Looks like a tool case. You can get them at harbor freight with a bigazz hunk of diced foam. I've got a couple left over from when i was fooling with r/c airplanes and i used them to store/transport my transmitters and battery chargers. I repurposed one as a tool box for all my bass related tools, including a soldering station and a plain old 60w pencil iron for quickie jobs. All the service diagrams, setup info, notes, etc i store behind the locking inner top panel. It's chock full of tools, parts, multi meter, etc etc etc. Very handy and does not take up much room when i go out of town.I found and picked up this handy dandy little hard case for $5.99 at a local Goodwill-type store a few months before i even decided to get my Shuttle ... fits in there perfectly, along with some cords, tuner, & whatnotThere's no brand name on it, and i don't even think if it was made for musical equipment ... just a lucky find.
View attachment 1154625
(Cat not included)
I bought a second hand LM II a while back and it was in a child's roller suitcase that was also used to store a bunch of cables for a power amp and little PV6 USB i got in the same trade. Looked like a full size suitcase with collapsable handle and two wheels, but it was not much wider than the LM. It was also a bright purple and had all kinds of little kid's stuff embroidered on it. I got the little mark as a backup and never needed it so it rarely left the house before i finally sold it off.
I also had a TH500 i bought new. I kept it in a Gator waterproof box that also came with diced foam. The box was just large enough for the TH, it's power cord and a three foot and six foot 12 ga speakon cable. It was also a backup so it spent most of it's life in the Gator box. I tried it several times and could never really gee and haw with it so it eventually went, along with the box, but if i buy another class D i'm getting another Gator box, or i'll figure out how to shock mount it to an EIA tray and put it in one of my 2U SKB cases.
Back when i couldn't afford to just go buy a replacement head, my only head got a couple knobs sheared off and it was a serious PITA to rig them where i could work them with a filed down dime. After that i only bought rack mount amps, but with the rise of class D amps and the reluctance by makers to provide rack options, i will use some other protection that allows me to not worry about where my amp might be in the load out mess. I prefer the ease of rack mount, but barring that the little waterproof boxes will get the job done.
Last of all, while i don't have any experience with Pellican dry boxes, i've got a Pellican ice chest and it is hands down the best example of a cold chest i've ever owned. I could load it up with enough drinks and snacks for a couple of people for a weekend of racing, drop ten pounds of ice in it on Friday morning and still have plenty of ice left in it when i got home sunday night or monday after a couple three days of 100+ Temps.
Last edited:
