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Re: MD carrying case

2002-11-14 by endlessnessisticman

I heard about those Pelican cases when I was last in the states.  I 
didn't know they were that good.

--- In elektron-users@y..., "Jason Vernon Starnes" <starnes@i...> > I 
got a case I'm really happy with: the Pelican 1500.  As hard as it is 
to spend money
> (around $130-150) on a case rather than more gear, anybody with an 
MD knows it's worth
> protecting.
> If yr not familiar, Pelican cases are advertised as indestructible 
and are completely air
> tight (if you change altitude you have to open the purge valve to 
release the vacuum
> inside!).  The 1500 size gives you plenty of room around the edges 
of the MD, and once you
> pluck out the foam you don't need the Machine sits in there nice 
and snug.
> My MD's cardboard box has had it.  Since I got a case I've been 
travelling more with the
> MD, never give a second thought about tossing it around.  It can be 
propped up within the
> case for playing at a better angle and keeping it off yr buddy's 
bar where someone is
> waiting to spill on it :)
> 
> Yeah, haven't tried getting on a plane with it yet tho.  I can 
almost see the security
> personel banging their heads to MD patterns everytime one of us 
tries to get thru and is
> asked to plug it in.
> 
> K, I'm done geeking out.
> cheers,
> JVS

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