Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

hey folks,

i recently started touring with my s1100 in an skb rack road case and
it is lame.

i haven't had to fly with it yet, but i will very soon, and very
often. so i've got to get a new one anyway...

do i really need a super shock mount, suspension kind of a road case
or will a sturdy gator or road ready type case protect well enought?

the difference is a couple hundred bucks, which is about what i paid
for the thing to begin with.

anybody have any experience in touring/flying with one of these?

thx,

gram


www.roguewavemusic.com

In my old fashioned opinion the foamed case with a
rack sleeve is the only way to travel your delicate
rack gear. The military type shockmount cases are
great but are HUGE prices, and the newer affordable
type often have issues with staying in one piece when
handled roughly.
The real issue is keeping your equipment functional,
and the most successful kind of protection I've seen
is the kind the manufacturers use when they ship the
item. 
The four corners each need a reasonably firm piece of
foam, the sides need to be capable of taking a knock
from a suitcase or boot, and that's about it. Make
sure the lids are deep enough to store the
accessories, and the front is recessed far enough to
protect the front panel from accidental damage. The
small briefcase catches are good for cases up to 3U,
but recessed if possible
The smaller the case, the more likely it is to go
flying across the floor of a truck, the larger it is
the more likely it is to be dropped. 
In England, the major manufacturers of flight cases
offer various versions of a case made to take a 
wooden sleeve with rack strip, pushed into the four
blocks (the best) or four flat slabs.
Personally I favour the rigidised aluminium exterior,
although when they're new they are more expensive. 
They last forever though, and are extremely light when
empty, so add little to the air freight cost of the
actual item, you could save the cost of the case if
you ship often.
The next best type is the thin plywood with fibreglass
cladding, still reasonably light and cheaper to buy. A
search for rigidised flight case will turn up the
first type of case manufacturer for you.
 
--- schrasjer <gram@...> wrote:

> hey folks,
> 
> i recently started touring with my s1100 in an skb
> rack road case and
> it is lame.
> 
> i haven't had to fly with it yet, but i will very
> soon, and very
> often. so i've got to get a new one anyway...
> 
> do i really need a super shock mount, suspension
> kind of a road case
> or will a sturdy gator or road ready type case
> protect well enought?
> 
> the difference is a couple hundred bucks, which is
> about what i paid
> for the thing to begin with.
> 
> anybody have any experience in touring/flying with
> one of these?
> 
> thx,
> 
> gram
> 
> 
> www.roguewavemusic.com
> 
> 
> 



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hey,

thanks, that helped a lot. that is sort of what i thought.
i needed something really quickly to be in california.
so i got a gator 4space g-shock.
not foam, but hopefully it will help.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GShock4L

still cost more than the sampler cost me.

heh,

g

Golden Gram, http://www.myspace.com/goldengram
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akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, Les Lambert <les_lmbrt@...> wrote:

>
> In my old fashioned opinion the foamed case with a
> rack sleeve is the only way to travel your delicate
> rack gear. The military type shockmount cases are
> great but are HUGE prices, and the newer affordable
> type often have issues with staying in one piece when
> handled roughly.
> The real issue is keeping your equipment functional,
> and the most successful kind of protection I've seen
> is the kind the manufacturers use when they ship the
> item. 
> The four corners each need a reasonably firm piece of
> foam, the sides need to be capable of taking a knock
> from a suitcase or boot, and that's about it. Make
> sure the lids are deep enough to store the
> accessories, and the front is recessed far enough to
> protect the front panel from accidental damage. The
> small briefcase catches are good for cases up to 3U,
> but recessed if possible
> The smaller the case, the more likely it is to go
> flying across the floor of a truck, the larger it is
> the more likely it is to be dropped. 
> In England, the major manufacturers of flight cases
> offer various versions of a case made to take a 
> wooden sleeve with rack strip, pushed into the four
> blocks (the best) or four flat slabs.
> Personally I favour the rigidised aluminium exterior,
> although when they're new they are more expensive. 
> They last forever though, and are extremely light when
> empty, so add little to the air freight cost of the
> actual item, you could save the cost of the case if
> you ship often.
> The next best type is the thin plywood with fibreglass
> cladding, still reasonably light and cheaper to buy. A
> search for rigidised flight case will turn up the
> first type of case manufacturer for you.
>  
> --- schrasjer <gram@...> wrote:
> 
> > hey folks,
> > 
> > i recently started touring with my s1100 in an skb
> > rack road case and
> > it is lame.
> > 
> > i haven't had to fly with it yet, but i will very
> > soon, and very
> > often. so i've got to get a new one anyway...
> > 
> > do i really need a super shock mount, suspension
> > kind of a road case
> > or will a sturdy gator or road ready type case
> > protect well enought?
> > 
> > the difference is a couple hundred bucks, which is
> > about what i paid
> > for the thing to begin with.
> > 
> > anybody have any experience in touring/flying with
> > one of these?
> > 
> > thx,
> > 
> > gram
> > 
> > 
> > www.roguewavemusic.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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