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    Default ASAP Help: Mandolin Case for F-Style Suggestion PLEASE & THANKS!

    Mandolin: Eastman LA315 F-Style

    Hi! My son is going off to college in two weeks. In May I ordered the Travelite Lightweight Mandolin Case for him, but it has been perpetually on backorder and out of stock everywhere. We prefer to find a lightweight as possible case with the priority of protection needed for the college/dorm scene. Carrying strap would be ideal -- backpack or shoulder. Our budget is $50-80. (All we have right now is a soft gig bag!)

    I've looked at other cases and there don't seem to be many options. So many reviews say the case ends up being too small for the mandolin.

    I would appreciate any recommendations! He's going to have so much fun musically, and this is our gift to him.

    Thanks!

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    Default Re: ASAP Help: Mandolin Case for F-Style Suggestion PLEASE & THAN

    Here is a gator case (very similar to the Travelite) on Amazon.

    https://www.amazon.com/Gator-GL-MAND...+mandolin+case

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    Default Re: ASAP Help: Mandolin Case for F-Style Suggestion PLEASE & THAN

    Quote Originally Posted by George R. Lane View Post
    Here is a gator case (very similar to the Travelite) on Amazon.

    https://www.amazon.com/Gator-GL-MAND...+mandolin+case
    +1 on George's suggestion. I have one and love it. Not as much as I love my Hoffee, by the way, but it is a different case for a different purpose. Light to carry, protects well, looks good, is not excessively bulky and is cheap to buy. If I suddenly didn't have it, I'd buy another.
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    Default Re: ASAP Help: Mandolin Case for F-Style Suggestion PLEASE & THAN

    I'd also endorse the Gator case, very similar to the Travelite.

    If you want a little more protection, Gator makes basically the same case with an ABS plastic outer lining.

    NFI, but my wife and I use these ABS Gator cases for all of our main-playing instruments now.
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    Sounds like Gator is a good bet! I appreciate the feedback. This one looks good too...and my son really liked the look of it.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...f_rd_i=desktop

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    Default Re: ASAP Help: Mandolin Case for F-Style Suggestion PLEASE & THAN

    The 'shaped' case on the whole don't 'quite' give the same all round protection as the 'oval' cases. There's more extra padding in the oval ones where the 'shaped' cut outs have been filled in. Trav. on the left & Gator on the right.

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ID:	159854 I own one of each of these cases,& although the Gator cases are very good,i'd trust my Travelite to give 'better' protection. You can also use the Trav. with either one or two shoulder straps if needed.
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    Thanks everyone. We've ordered the Gator GL-MANDOLIN Lightweight Polyfoam Mandolin Case. :-)

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