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Hey out there to all that have had custom shaped cases made by Ameritage.

Here are the custom cases that I have ordered - SIG - these will fit my Signatures (will also fit std Larrivee L bodies - 16 16-1/4 inch lower bout), SLO - these fit my Solo as well as traditional jumbos 16 1/2 to 16 5/8 lower, plus a new one I had made that fits my (and martin) 00s. They also have the template for a martin 0 - I just havent ordered/had them make one yet, but I am guessing they will simply pad out the 00 shell a bit more.

I am wondering if there is anyone who had ordered a slope D 12 fret case, that could be made available to other makers ??? Mine is based upon the Larrivee body which is very similar to the old martin Ditson, but modded in the waist a touch and measures this:

20 7/8 long, 4 3/4 deep.
lower is 15 1/4
waist is 10
upper is 11 1/2.

I realize that I can send them the measurements and all, just wondering what else folks may have done.

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

As you know my guitars are custom shaped. So I send a PDF of the body shape on the first order along with the dimension on the spec sheet found on the web site. I email them or mail them to Nancy Worsfold [nancyw@gwwcases.com]. She gets them to the engineering department. As you might guess dimensions do not tell the whole story. If you want the waist and full body shape to fit perfectly you have to provide a body template. But to properly fit the body depth and neck the spec sheet is equally important.