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<blockquote data-quote="Victor Kouli" data-source="post: 79964" data-attributes="member: 2452"><p>Re: Gator “G-Tour X32” Case for X32</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Just want to share my experience with Gator <a href="http://www.gatorcases.com/p/210195-2001/g-tour-x32" target="_blank">“G-Tour X32”</a> road case.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Long story short, bought (paid for) X32 + Case bundle back in October 2012.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Due to “overwhelming” demand case was long backordered and showed up first week of January.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Upon unpacking I noticed some dents and scrapes on aluminum extrusion. Close examination of the shipping carton didn’t reveal any clues for the cause; carton seemed to be in a good shape and was properly sealed.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">:?~:-?~:???: Hmm…</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">I removed the nose and top lid, first thing noticed that rubber “bumper strip” on the top lid of the dog house is coming loose, not enough adhesive to hold it in place.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">:?~:-?~:???: Hmm…</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Grasp the right hand latch to open the dog house and… the latch simply fall in my hand.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">8O~8-O~:shock:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Huh… Very clever choice of fasteners - 3/8” long screw when you have the whole world of 1.5” plywood thickness?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">See attached.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Yes, I did think about warranty for a split second, but - “All inbound shipping will be the customer’s responsibility including, but not limited to, the cost of packaging, shipping and applicable taxes.” clause combined with 100lb weight made it complete nonsense.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Since I already set myself for repairs I had a closer look at the piano hinges at the dog house.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">I didn’t like the visuals of them just being slapped on the top instead of being recessed.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">My plan was to reinstall them the “proper” way, with only “spine” visible. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Upon removal of the hinges I noticed that they (two halves of a hinge) do not move freely.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">It is appear to be that a Guillotine is used to cut them to length and it pinches the hinge axle at both ends thus creating sort of torsion bar.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">A bit of the work with wise grips required to “free” up one end and all was good as new.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Another hour with a wood trimmer and the results could be seen at the attached.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Next step will be to re-do the casterboard, similar to what Dan Mortensen did to <a href="http://soundforums.net/junior-varsity/4393-x32-discussion-185.html#post44369" target="_blank">his Gator case</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Can not agree more with David Sheldon on <a href="http://soundforums.net/junior-varsity/4393-x32-discussion-139.html#post41156" target="_blank">Gator Red Colour scheme</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">But… it is just a Road Case after all.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Right?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px">Victor</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[ATTACH]151946[/ATTACH][ATTACH]151947[/ATTACH][ATTACH]151948[/ATTACH][ATTACH]151949[/ATTACH][ATTACH]151950[/ATTACH][ATTACH]151951[/ATTACH][ATTACH]151952[/ATTACH][ATTACH]151953[/ATTACH][ATTACH]151954[/ATTACH][ATTACH]151955[/ATTACH]</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victor Kouli, post: 79964, member: 2452"] Re: Gator “G-Tour X32” Case for X32 [SIZE=2][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Just want to share my experience with Gator [URL="http://www.gatorcases.com/p/210195-2001/g-tour-x32"]“G-Tour X32”[/URL] road case.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Long story short, bought (paid for) X32 + Case bundle back in October 2012.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Due to “overwhelming” demand case was long backordered and showed up first week of January.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Upon unpacking I noticed some dents and scrapes on aluminum extrusion. Close examination of the shipping carton didn’t reveal any clues for the cause; carton seemed to be in a good shape and was properly sealed. :?~:-?~:???: Hmm… [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]I removed the nose and top lid, first thing noticed that rubber “bumper strip” on the top lid of the dog house is coming loose, not enough adhesive to hold it in place. :?~:-?~:???: Hmm…[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Grasp the right hand latch to open the dog house and… the latch simply fall in my hand.[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]8O~8-O~:shock:[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Huh… Very clever choice of fasteners - 3/8” long screw when you have the whole world of 1.5” plywood thickness? See attached.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Yes, I did think about warranty for a split second, but - “All inbound shipping will be the customer’s responsibility including, but not limited to, the cost of packaging, shipping and applicable taxes.” clause combined with 100lb weight made it complete nonsense.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Since I already set myself for repairs I had a closer look at the piano hinges at the dog house.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]I didn’t like the visuals of them just being slapped on the top instead of being recessed.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]My plan was to reinstall them the “proper” way, with only “spine” visible. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Upon removal of the hinges I noticed that they (two halves of a hinge) do not move freely.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]It is appear to be that a Guillotine is used to cut them to length and it pinches the hinge axle at both ends thus creating sort of torsion bar. A bit of the work with wise grips required to “free” up one end and all was good as new.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Another hour with a wood trimmer and the results could be seen at the attached.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Next step will be to re-do the casterboard, similar to what Dan Mortensen did to [URL="http://soundforums.net/junior-varsity/4393-x32-discussion-185.html#post44369"]his Gator case[/URL].[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Can not agree more with David Sheldon on [URL="http://soundforums.net/junior-varsity/4393-x32-discussion-139.html#post41156"]Gator Red Colour scheme[/URL].[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]But… it is just a Road Case after all.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Right? [/COLOR][/FONT] [/SIZE][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2]Victor [/SIZE][ATTACH=CONFIG]151946.vB5-legacyid=5902[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]151947.vB5-legacyid=5903[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]151948.vB5-legacyid=5904[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]151949.vB5-legacyid=5905[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]151950.vB5-legacyid=5906[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]151951.vB5-legacyid=5907[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]151952.vB5-legacyid=5908[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]151953.vB5-legacyid=5909[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]151954.vB5-legacyid=5910[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]151955.vB5-legacyid=5911[/ATTACH] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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