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From: Hugh Messenger
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 11:55:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Electric Harp Case

On Wed, 25 Sep 1996 MPAS~ol.com wrote:

> My name is Mark Pasin and my company is called Blues Tools. I am working on
> a case for electric harp players and would like to get input from you.

I replied to Mark offline, but would like to raise one of my requests on
the list.

I want to see a "modular" case, with mix 'n' match compartments which can
be easily changed out. Like most folk, my requirements change from gig to
gig, or over time. Sometimes I fall in love with a new stomp box and want
to carry that about, sometimes I have two chromatics, sometimes none,
sometimes I have a spare set of diatonics (if it's a long road trip),
sometimes I have a bullet, more often an SM57. Etc etc.

I would *definitely* buy a case that would let me get a bunch of optional
compartments, which I could interchange as needed. Ideas for components of
approx. equal size:

12 * diatonic
2 * chromatic (any combination of 16 and 12 hole)
4 * 14 hole MB (well, SBS's!)
1 * stomp box + spare batteries
1 * "misc" (leads, cigarrettes, baggie, toolkit, whetever)
1 * bullet + lead
1 * SM5x + lead

I'm looking at my battered old Samsonite briefcase, and reckon that it
would probably accomodate four such modules, or 8 if they were two deep
(with lift out trays on top).

Here's a very bad ascii art impression of four such modules, with

12*diatonic | 2*chrom
4*SBS | 1*bullet

- ----------------------------------------
| ====== ====== | |
| ====== ====== | ================= |
| ====== ====== | |
| ====== ====== | ================= |
| ====== ====== | |
| ====== ====== | |
- ----------------------------------------
| | |
| ============= | ~ |
| ============= | ~ |
| ============= | ~ |
| ============= | |
| | |
- ----------------------------------------

Could probably squeeze more in to each compartment, but you get the idea.

-- hugh