Help/advice from D30 owners with non-Guild guitar cases

[Guild Dawg]

Looking for some advice from D30 owners who had to find a substitute or replacement case, or who bought their guitars without a Guild factory case.

If your Guild D30 is nestled in a non-Guild case that you're satisfied with, how about giving me all the pertinent information so I can get one just like it for the 1993 D30 I just bought for my son?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

 

[plaidseason]

I've previously used a TKL Profressional for a a DCE1 I used to own and it worked perfectly:

http://www.finecases.com/about/tkl-case-series.html

-Chris

 

[Guild Dawg]

I've previously used a TKL Profressional for a a DCE1 I used to own and it worked perfectly

Hey Chris -- how did you find the one that fit? Did you go through a dealer or call somebody at TKL or did you go somewhere where they stock them and lay the guitar in each case until you found the right one?

I don't want to go through the rigamarole of ordering a case and sending it back when it doesn't fit (or paying a restocking fee). Some of the measurements provided on some of these guitar case I see online don't seem very exact.

Again, I'm looking for a D30 case. Unless I mismeasured, the guitar's dimensions (in inches) are as follows:

42.5 total length
16.0 lower bout
11.75 upper bout
5.75 depth
21.5 body length

 

[GardMan]

I have a TKL 7815 that I use for my G-37 (essentially an older version of the D-30) and D-25 (my guitars are all kept out... so right now I am short a case or 2). I got it locally, so took my guitar in another case for a test fit. It is a flat top case, which won't offer the protection of an arch top. But if you don't plan to fly with it, it may serve your purpose for less $$$.

I think someone had one of these for an arched back D-25... if so, it should also fit a D-30.

One thing to remember... that lovely Guild headstock is larger than that of your typical acoustic guitar. It often requires a 6/12 string case to fit lengthwise.

Good luck!
Dave

 

[bruzmuse]

I bought a pristine D30 AB off eBay and the guy was pulling it out of the case he had it in to get it ready to ship to me. He caught the very top of the headstock on the inside liner of the case (non-Guild) and pulled a tiny piece of the finish off. Not a huge deal sort of, not really noticeable but now the guitar did have a tiny flaw. He was great, owned up and knocked a few bucks off the selling price. Very honorable.
The guitar got shipped, I unpacked it and it was in a case that was just too short for the guitar. Fotunately I had an extra Guild case that I put it in and that it gave it a couple of inches room at the headstock from the top of the case.

I'm just glad it didn't get damaged in shipping being such a tight fit!

The case that he shipped it in now houses my travel Yamaha FG730S guitar perfectly.

The Guild headstocks are large comparitively. Just a fact.

Bru

 

[plaidseason]

It was a number of years ago, but I believe I ordered from fqms.com. The 6/12 suggestion is good advice.

-Chris

 

[Guild Dawg]

Good tips! Thanks for your input.

I'm looking at maybe a Gator GWE-DREAD 12 as a possibility:
http://www.music123.com/Gator-GWE-DREAD ... 8.Music123

 

[Guild Dawg]

For those of you who may be in my position, seeking a case capable of comfortably and safely accommodating your Guild arch-backed acoustics, let me eliminate one case from the list of possible solutions.

The GWE-DREAD-12 by Gator definitely does not fit a 1993 D30. It is not deep enough for me to close the case without pressing down, so that's unacceptable. Here's the case I bought that turned out to be wrong (slightly dinged -- would've been a decent deal if only it was 1.0-1.5 inches deeper):
http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/ ... D=31051711

That said, is there anybody out there interested in a good deal on a nearly new guitar case?

"Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward." - Thomas Edison.

 

[drive-south]

Years ago I bought a D25-12 through the local want advertiser and it did not have a case. I called Mandolin Bros and had them ship me a tweed-covered case that fit perfectly. I'm not sure what brand and model the case was but Mandolin Bros has been a Guild dealer forever and they knew what cases fit my guitar. The D25-12 has an arched back just like the D30 (I've got 2 of those) so they are interchangeable.

drive-south