The Illustrated Case

[wraub]

I have applied and lost many stickers to cases over the years, and all have been removed over the years, too...

They're all on the backs of my basses now.

 

[nickpc]

My Charvel Surfcaster Acoustic came to me with stickers on the case. A few for radio station 91X (New Wave/Alternative out of San Diego - think Richard Blade/XM "Next Wave"/KROQ) and a Depeche Mode.

Which are kind of interesting considering it's an AEB.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

40 years of stories, stage passes, Dead shows, you name it.....

 

[stonetone7]

There it is ^

 

[grimjim]

Was never big on the sticker thing. NEVER on a guitar. I have one case with stickers on it, but I bought the bass used and it was already stickered. I did add a couple, since it was devirginalized anyway.

 

[Michedelic]

Since so many of my cases look alike, I use stickers as a private code to tell me which instrument is inside. I wouldn't want to have a piece of duck tape magic marker'd with "66 P-Bass" on a case, that would then scream "rip me off", but the 'Mooer' sticker lets me know what's in there. The best part is putting stickers from high-end companies on the case that has the SX.

 

[Ostie]

My Jazz Bass case:

 

[Ostie]

And my mandolin case:

 

[JimK]

I had a plain black case that came with my 1978 Schecter P-bass. This was my case for gigging.
So, one day, I'm playing an outdoor fest...I break a string (the E-string)...stage guys want to assist. I'm yelling "...my case has strings, it's the black one. The black one, the black one"!!!
I wonder over to see WTH is the problem.
Oh, about 30 black cases are lined up.
I started putting hockey stickers on that case...that night.

 

[mrjim123]

 

[petrus61]

My one and only:

I actually caught a drunk lady trying peel this off at a gig.

 

[stonetone7]

It's almost hard to blame her.

 

[Kmonk]

I don't have stickers on any cases or on anything else I own. I just don't like them. In fact, the only sticker on my car is the state inspection sticker.

 

[Basswgn]

Not a case but this is owned by a close friend of mine... I keep bugging him to restore it.

 

[foolforthecity]

Speaking of stories, the sticker below used to be a bumper sticker for Community Loudspeakers that said "We'll blow your doors off."

But over the years wear and tear on this hard-gigged bass case resulted in an incremental, progressive shortening of that logo. First it was "we'll blow your doors" and then "we'll blow your do" and then (I swear) "we'll blow you" and then, finally, "we'll blow."

Always good for a laugh before the show.

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There goes the ol' coffee spew again

 

[buldog5151bass]

A number of years ago I was in a blues band - a friend painted the entire case of my acoustic. Here is some of it:

Yes, my bulldog is very comfortable...

 

[Engle]

Not a case but this is owned by a close friend of mine... I keep bugging him to restore it.

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I would restore that! How does the neck look?

 

[Double E]

Not an instrument case but my gig "briefcase" that's been with me since about 1986.

The most prized sticker is the P-Funkn Gonuts P-Funk tour sticker.

 

[40Hz]

I've never put stickers on any gear I own.

I must be "one of those."

 

[Tnavis]

Man Enters 10th Year of Searching for Perfect Surface to Apply Band Sticker