I recently bought myself a new D28. I paid an extra $150 to get the "5 series" "Geib style" case.
My rainsong came in one of those blow-molded plastic cases like the standard Martin. It's a perfectly OK case, but to me...comes off as a low class cheapie not up to snuff for a sweet Martin guitar.
Lots of great reviews of the molded plastic cases... You could make the engineering argument they are in fact superior:
Assuming a fall from equal height, two objects with equal air resistance will accelerate at exactly the same rate - thus they will both hit the ground going the exact same speed. However, the heavier object will have both more momentum an more energy - all of which much be dissipated for the object to come to rest.
I think it is entirely possible the lighter weight case, having less momentum and energy upon impact, is less likely to transfer energy to the guitar inside while that energy is dissipating...
Just food for thought.
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