I got one of the NS's over the christmass holidays thinking that it would be portable because it was supposed to be able to fit in an overhead storage compartment on planes, of course with the new airline regulations they wouldn't let me take it on the plane. Anyway, I can't seem to find a hardshell case anywhere, at least online. And I think I wouldn't have to pay the 500 dollars they ask at NS. Does anyone know where to get these things?

Check out rifle cases. I've seen a couple of Azola guys using a double-shotgun/rifle case to hold the bass and all of the trappings. If it breaks down, like the Alter Ego, you can also check out travel/check-on cases for golf clubs.

I'm going to try and make one from PVC pipe from my local plumbing store that I can just slide the gigbag into. Should be able to do this for cheep..
I checked a bit into the golf and rifle cases. I didn't immediately see one long enough to accomodate the NS. Maybe there's a ski case that would work?

[QUOTE=BassZen]I got one of the NS's over the christmass holidays thinking that it would be portable because it was supposed to be able to fit in an overhead storage compartment on planes, of course with the new airline regulations they wouldn't let me take it on the plane.[QUOTE]

Hmmm, normally I just give the girl at the check-in counter a big smile and all my charms, that works! They've always accepted my upright and my other basses as "special" hand luggage (I even brought a flightcase inside the plane last time!).

Bummer in the US, move to Europe... ;)

Mburd, you get an A+ for the day. That pvc idea is great. I'm gonna do that for my new homemade EUB. I'm gonna work out some kind of fome insert or something to keep it from rattling around in there too.

Hmm.... I wonder how the guards at school will feel about me walking in with a 6" by 4' pipe bomb :help: :p

The PVC pipe bomb case with foam seems like a good and cheap solution but not perfect. The baggage handlers managed to crack the one I made on it's 4th flight. Fortunately the bass was not injured. All of the gun cases and golf cases I saw were about 1" too short for the NS bass. I picked up a fishing pole case at a sporting goods store last summer but I haven't done anything with it yet. It seems a little flimsy, but might work with some stiff foam. I was allowed to carry it on a couple of times before 9/11, but you never know these days when they will refuse, and there you are without sufficient protection for it.

Hmm... Do you know if it was the baggage handlers? I was wondering if maybe you had it sealed airtight, that the airpressure change could have caused the crack?

I don't foresee myself flying with one of these in the near future, so i'm not too worried. I was wondering what sort of attachment you guys used to seal the ends, Did you just cap both ends and leave one loose, or did you have a screw on cap at one end?

I was also throwing around the idea of cutting the pipe in half long ways, and adding some hinges and latches to make a side opening case, any thoughts?

I have one of the NS ones. It has held up well on a bunch of flights and months in a trailer, but I'm not that impressed with the quality of it for the price.

As much as I was tempted to go with that trendy pipe-bomb look I stumbled on this at our local mom-n-pop sporting goods store (LLBean)
http://www.sportube.com/pages/skis_two_pair.htm#
It has to have the stand bag separated and loaded after the instrument bag..and it's snug, but it works. It will hit the road with me this week. If it sucks, I'll sell it cheap(!)

Looks like a giant-ass toothbrush travel case :) Now allsya need is a 35 gallon tube of Colgate.

I got one of the NS's over the christmass holidays thinking that it would be portable because it was supposed to be able to fit in an overhead storage compartment on planes, of course with the new airline regulations they wouldn't let me take it on the plane. Anyway, I can't seem to find a hardshell case anywhere, at least online. And I think I wouldn't have to pay the 500 dollars they ask at NS. Does anyone know where to get these things?


Gard - who is a fellow TB'er and who works at Bass Central designed a much more substantial gig bag :

Undercover/NS Design gigbag

This was $125 and it is a huge difference from the one that comes with the bass - I would be happy about using this on a plane, although it's not technically a flight case and is softish...

I think you can see them if you go to www.basscentral.com

Looks like a giant-ass toothbrush travel case :) Now allsya need is a 35 gallon tube of Colgate.

..LMAO.. now I know what I'm gonna do for halloween

(hint: brusha-brusha)

[QUOTE=Bruce Lindfield]Gard - who is a fellow TB'er and who works at Bass Central designed a much more substantial gig bag : Undercover/NS Design gigbag QUOTE]

hmm.. looks cool from the teeny pic. Does it have integrated space for the stand, or does one have to manage it externally?

[QUOTE=Bruce Lindfield]Gard - who is a fellow TB'er and who works at Bass Central designed a much more substantial gig bag : Undercover/NS Design gigbag QUOTE]

hmm.. looks cool from the teeny pic. Does it have integrated space for the stand, or does one have to manage it externally?


The bass body itself, goes in the centre of the tube, which is really thick - about an inch thick - padding, to protect it. Then there are two long pockets on the outside - separate from the central space, which take the stand and a bow.

Although if the bow is delicate , the I wouldn't recommend leaving it in that pocket while flying!! A bow is small enough to keep with you anyway!

Hi Bruce, what are the UK delivery times like on those?

Hi Bruce, what are the UK delivery times like on those?

I ordered one from Gard at Bass Central on 15 October last year and it arrived early November - I was very pleased - you can always PM Gard via TB to talk about them or email the Bass Central site. :)

I would think that one of those hardshell, anvil type or skb cases that is designed for roadying drum hardware (cymbal stands) could be easily adapted to fit an EUB. It would be plenty tough and not stupidly huge.

Something like this:

http://www.skbcases.com/product/pro_audio/stand/skb-H4812w.html

yes, a nice looking case indeed, but alas.. approx 10" too short for the NS.

yes, a nice looking case indeed, but alas.. approx 10" too short for the NS.


Ok, a bum link, but the idea is there. There are plenty of Anvil type cases out there are similar. Out church has a bunch of them for a portable lighting rig. They are at least 60" long.

Don't know what the specs are on th NS, but you might try looking at tripod cases at

www.markertek.com

Hope this helps.

Well, I finally made one of the previously discussed PVC Cases for my custom EUB. The case is about 58" long and it is made 6" schedule 40 PVC. That's definetly more heavy duty than is needed but that is all I could get in 6". I made a bag for the bass out of doubled over fleece to protect the bass. So far so good, the pluses are that it was cheap ($50), easy to build, it's super heavy duty, it's fits the bass rather well, and it's totally waterproof! The cons are that it is super heavy (it weighs as much as the bass itself), and the stand (or anything else for that matter) doesn't fit inside. But it does it's job and it's going to be my only option until i get around to building a wooden case for it.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=14864

The cons are that it is super heavy (it weighs as much as the bass itself), and the stand (or anything else for that matter) doesn't fit inside.

That's what I really like about the Undercover GigBag designed for the NS basses - there are pockets for everything and it is really light!

So - I can sling my NSCR5 over my shoulder in the bag and have hands free to carry amps etc.

I find the thick but light padding is enough to protect it - as these things aren't as fragile as a real DB and I'd rather sacrifice a bit of "total protection", for lightness and portability! :)

I find the thick but light padding is enough to protect it - as these things aren't as fragile as a real DB and I'd rather sacrifice a bit of "total protection", for lightness and portability! :)



Yeah, but I figure your not tossin' yours in the back of a pick up truck and headin down a country road. Or the high school band trailer for that matter. I just don't think that a soft case could give me enough peace of mind. :hmm: ...

[QUOTE=Bruce Lindfield]That's what I really like about the Undercover GigBag designed for the NS basses - there are pockets for everything and it is really light!
[QUOTE]


Well, I can only agree with Bruce.

I bought a Undercover Gigbag form Gard at BassCentral as well. It's light, got GOOD padding and got all the pockets.

I study music here in the UK but I travel a lot the Denmark and Norway with my bass (Danish citizen). I have no problem taking the NS with me on flights. It goes straight into the cabin hangin' on my shoulder...

Well, I would go for a custom wooden case if I was going on tour where you have to stack it in a trailer. It's expensive yes, but how much does your upright mean to you? -it's always worth spending on a proper case.

By the way, if you want to protect your bow (and not pay for a real bow-case) use one of the hard cardbox tubes that are used for posters. It's pretty tough and does the job.

Some of those camara/lighting tripod cases seem pretty heavy duty as well as lightweight, like for packing into a film location equipment truck. It tooks like one company makes them up to 60" long.

I've used an EUB on the road quite a bit the last couple of years and have been using the snowboard tube as was shown in a previous post. It has proven to be a pretty sturdy way to check your bass on the plane or haul it under the bus; the wheels are still working BTW. You just want to carry around extra hitch pins because the airline security people will invariably lose the one that's on the case once in a while. I wrap foam rubber around the middle of the bass and another piece around the head and it travels fine.

That being said, if I had been aware of another case dedicated to EUB that was a few bucks more, I would have snapped it up. Here's one and if it will fit your bass, it's a good one:

http://www.messengerbass.com/flightcase.html

That looks like one of those SKB golfbag cases. They're pretty east to locate and very affordable.

Hi guys!


Just wanted to say that I might have found a suitable solution for the hard-case problem (maybe it's old news, but here we go).


Azola's new case looks like this:
New case from Azola ! (http://www.azola.com/sys-tmpl/newbugbassfiberglassflightcase/)

Dimensions: 60" L x 15" W x 12" D

COULD IT BE A PERFECT MATCH FOR THE NS??? (the Undercover gig-bag might fit in there too!)


Please let me know if you've tried it out...!!!

For $795 ?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

For that price, the actual ATA flight case NS offers for $500 seems like a steal . . .

Hi again...


Well, you have a point there, but the Azola-case is much bigger then the NS one.

Would the Undercover NS-softbag w. stand AND a bass-bow in a case fit into the NS ATA one??... Don't think so I'm afraid. :crying:

Besides, I would NEVER EVER put my NS-bass in a flight-case with stand in the original bags that comes with the bass. The quality is insanely poor on those bags, how can the even do that? :hmm: Why don't they just get a deal with Undercover Bags to provide gig-bags for them from the beginning? They should make the ATA to fit the Undercover-bag too...

I have a friend who also's got a NS and he put his bass in the original bags in the case, it came out of there with big MARKS in the neck!!! No thanks... :eyebrow:

i lucked out and got the ns case used from bass central for 250 bucks
i believe you could probably get a custom company to make one,
i priced one out before finding the used one,
same ata spec as the ns case but with corner wheels for about
the same price. best thing about the ns is the dedicated space for
a bow or accessories. bass and stand in case weighs in at 46 lbs,
most airline restrictions start at 50 lbs.
i would've bought a new one for sure if i didn't find the used one...
after investing considerably in the instrument, i felt it
would only be reasonable to also invest a 5th or so of the price to protect it for real.
cheers
d

p.s.
i couldn't get my ns to fit in the case with either the crappy original
soft tube or the decent aftermarket bag. just a little too big, you might be able to force the case shut, but i wasn't willing to push it.
i added a couple pieces of foam and made it fit glove-tight.
the bow fits in the extra comparment area easily.
d

hey all ns folks,
i just wanted to mention that another tb'er has a really nice heavy-duty flight case for the ns with wheels(like a keyboard case) for a great price! heavier duty than the factory flight case i have,
for less than half the new cost, which is a great deal.:cool:
check it out:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229320
somebody should snatch this up!
cheers
doug

I had hybrid cases http://www.hybridcases.com/ build a case for my zeta strados(59'' tall) that comes to 58 lbs with the bass, soft case inside and bow case. They did it to my specs for $275. I've already flown 6 flights with no problems. I do get charged an oversize fee, usually $80($25 on alaskan air). I also used on of these, for a while...www.bannerstandstogo.com/index.php?action=item&id=50&prevaction=category&previd=6&prevstart=0
it's the heavy duty, "Tank Tube shipping container". A bit overkill, but indestructable...

I've got the perfect solution, it only costs $69.00, it offers great protection and its VERY light.

Its a fishing pole flight case made by Frabill. I bought mine at Gander Mountain sporting goods store. It extends, but you don't need to extend it to fit an NS EUB. It fits perfectly, foam inside, hard outside casing, has padlock holes, etc.

There are only two slight issues with this case. First, you can't fit the NS tripod stand in it. The tripod must ride separately somewhere else. Secondly, you have to pull out the two clear plastic container drawers in the middle (easy to do, they snap right out) and need to take a utility knife to a few strips of thin plastic inside the middle of the case so the NS's neck will fit with the case closed. It took me about 20 minutes with a simple $1.99 utility knife to get it perfect.

The padding is excellent, the NS doesn't move within the case AT ALL. There is about an inch free all around the sides of the bass, and about two inches extra space from tip to tip. The outer shell is nice and thick and the case is very sturdy. I'd have no qualms at all about checking my EUB with luggage on an airplane in this case. Its a great solution.

http://www.frabill.com/rodcases.html

Here's one for EUB $200
http://www.messengerbass.com/flightcase.html

Here's one for EUB $200
http://www.messengerbass.com/flightcase.html

Nice, but will an NS upright fit in it, and will the hardware fit in it without damaging the bass?