Some readers might know the guitar case story involving Gerry Marsden. His Rickenbacker 360/12 guitar was supplied by the manufacturer at the request of Brian Epstein and despatched to England in 1964 together with John Lennon's 320/12. Marsden used it on in the studio, on stage and on TV including during the recording of Ferry Cross the Mersey. Many of these films are on youtube. It appears that the 360/12 was his only guitar and by 1974 the case was reported so damaged that Gerry's manager suggested it be replaced before departure for a Far East tour. Marsden, a former carpenter, elected to make a new case and after three days labour, the night before departure came to place the instrument inside it for the first time. To his horror he found the guitar wouldn't fit. From what I have read I would say that the case was too short by twice the thickness of the material used to make the sides. In his film Mr. Hovington is shown planning the build with reference to the actual instrument whereas I suspect Marsden merely measured the Rickenbacker and cut the material to length without allowing extra wood at the corners. In desparation, due to depart the next day, Marsden elected to shorten the guitar, cutting about 40mm off the end of the headstock so dislodging the locations for two of the machine heads. As he says in his his book, he knew it would never play properly again. When Marsden reached New Zealand he sold the guitar and it later surfaced strung with only six strings in the hands of Alistair Parker of Bailterspace. Together with his effects the Rickenbacker has an amazing sound which may be judged watching the films where it is used, most notably their Splat single. It is clear that the end of the headstock has been horribly butchered. Subsequently Parker says he lost the guitar when he left it in a New York taxi. It's not been seen again and in the 1990's it was said to be worth around £90000. The lesson surely is to measure twice and cut once.
What a story. It’s oddly relatable cause I also tend to mod and fix gear last minute. Once in desperation I epoxied a neck back in place while trying out a black suit for concert the following night. Still have some tell-take epoxy left on the lapel. The neck is securely in place but it wasn’t pretty :)
No guitar worth $90,000....or £... Been looking to make a case for my guitar though. Had it since 1999 (roughly) & never had a case for it. Way passed due.
Well done. I feel the design could be improved by an inner rim or band 4 to5 mm thick running around the inner perimeter of the top edge of the bottom half of the case. It should protrude about 10mm above the edge. This has two important functions, it keys the lid to the body when shutting and it acts to hinder or prevent ingress of water from splashes, rain etc.
What a wonderful looking case and Instrument! Thank you very much for taking the pains to film, edit and upload this, really appreciated! I'm going to build something using this as a bit of a guide. Again, big gratitude to you, I hope you're doing well.
Wow! Your craftsmanship and attention to detail to even the case is amazing, as much as that to the instrument itself. You, Sir, are a master of your craft. Respect!
Nice! I build a lot of cases for instruments, but not stringed ones. (trumpets, sax, etc,,) The inside is quite a bit different and super custom fit in yours - LOVE IT! Lately, I have made some hardwood ones without the leather but with fancy jointery, like box joints or dovetails. So many people neglect making a nice case, and it is awesome to see someone doing a great job!!! Thanks!
Woooooow. This was so satisfying to watch. Beautiful craftsmanship. I love how the green interior subtly matched the inlays on the fretboard. Awesome job.
I've been trying to think of a way to make a couple of better cases for my guitars/refurbish one of my hard cases. This definitely gave me some much better ideas than I was working with as to how I might go about doing that. Thanks, Tomy!
Great video. Geez, when I take a break I go out back to my modest deck with a cup of coffee and the neighbors dog barks at me incessantly until I go back inside.
Jeremy Sphincter Sorry about that... I try to keep the dogs quiet, but they weren’t trained... I tried to do my part, but the other idiots in the house (yes, my family) refused to lift a finger to help....
Whoa! Dude! Hey, bro, the same thing has been happening a lot to different people all over the place, like, not to say what is or what aint, but that shit was real, bro.
Hello Tomy! Very neat cases and an extremely useful video. I've just bought an old zither with a nice, but rather battered wooden case. I'll need to refurbish it, or even better, make a new one, because the old wood may be mouldy. It looks very time consuming, but the result is awesome. It's well worth the effort. Greetings from Hungary!
Looks great! And for someone who doesnt like most people's choice of music and would rather hear you talking about the process. The music was awesome and very fitting. The only change i would do is offset the handle to the center of gravity. Nice case and vid!
Great looking case! I've been thinking about building custom cases for wind instruments for a while and this gave me some great ideas. Thanks for sharing!
My question is this: how much did you charge the customer for the case and would you continue to do this sort of a custom case build for future clients? I"m a ukulele builder and struggling to find cases that will fit my instrument designs. While this video demonstrates that a builder can probably turn out a case that would be worthy of their instruments, watching the progress and time involved suggests to me that the price I'd need to charge to justify the effort would result in a case that is half the cost of the instrument that would ship in it.
You nailed it. In all honesty I charge materials only to my customer since it was an afterthought. The concern was shipping. Off the cuff I estimated and quoted the case but it turned out the price of the case only covered the materials... extremely time consuming. I now charge at least twice the amount to make one.
I watched this vid several times when it was time to build a case for my electric octave mandolin. It turned out better than I had hoped. Tomy is a true craftsman. I'd like to meet him and shake his hand.
Nice case but that sound track doesn't figure for someone making a mandolin case unless your making it for someone else, but nicely put together video guy...I like the case.Question does it ever get sunny in BC?
Music is hard to get when staying away from property infringements . I think I did a decent job with the music on this one.. personal taste obviously.. Weather… absolutely, it’s gorgeous over here.. ua-cam.com/video/OixCdzkt3lU/v-deo.html
Very nice build . I built one very similar to this and shipped an octave mandolin to the states . I shipped it United Parcel . Somewhere between here in Creston BC and Kansas , the case got one end and the lid ripped off . Fortunately the mandolin was not damaged . Be careful who you ship with .
Thanks... Ive always used FedEx and so far no problems. The furthest I shipped was from Vancouver BC, to Florida and it made it there safely. Thanks for pointing it out though..
In all honesty, too many... It is time consuming... That being said, now that I have the templates, I can get another done in about 16hrs. The glue ups are really time consuming...
@@TomyHovingtonHiking Thanks Tomy - I am a long time guitarmaker but just got a request to make a case for an Indian folk instrument and looked at your video for idea and to see if it would be profitable to take it on.
I feel that case makers are not so easily replaceable. They have their craft dialed in. Of course, I’m sure you could make the one you have been inquired about... It’s just a totally different craft...
Hey man what is that crazy ass fabric you used in the inside called, I think it is the coolest fabric especially used in something like that where the fabric holds vibrant colors
I do like how contact cement work between wood and fabric but it seemed to melt the foam when applied to thick. Maybe spray would work better for the foam.
Awesome video, but how about talking to us once in a while so we know what you are doing and what materials you are using. I'd like to make a case for my Fender Strat. Otherwise awesome video.
As a long-time instrument case maker, I appreciate MUCH of what is shown in this video. However, the techniques shown here for attaching the fabric are quite primitive, and leaves rough looking corners that are just asking to come undone once the case gets used in the real world. This case covering most likely will not stand up to real use in the way that the vintage cases did. The case may be styled to resemble a vintage case, but the people who made those old cases clearly knew better techniques for attaching fabric. Also, a case of this size for a lightweight instrument probably does not need to have thick pine boards for its sides; vintage casemakers commonly used custom laminates and such to reduce weight without losing strength where needed.
do you have any references or videos that you would recommend? My son's old 30's sax case is dying but he loves it, so I was going to rip it apart to either refurb it or make something similar. I can dissect what they have done to reverse engineer the old King case process, but thought I'd ask in case you have other reference material to look at first?
@@davidh3157 , I don't have anything to show or recommend on this. However, if you are digging into a vintage case to repair it, I can say that I have done similarly, and usually stabilize damaged wood with epoxy and other resins that soak into the wood to bind and stabilize it, then sand and put on the new outer coating (cloth, paint, whatever). I use wood glue to adhere the Naugahyde (which is usually what was used back when) to the wood...works better than spray adhesives, but you need to spread it thin and even, and apply the fabric very quickly before the glue dries.
@@youtuuba thanks so much. I have made some small boxes from scratch for non-instrument cases and wrapped with bookbinding materials using thinned PVA, but when I get around to this I will look to trying it out with wood glue. Thanks again!
Stunning video. Your attention to detail in the production of the video alone is worth praise. My step-dad was a furniture builder and upholsterer and your methods took me back 40 years to when I watched him work. Thank you so much for posting.
Lovely to watch your craft in putting together the mandola case. Also loved the BC scenery during your interlude. Luckily my mandola came with a case, but if it didn't I would have liked to have one of yours. Cheers from the UK.
If that's contact cement your using to glue the material and foam padding, you are supposed to apply the glue to each piece being glue, and then wait till three glue dries before actually putting the 2 surfaces together. Other than that you did an outstanding job. Contact cement works differently then regular glue and the 2 surfaces bring glued has to allow the glue to dry before putting them together. Please don't think I am criticizing your work either, as I said earlier, you did a very professional job and the case looks as nice (if not better) than anything you could purchase.
If the contact cement is applied to the upholstery fabric it bleeds right through which is not ideal and if I let it dry on the wood side it didn’t bond very well. I made a few test to check bond with wet surface only on one side. Still holding very well.. I do agree with you though on usual applications for 2 hard surfaces. Thanks for watching and your comment.
@@HovingtonInstruments That makes senses and I didn't think about it being a fabric and absorbing the glue like that. Sorry for any doubt and again, great video.
Great video thanks you've given me a lot of ideas. I need to make some cases for my viola d'amore and i think your pine sides and plywood top and bottm is the way to go. Really nice how you wrapped the outside with cloth. I think Richard christie might be right about some kind of lip on the inside to keep the rain out. I'm thinking maybe a thin ply (3mm) wrapped in some kind of plastified paper or something like that, tacked on the inside of the bottom and sticking up 5/6mm...
Hallo. I see you use glue contact cement only on the one of the two objects and you dont wait but join them immediately. I would like to ask if by this way they are glued strongly, especially on edges, corners etc. Are you doing this so as to have enough time to stretch the fabric? Thanks!!!
so normally I would be like, WTF when you took your break. But this is COVID lockdown week 412 :-) and I really enjoyed the quick break for some nature. I think I will search youtube for some hiking vlogs... lol nice job by the way!!!!!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Check out my brand new UA-cam channel Tomy Hovington Hiking. You might enjoy some of the content . ua-cam.com/channels/PKj0_wa-kgR6uqMCXgbcVQ.html
The pink one is more dense, it is also more expensive. I find the regular yellow foam to be enough for most of the body but like the extra support of the pink foam at the neck.
woah this is incredible work, do you by any chance have links or sources that I or indeed anyone else interested in doing their own case could get those materials? I so wanna do this for my guitar I've got.
Thanks, The wood was from Home Depot (pine and 1/4” ply) The upholstery fabric, faux fur and soft foam from a local fabric store. For adhesive I used contact cement and spray glue. The hardware for mine is from Lee Valley really good selection. Hope this helps...Hope you have fun with your build!
Great build , What kind of wood did you use? I’m planning on building a case for my custom oversized Ggress SG it will fit in a Gibson 335 case but it’s still a snug fit . I’d imagine the wood i need something durable but also light and thin wood any suggestions?
I used pine for this case and a ply for top and bottom. The pine was planned down to 1/2” thick. I guess any soft wood that is on the lighter scale would work.. thanks for watching
Beautiful craftsmanship, on the mandola and the case. I have to make some cases for odd-shaped guitars, and this video is the most helpful I have found! Merci beaucoups!
Some readers might know the guitar case story involving Gerry Marsden.
His Rickenbacker 360/12 guitar was supplied by the manufacturer at the request of Brian Epstein and despatched to England in 1964 together with John Lennon's 320/12.
Marsden used it on in the studio, on stage and on TV including during the recording of Ferry Cross the Mersey. Many of these films are on youtube.
It appears that the 360/12 was his only guitar and by 1974 the case was reported so damaged that Gerry's manager suggested it be replaced before departure for a Far East tour.
Marsden, a former carpenter, elected to make a new case and after three days labour, the night before departure came to place the instrument inside it for the first time.
To his horror he found the guitar wouldn't fit. From what I have read I would say that the case was too short by twice the thickness of the material used to make the sides. In his film Mr. Hovington is shown planning the build with reference to the actual instrument whereas I suspect Marsden merely measured the Rickenbacker and cut the material to length without allowing extra wood at the corners.
In desparation, due to depart the next day, Marsden elected to shorten the guitar, cutting about 40mm off the end of the headstock so dislodging the locations for two of the machine heads. As he says in his his book, he knew it would never play properly again.
When Marsden reached New Zealand he sold the guitar and it later surfaced strung with only six strings in the hands of Alistair Parker of Bailterspace. Together with his effects the Rickenbacker has an amazing sound which may be judged watching the films where it is used, most notably their Splat single. It is clear that the end of the headstock has been horribly butchered. Subsequently Parker says he lost the guitar when he left it in a New York taxi. It's not been seen again and in the 1990's it was said to be worth around £90000.
The lesson surely is to measure twice and cut once.
Love the Story, thanks for taking the time to add this comment 👌
Edit ( I just pinned it for everyone’s enjoyment).
What a story. It’s oddly relatable cause I also tend to mod and fix gear last minute. Once in desperation I epoxied a neck back in place while trying out a black suit for concert the following night. Still have some tell-take epoxy left on the lapel. The neck is securely in place but it wasn’t pretty :)
@@niklashedstrom762 Pete Townshend tells stories of glueing guitars back together. From what I've read I'd say he was talking about Cascamite.
No guitar worth $90,000....or £...
Been looking to make a case for my guitar though. Had it since 1999 (roughly) & never had a case for it. Way passed due.
Well done.
I feel the design could be improved by an inner rim or band 4 to5 mm thick running around the inner perimeter of the top edge of the bottom half of the case. It should protrude about 10mm above the edge. This has two important functions, it keys the lid to the body when shutting and it acts to hinder or prevent ingress of water from splashes, rain etc.
That’s a very good idea, and I already have this rim going the whole way but kept it short of the top.. makes a lot of sense to have it higher..
What a wonderful looking case and Instrument! Thank you very much for taking the pains to film, edit and upload this, really appreciated! I'm going to build something using this as a bit of a guide. Again, big gratitude to you, I hope you're doing well.
Beautiful. Love that rubber band trick to hold those boxes together during assembly.
Wow! Your craftsmanship and attention to detail to even the case is amazing, as much as that to the instrument itself. You, Sir, are a master of your craft. Respect!
Nice! I build a lot of cases for instruments, but not stringed ones. (trumpets, sax, etc,,) The inside is quite a bit different and super custom fit in yours - LOVE IT! Lately, I have made some hardwood ones without the leather but with fancy jointery, like box joints or dovetails. So many people neglect making a nice case, and it is awesome to see someone doing a great job!!! Thanks!
Woooooow. This was so satisfying to watch. Beautiful craftsmanship. I love how the green interior subtly matched the inlays on the fretboard. Awesome job.
Thanks Thomas, I love your enthusiasm!! Glad it hit the spot !
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I've been trying to think of a way to make a couple of better cases for my guitars/refurbish one of my hard cases. This definitely gave me some much better ideas than I was working with as to how I might go about doing that. Thanks, Tomy!
Really happy the video can be useful .. thanks for watching!
The case is a work of art in itself! Beautiful mandolin also!
Great video. Geez, when I take a break I go out back to my modest deck with a cup of coffee and the neighbors dog barks at me incessantly until I go back inside.
Jeremy Sphincter
Sorry about that... I try to keep the dogs quiet, but they weren’t trained... I tried to do my part, but the other idiots in the house (yes, my family) refused to lift a finger to help....
Whoa! Dude! Hey, bro, the same thing has been happening a lot to different people all over the place, like, not to say what is or what aint, but that shit was real, bro.
Great Job!!! Super video.... Looking into making a case my self... thanks for the inspiration.
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Thank you for posting this video. I'm wanting to build a custom case for my vintage Martin trumpet. You have helped me so much...again thank you
Hello Tomy! Very neat cases and an extremely useful video. I've just bought an old zither with a nice, but rather battered wooden case. I'll need to refurbish it, or even better, make a new one, because the old wood may be mouldy. It looks very time consuming, but the result is awesome. It's well worth the effort.
Greetings from Hungary!
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Looks great! And for someone who doesnt like most people's choice of music and would rather hear you talking about the process. The music was awesome and very fitting. The only change i would do is offset the handle to the center of gravity. Nice case and vid!
Amazing work, where did you purchase the hardware you used on the exterior for the corners of the box, latches, and handle?
Great looking case! I've been thinking about building custom cases for wind instruments for a while and this gave me some great ideas. Thanks for sharing!
Glad this is useful.. Would love to see them once you made them.. Happy building!
My question is this: how much did you charge the customer for the case and would you continue to do this sort of a custom case build for future clients? I"m a ukulele builder and struggling to find cases that will fit my instrument designs. While this video demonstrates that a builder can probably turn out a case that would be worthy of their instruments, watching the progress and time involved suggests to me that the price I'd need to charge to justify the effort would result in a case that is half the cost of the instrument that would ship in it.
You nailed it.
In all honesty I charge materials only to my customer since it was an afterthought. The concern was shipping.
Off the cuff I estimated and quoted the case but it turned out the price of the case only covered the materials... extremely time consuming.
I now charge at least twice the amount to make one.
Beautiful! However, anybody can make a case. How in the world do you make those floppy kites?
What type of foam? It looks nice and dense. Where do I get it?
When you took a break I did drugs 👍 more channels should add halftime
I watched this vid several times when it was time to build a case for my electric octave mandolin. It turned out better than I had hoped. Tomy is a true craftsman. I'd like to meet him and shake his hand.
Glad to see the video was helpful. Thanks for your feedback, I would be happy to skate your hand 👍
Nice case but that sound track doesn't figure for someone making a mandolin case unless your making it for someone else, but nicely put together video guy...I like the case.Question does it ever get sunny in BC?
Music is hard to get when staying away from property infringements . I think I did a decent job with the music on this one.. personal taste obviously..
Weather… absolutely, it’s gorgeous over here.. ua-cam.com/video/OixCdzkt3lU/v-deo.html
Very nice build . I built one very similar to this and shipped an octave mandolin to the states . I shipped it United Parcel . Somewhere between here in Creston BC and Kansas , the case got one end and the lid ripped off . Fortunately the mandolin was not damaged . Be careful who you ship with .
Thanks... Ive always used FedEx and so far no problems. The furthest I shipped was from Vancouver BC, to Florida and it made it there safely. Thanks for pointing it out though..
So good, well done... which material are you cutting at min 2:58? Is that a kind of hard foam? Thanks
Yes it’s 3” rigid white foam.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it
How many hours do you think you have in the case? Thanks!
In all honesty, too many...
It is time consuming...
That being said, now that I have the templates, I can get another done in about 16hrs.
The glue ups are really time consuming...
@@TomyHovingtonHiking Thanks Tomy - I am a long time guitarmaker but just got a request to make a case for an Indian folk instrument and looked at your video for idea and to see if it would be profitable to take it on.
I feel that case makers are not so easily replaceable. They have their craft dialed in.
Of course, I’m sure you could make the one you have been inquired about...
It’s just a totally different craft...
Follow up: have you ever made a case for a nyckelharpa?
Same question for the foam ... what type of Glue, & where did you get it from?
vinyl acetate, we are guitar case factory, so I know it well.you can ask me
great job!!!!👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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please..
where you get the inner green fabric??
kind regards
The green fabric I bought from my local fabric store. It’s labeled “faux fur”
Different colours and quality levels too...
@@HovingtonInstruments greaaat!
thx bro
Phenomenal job!!!
Take this from someone who wasn't careful and is paying the price now; wear a dust mask!
Hey man what is that crazy ass fabric you used in the inside called, I think it is the coolest fabric especially used in something like that where the fabric holds vibrant colors
It’s faux fur comes in lots of colours too
@@HovingtonInstruments awesome, you spelt color wrong
www.grammarly.com/blog/color-colour/
@@HovingtonInstruments American english is superior, just kidding I know you guys spell it with a u I thought it would be fun to mess with you
peanut butter weights > regular weights
i want to make one. to bad i need to skin chewbacca
I fucking love boxes! ❤
If you don't mind, what was the adhesive you used to cover the case with that fabric?
Contact cement
The case looks great! I might copy your idea, I hope that’s OK cheers
Absolutely, have a fun build!
Lovely looking case, very classy :)
Lovey Tomy. I have a Telecaster without a hard case. Now I know what to do. Best video I've seen yet on how it's done properly.
Thanks, let me know how your build went..
thanks Tomy ! Perfect job! The old atmosphear is coming in 2021 with your case!
Looks fantastic. I would think solid wood would be too heavy for a case, even though its obviously strong? How much does this case weigh?
Very beautiful case. I am planning on making one for my wifes banjolele. what were the dimensions of the box?
Hey buddy which fabric did you used to cover the box from out side, It looks awesome!
Thanks, it’s upholstery fabric. Lots of different colours and patterns..
Excellent build!! No-one ever died from Overkill build!
Cheers, BF
Totally agree Bill! Thanks for watching
Thank you for sharing this video! I'm planning a similar build for a lap steel guitar. Do you recommend using contact cement over spray adhesive?
I do like how contact cement work between wood and fabric but it seemed to melt the foam when applied to thick. Maybe spray would work better for the foam.
Awesome video, but how about talking to us once in a while so we know what you are doing and what materials you are using. I'd like to make a case for my Fender Strat. Otherwise awesome video.
As a long-time instrument case maker, I appreciate MUCH of what is shown in this video. However, the techniques shown here for attaching the fabric are quite primitive, and leaves rough looking corners that are just asking to come undone once the case gets used in the real world. This case covering most likely will not stand up to real use in the way that the vintage cases did. The case may be styled to resemble a vintage case, but the people who made those old cases clearly knew better techniques for attaching fabric. Also, a case of this size for a lightweight instrument probably does not need to have thick pine boards for its sides; vintage casemakers commonly used custom laminates and such to reduce weight without losing strength where needed.
do you have any references or videos that you would recommend? My son's old 30's sax case is dying but he loves it, so I was going to rip it apart to either refurb it or make something similar. I can dissect what they have done to reverse engineer the old King case process, but thought I'd ask in case you have other reference material to look at first?
@@davidh3157 , I don't have anything to show or recommend on this. However, if you are digging into a vintage case to repair it, I can say that I have done similarly, and usually stabilize damaged wood with epoxy and other resins that soak into the wood to bind and stabilize it, then sand and put on the new outer coating (cloth, paint, whatever). I use wood glue to adhere the Naugahyde (which is usually what was used back when) to the wood...works better than spray adhesives, but you need to spread it thin and even, and apply the fabric very quickly before the glue dries.
@@youtuuba thanks so much. I have made some small boxes from scratch for non-instrument cases and wrapped with bookbinding materials using thinned PVA, but when I get around to this I will look to trying it out with wood glue. Thanks again!
Awesome job my friend..
Nice demonstration. Thank you. Now I feel confident to have a go
Lovely work there Tomy! Great job. Nice bit of holiday scenery to break the vid up a bit. :)
Thanks Matt, I wasn’t sure if I should put the little holiday interlude. Thanks for the feedback
Great job. What are those tiny clamps? I like them so much.
Stunning video. Your attention to detail in the production of the video alone is worth praise. My step-dad was a furniture builder and upholsterer and your methods took me back 40 years to when I watched him work. Thank you so much for posting.
Thanks Robert for your comment. Glad it brought back memories:)
what kinda glue is that?
Awsume Job, & video! i'm for sure gonna make a case for my Fender squire Jaguar guitar. save $150, thanks!
what is the name of the green fabric used to line the inside of the case?
It’s called faux fur, should be available at a local fabric store
Lovely to watch your craft in putting together the mandola case. Also loved the BC scenery during your interlude. Luckily my mandola came with a case, but if it didn't I would have liked to have one of yours. Cheers from the UK.
Do you have a materials list for this project?
No I don’t have one. I made a rough material list prior and ended with leftovers..
Never made one for nyckelharpa
Excellent video!! Very helpful.
If that's contact cement your using to glue the material and foam padding, you are supposed to apply the glue to each piece being glue, and then wait till three glue dries before actually putting the 2 surfaces together.
Other than that you did an outstanding job. Contact cement works differently then regular glue and the 2 surfaces bring glued has to allow the glue to dry before putting them together.
Please don't think I am criticizing your work either, as I said earlier, you did a very professional job and the case looks as nice (if not better) than anything you could purchase.
If the contact cement is applied to the upholstery fabric it bleeds right through which is not ideal and if I let it dry on the wood side it didn’t bond very well.
I made a few test to check bond with wet surface only on one side.
Still holding very well..
I do agree with you though on usual applications for 2 hard surfaces.
Thanks for watching and your comment.
@@HovingtonInstruments
That makes senses and I didn't think about it being a fabric and absorbing the glue like that. Sorry for any doubt and again, great video.
Awesome job, that looks Amazing!
Thank you Kesey
How much please
Great video thanks you've given me a lot of ideas. I need to make some cases for my viola d'amore and i think your pine sides and plywood top and bottm is the way to go. Really nice how you wrapped the outside with cloth. I think Richard christie might be right about some kind of lip on the inside to keep the rain out. I'm thinking maybe a thin ply (3mm) wrapped in some kind of plastified paper or something like that, tacked on the inside of the bottom and sticking up 5/6mm...
Hallo. I see you use glue contact cement only on the one of the two objects and you dont wait but join them immediately. I would like to ask if by this way they are glued strongly, especially on edges, corners etc.
Are you doing this so as to have enough time to stretch the fabric?
Thanks!!!
With the fabric I used and the test I made, if applied on the fabric side it seeps through and shows on the outside final look.
Much too fast. 😢
que agradable sujeto
godamn! thats one sexy guitar case!
Thank you sir!
Really really good
coool
Nice job !!!.
Killer work.
so normally I would be like, WTF when you took your break. But this is COVID lockdown week 412 :-) and I really enjoyed the quick break for some nature. I think I will search youtube for some hiking vlogs... lol
nice job by the way!!!!!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Check out my brand new UA-cam channel Tomy Hovington Hiking. You might enjoy some of the content .
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@@HovingtonInstruments just subscribed for some hiking fun... let's GOOOO!!!
Very nice
Beautiful work!
Glorious!
Excellent
Super accurate job. Really brilliant !!
What type of glue did you use to glue the fabric on top of it...?
Nice!
nice
This is very impressive Tomy. Is there a difference between the pink foam under the neck and the yellow under the body, or I can use the same?
The pink one is more dense, it is also more expensive. I find the regular yellow foam to be enough for most of the body but like the extra support of the pink foam at the neck.
That rubber band move was cool!
What are the fabrics you used for the inside and outside?
Outside is upholstery and inside is faux fur. Thanks for watching
Awesome thanks! I’m planning on making a case for my acoustic guitar similar to this!
In fact, outside use leather,inside use plush
How much does the f5 case cost?
Unfortunately, at this point in time, due to increasing prices in materials. I am not taking any orders.
Thanks for your interest..🙂
Absolutely Awesome Build!!!! Nice Work!! ~cheers
Thanks John 😊
Proper job. Breaks ain't young forever, glad you got to enjoy your break.
was much needed.
Glad you enjoyed the video
Nice work. I bet the nicest wrapped Christmas gifts come from you!
Hahahaha, actually my wife’s wrapping is way better than mine ;)
woah this is incredible work, do you by any chance have links or sources that I or indeed anyone else interested in doing their own case could get those materials? I so wanna do this for my guitar I've got.
Thanks,
The wood was from Home Depot (pine and 1/4” ply)
The upholstery fabric, faux fur and soft foam from a local fabric store.
For adhesive I used contact cement and spray glue.
The hardware for mine is from Lee Valley really good selection.
Hope this helps...Hope you have fun with your build!
Tomy Hovington sounds wicked, can’t wait to get started, thanks dude!! :-)
Great build ,
What kind of wood did you use?
I’m planning on building a case for my custom oversized Ggress SG it will fit in a Gibson 335 case but it’s still a snug fit .
I’d imagine the wood i need something durable but also light and thin wood any suggestions?
I used pine for this case and a ply for top and bottom. The pine was planned down to 1/2” thick. I guess any soft wood that is on the lighter scale would work.. thanks for watching
Classy!
I should try this same idea for my microkorg case! Thanks for the great advice.
Beautiful craftsmanship, on the mandola and the case. I have to make some cases for odd-shaped guitars, and this video is the most helpful I have found! Merci beaucoups!
Bienvenue, glad the video is helpful 👍
How much would you charge someone to make a case ?
Just ballpark... for a big gretsch.
For any inquiries please contact me through my website.
Thanks for the interest
www.hovingtoninstruments.com/contact.html
Love the way u used the shape of the Mandolin to make a better fit case!
What time of wood you used?
Very nice. I'll be using some of your techniques building a case for an antique rifle.
Glad to hear the video will be helpful! 👍
Can you tell me what kind of foam that is and where I might get it? Bless you
I use 3” foam from the hardware store for the overall shape and fabric store foam at the bottom and top.
I'm building a case for a guitar just now, and this will be mighty helpful.
Glad to hear this will be helpful 👍
Wow! Such great craftsmanship and attention to details. Had fun watching this. Thanks! Great job!
Thanks for watching 😊
i hope i become a garage shop-having boomer
Its very cool👍 very neatly done
thoroughly enjoyed this video!
Thanks for your feedback, glad you enjoyed it 👍
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