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Topic: Lap steel case that helped a struggling business in Ukraine |
Aidan Pickering
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Posted 7 Jul 2023 7:08 pm |
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Hi all
I recently restored a “barn find” Gibson Century 6 lap steel. It had no case and, wanting something special, I looked far and wide, finally settling on the one pictured. It’s actually a gun case and it cost about $200 with shipping. The cool thing is they are made in Lviv, Ukraine by a company run by a great guy called Ivan. I was a bit nervous paying the money on Etsy and then waiting for it to arrive from a war torn country. Visions of it getting lost, stolen or impounded went through my head.
But I tracked its progress on FedEx, first into Warsaw Poland, then Cologne, Germany, next to Memphis and finally here to Los Angeles. It took about 2 weeks to get here. It is beautifully made with the kind of craftsmanship that’s hard to find any where these days. Now all that said I wouldn’t really recommend it for this particular lap steel because the Century 6 is really deep and I had to do a lot of work to get it to fit. (Well I wasn’t gonna send it back after all that!!!)
Now, it’s not just a case: it’s a case with a story.
I posted the video of the restoration a few days ago - here it is again in case you missed it.
https://youtu.be/MCU7v8rkIik
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Will Houston
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Tempe, Az
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Posted 7 Jul 2023 7:41 pm
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| Good story, good looking case 👍 |
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Aidan Pickering
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Posted 8 Jul 2023 7:57 am
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Thanks Will!
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Paul Seager
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Augsburg, Germany
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Aidan Pickering
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Aidan Pickering
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Posted 8 Jul 2023 11:05 pm
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2023 5:53 pm
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That's sure a purty case, Aidan.
Nice work on the interior. |
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