Remember Nick Calder? He's the guy who was designing a new kind of guitar case, and blogging along the way. He's now gone into production, and his design has radically changed - from a kind of high-tech space rifle thing to a very elegant and phenomenally expensive case. It's made from carbon fibre covered in fine leather, and lined with hand-painted silk velver. It costs £3,525 inc vat. It's a shame the cabinet are so cheap - I'm sure Tony Blair would really love one of these as a leaving present. Nick is also producing violin cases (if you've got a £3m Stradivarius, this case is a bargain) and a £2020 laptop case. Calder Originals.
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Some new shots of that Calder guitar case - which look great. Nick says that this is strictly a prototype, that the real thing will be lined with velour/fur like a normal case.
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Former TV exec and Music Thing reader Nick Comer-Calder has designed a high-tech guitar case that's very Mandarina Duck. This is his R&D website, which also comes with a blog. At the moment it's still in pre-production, but he hopes to manufacture before the end of 2005 from a recyclable, ultra-strong, ultra light weight material called CURV, which is a kind of poor man's carbon fibre. It's possible they'll be built in China, but ideally he wants twin plants in the US and UK, to cut down on pollution from transport. Price should be around £200, which makes them a lot cheaper than the current Rolls-Royce guitar case, Calton who make built-to-order fiberglass cases for $700+.
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