Calder Guitar Case Story Ch 21 Suspension System sketch

Here's a rough sketch I did last week showing how the suspension system might be laid out. The shaded areas are the suspension pods attached to the top and bottom of the case - forming a cradle for the guitar when the case is closed.

Here's our brief for the system's performance:

hold the guitar securely when the case/bag is closed.
keep the guitar away from the sides of the case.
have as few points of contact with the guitar as possible
adjust easily to fit a range of guitars from Les Paul's to Strats.

Plan is the pods are made of foam covered in velvet. Barry Noble had the cool idea of making the pods a bit like a bean bag to make them self adjusting for different body shape - so we're exploring that idea.

Any comments or suggestions about the susp system ? Tell me.



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