Calder Guitar Case Story Ch 13 Gig Bag First Prototypes

Feb 05

By Feb it seemed we'd cracked the major design issues of the Calder Hard Case - the big wow response at NAMM LA gave us confidence we were on our way to a business.

Now the gig bag. We wanted the Calder g-bag to give serious protection - materials and construction were the big focus. Having scoured the hallways of NAMM we knew most gig bags use open cell foam - soft and squishy - no matter how thick it doesn't really protect against heavy knocks. We opted for closed cell foam - 10mm of this protects way more than 30mm of open cell.

Here's the first prototype we had made by a helpful company in North Devon.







Pleased that the Calder shape looked good in soft material Michael Mailling knocked out some elegant sketches of how the gig bag might look in detail. He added in pockets and a thermoformed rigid chassis that would offer major protection for the neck and base of the guitar.





Here's a tech sketch showing how the rigid chassis would fit onto the Calder gig bag



category: early development

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