It took several rides under a subway seat. The foam case was stuffed in the trunk with luggage for four people with no worries. I took a vintage Silvertone solid mahogany soprano from WV to DC and then up to NYC, and then reversed the trip. One trip, I took the tenor foam case with a soprano uke and all my clothes. They have a regular inhabitant and then they fill most niches where I need a little more structure around a specific instrument when traveling - usually one that normally lives in a gig bag. Both are Luna brand from Musician Friend. I have one soprano and a one tenor foam hard case. Sure, rail takes longer but is way less stressful to me. I almost think that if I were to travel with a uke, that I'd FedEx it overnight to my destination, in a hard wood case well-cocooned in bubble-wrap just to avoid any hassle at the airport, or if traveling CONUS, just go by rail. The wood, ABS and fiberglass cases are the ONLY kind I would trust to go into the overhead bins on the airplane, and better if it is ALSO 'TSA Rated' just in case I am forced to check it under threat of being bumped/banned from the flight if I refuse. The Uke-Crazy style cases are good for out-and-about to uke jams and open mic nights. To me a padded gig bag is like a dust cover, good for keeping the uke in the closet. I will not debate which case or bag is best for humidity control, because I simply want to avoid that topic. However, I have been lucky to find sales of the tolex-covered wood cases at a discount, and I have reserved those for solid-wood ukes that need a better airtight seal for humidification purposes.
UKELELE GIG BAGS FULL
OTOH, these canvas-covered hard foam cases, have much greater resistance to being snapped in half, and are sold under more than a dozen different brand names, including Kala's Uke Crazy, Lanikai, Musician's Gear, etc and I've bought more than a half dozen sold under different names, and my conclusion is that they all come from the same 1-2 Asian factories, and ALL have the smell of uncured glue (which is easily remedied without chemicals or kitty litter or coffee beans by placing a fan, blowing full blast onto/into a case that's propped open for at least 72 hrs, and then the smell is gone.)įor a hard wood case, I would likely never spend for the Ameritage, or Colton unless my uke itself cost over $800 of which I have none, and same goes for a fiberglass (like Crossrock) case. Sure a gig bag can protect against minor scratches and bumps, but if the headstock gets hit, or the neck is bent back, for that uke, it's just GAME OVER. I think for what you would pay for a nice heavily padded gig bag like a Fusion Bags, Reunion Blues, Mono, or even a Crossrock Hybrid is much more than even the cheapest $25 (from Empire Music in Canada) canvas-covered hard foam cases, and offers LESS protection in such a gig bag as mentioned due to lack of rigidity. Methinks you are bored this morning - it's all good, I'll play along
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