mikesr1963
Gonna walk my dog, you?
Got this cheap for $49 on the Father's Day sale. I've bought 5 of these over the last 15 years and each time they have lessened in quality. My first came in black and was made like the tweed case with heavy vinyl ends and tolex middle. The next two were similar to the one picture but the corners are more square. The wood used was heavy because it didn't flex. My son still uses it. In fact 13 years ago he strapped two leather belts around it and used it as a flight case for his guitar on a trip to South America and it came back solid. The one after that had a lighter grade of tolex and after a couple years the glue started to fail and I've had to use duct tape on it. Still, the wood was heavy and there was no flex. The one I got today 6/20/16, is floppy when opened. The stitching around the top has long loops with gaps of black as long as the stitches. The others I have like this have tight, short stitching with no gaps. The handle has been down graded as well. Sadly, when on sale they are no longer the bang for the buck cases I've gotten in the past. I'll try and remember to add pictures to this later, but now I have to go.