even more annoying way to format your messages, respect. ;)
 
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