Anybody have experience with these?

**Scotti Adams** · Mar-16-2004, 10:25am

http://www.finecases.com/browse/ameritage/ameritage-1966.html

**JD Cowles** · Mar-16-2004, 11:28am

scotti-
i've seen you in more than one case thread this week. #are you suffering from MCAS? #me too...i currently have more cases than mandolins. #that's not right is it?

jd

i just got my blue heron soft case this am. good stuff for festival totin'

**Scotti Adams** · Mar-16-2004, 12:49pm

..nope..I love my Bobelock....Ive got my reasons for needing another case...plus some originality...

**Scotti Adams** · Mar-17-2004, 6:42am

..ya mean..nobody out there has one of these?...hmmmm

**Mandobar** · Mar-17-2004, 7:51am

i've had one of the guitar cases. not impressive especially for a $$$$ case.

Mar-17-2004, 8:25am

Originally Posted by (Scotti Adams @ Mar. 16 2004, 12:49)

..nope..I love my Bobelock....Ive got my reasons for needing another case...plus some originality...

For your cat and embarrased to say so???
Ha!

**Scotti Adams** · Mar-17-2004, 9:01am

..what can I say..Im busted...

**Big Joe** · Mar-17-2004, 9:23am

I had some Ameritage cases in our store last year. I did not like them at all. I felt they were poorly built, overpriced, and did not properly protect the mandolin. I would never carry my mandolin in one. It is essentially a cheap imitation of the TKL rectangular case with a cheap humidified in the case and a tweed cover...plastic tweed. The dealer cost was higher than Calton and not near the case.

**mandomood** · Mar-17-2004, 10:13am

I had one of their guitar cases and was so disappointed in it that I traded it for a $150 gig bag just to get rid of the thing...atleast the gig bag still gets use.

It offered nothing in the way of protection to a working player, especially for that cost. It was also a bulky thing to carry, not balanced at all...I know this isn't necessarily the same with the mando case but you would think there would be better research and development with a case of that cost.

I don't mean to sound like I'm slamming it so much...but thinking about the cost makes it worse...

**Ted Eschliman** · Mar-17-2004, 10:25am

whew...
Guess I'm in the minority, once again. I'm happy with mine.
I think it's well-built and protects my Michael Lewis 'Django' extremely well.
I wouldn't check it on an airline, but I'm confident in just every day use.

**Michael Lewis** · Mar-18-2004, 1:37am

There may well be a difference in quality depending on when and where the Ameritage case was made. They used to be made in the USA, (Michigan?) but now are made in Central America, Costa Rica I think. The one Ted has was made in the USA.