Jo King, Inuendo? In my what? Nice work there...

Hard case stuff: A friend of a friend, an acquaintance to me, owns a Fender Strat (sunburst '58) which once belonged to Robbie Robertson and was therefore likely played by other notables. Tres cool guitar. Original case. Carrying the guitar in its original case is folly though, because the case is battered beyond providing reasonable protection. (Broken latches, parted seams, missing handle, and so on.) A new molded Fender case would be all he needs to do the job if he doesn't mind separating the two life partners.

I never really thought much about this until last night when I saw an old friend doing the same thing, carrying a custom guitar in a case which gave up the ghost years ago.

To think of it now, I've seen alot of this. As if to separate a guitar from its original case is like taking a child from its mother. When a case is beyond repair, get a new one. The whole point is to provide protection. If duct tape, cord, and stickers are holding the case together, what's holding the guitar together?

No denying that there's something cool, romantic even, about the road-weary case, but I'd rather protect the instrument.

Mooh.