Cases!!! Argh!!! Allow me to vent...

[Mannyinnewyork]

Yeah, a bit frustrating. I got a Gator Transit for my jbass - it's a medium scale bass so I need to move some of the padding around. Not a tight fit but a nice case.

 

[Robroy]

I have a soft case by, I believe, Roadstar. I've had it for seven years. To make a long story short, where one of the feet is attached, metal was protruding into the bass area by the output plug. It really chewed up two of my basses.

 

[DanBass]

OP, have you checked the Gator website? Go to their menu and choose "CASE ADVISOR", and they tell you if they have a case to fit it. If you can't find it on the list, just contact them, and they'll help you out.

I have not, thanks for that - I will check it out! Worth a shot, for sure.

 

[bassdude51]

What are you looking for? A G&G case for a P or a J? Or a Fender "trombone" plastic case? They fit both Ps and Js. I might have what you are looking for and if you are within 1,500 miles of central Ohio, I doubt if shipping will be $40 or more dollars.

Send me a message.

 

[Manticore]

Nor a Ric.

My 4001 fits in a Vertigo quite well.

 

[Manticore]

Dude… I remember Crying walking through the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport some years ago. I had my bass in an Anvil Road Case. They let me gate check it, but when the plane landed, I had to walk from gate 23 to gate 3 towards baggage claim with that beast!! By the time I got to gate 10, I was Done! LOL!!! That heavy beast just knocked and beat my lower calves and ankles to death! I traded/sold it when I got back home and ordered one of those SKB Bass ATA Roto Rolling tube deals.

I had Anvil make my flight case with wheels on one end. It's easy to wheel around even though it is for a 14 lb. Alembic 6 string.

 

[DaveAceofBass]

The reunion blues continental voyager is amazing

 

[prowla]

My 4001 fits in a Vertigo quite well.

Not sure which I tried, but the top horn wouldn't fit.

 

[Bob_Ross]

The Jazz G & G are a little wider than the P cases.. In other words, the P bass swims in the jazz case and a jazz won't fit into a P case.

I've put P basses in J cases for years. I also have managed to fit quite a few other non-Fender basses into a J case. I would never say a P "swims" in a J case. I would just avoid any case that has a cutout to match a particular body shape.

Yeah, this issue all really comes down to how much of a "Jazz case" or a "P case" it is:
- Back in the Good Old Days® Fender made one rectangular case that accommodated both models. It didn't fit either instrument particularly well, but at least it wasn't model-specific. Some other manufacturers make a "universal" case that strives to achieve the same model-agnosticism...with varying results.
- And some manufacturers (including Fender) also make model-specific cases, where the contoured instrument cutout follows the offset waist of the Jazz body (or the non-offset waist of the Precision body) such that you can't fit a P into a J case or vice-versa. I learned about those the hard way.