DB Hard Case

[Owen]

I have a friend looking for one. He is talking of buying. I suggested hiring. Any leads?

TIA

[Staggering on]

There's one for sale in the EUB's and Double Basses for sale....the website says it is "hard foam", might be what he is looking for, it's definitely not the type of hard case used for shipping a bass but might work for your friend. I wonder if anyone on here has used one.

[NickD]

5 hours ago, Staggering on said:

I wonder if anyone on here has used one.

I have!

 

I had one like the one in the classifieds... For less than a week.i bought it on here, and almost immediately put it back up for sale. But it wasn't the fault of the case.

 

While from a protection point of view I think it was great, it added a lot of size and inflexibility. My house is pretty small, with low ceilings. So storing it when the bass was out was a problem, and moving things around to put the bass in or take it out was a bit of a mission. Also, the bass just fits in the car in a gig bag, with the size added by the foam hard case, it was too tight for comfort.

 

In a different living situation, with more space, maybe more than one bass to store, and a van, I'd definitely think about picking another up though. It was pretty good, and definitely provided a significant upgrade in terms of protection.

[Burns-bass]

I’d get him to call up some string shop. I’m sure someone like the Martins, Thwaites etc would have one.

 

I know the luthier Martin Penning has one to transport basses when he’s built one. (I’m not suggesting he’ll hire it or let you borrow it, I’m just saying he has one!)

 

But I’d assume all serious bass luthiers that sell internationally will have one. That’s where I’d start.

[Beedster]

43 minutes ago, NickD said:

I have!

 

I had one like the one in the classifieds... For less than a week.i bought it on here, and almost immediately put it back up for sale. But it wasn't the fault of the case.

 

While from a protection point of view I think it was great, it added a lot of size and inflexibility. My house is pretty small, with low ceilings. So storing it when the bass was out was a problem, and moving things around to put the bass in or take it out was a bit of a mission. Also, the bass just fits in the car in a gig bag, with the size added by the foam hard case, it was too tight for comfort.

 

In a different living situation, with more space, maybe more than one bass to store, and a van, I'd definitely think about picking another up though. It was pretty good, and definitely provided a significant upgrade in terms of protection.

 

Same here, I bought one on eBay 10 years back and, IIRC, had to give it away a few weeks later. Although I checked the advertised dimensions I didn't realise just how much bigger than a DB a DB hard case is, and more specifically, how much more challenging it is to move around, for example getting around corners, up stairs, into cars etc

[Beedster]

3 minutes ago, Beedster said:

 

.....more challenging it is to move around, for example getting around corners, up stairs, into cars etc

 

In short, in all the situations in which you're more likely to damage the bass  

[BenTunnicliffe]

Thanks everyone (Owen in particular). I did actually get this sorted in the end and now have a corner of my house eaten up entirely by a fibreglass DB case that a friend's friend had SPARE.

 

You wouldn't believe it but the man had four of the things, had already sold one, I took the second one but he's keeping the other two. Madness!

 

I'm now looking into monthly hire on a storage unit but at least my bass will be safer on the road!

 

Cheers for all the insight, I was following along.

[Rabbie]

Just as a curve ball…I’m thinking of selling my removable neck double bass with its own flight case. It’s not dainty, but definitely way more manageable than those humongous fibreglass beautiful monsters 

[Owen]

On 10/07/2025 at 21:20, BenTunnicliffe said:

You wouldn't believe it but the man had four of the things,

This makes me feel better about my excess kit.