The warping seems to only happen with the Fender cases. You call SKB and they tell you to call Fender. You call Fender they tell you to Call SKB. The non Fender branded SKB cases sell for the same price and to my knowledge haven;t had the warping problem.

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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore, trust the physician and drink his remedy in silence and tranquility.-Khalil Gibran

Well, I've needed a guitar case for my DM strat ever since I finished it... I thought about getting a new or used G&G Fender case, but
even used ones aren't cheap. Still, I wasn't going to skimp on protecting my baby. Others had posted similar 'case' threads and I through those I
found peeps recommending the CNB Flight case here: http://www.rondomusic.com/flightcases.html.

While watching Iron Maiden Flight: 666 I saw similar-style cases being used by the band while travelling:



So, my new flight case delivered... I decided to make it look like one of 'Maiden's road crew had already added it to inventory and brought on-tour...







Turned out nicely too... a few quick stencils, a razor, blue painters tape, and some primer + Rust-oleum rattle cans did the trick. It's a damn nice
case for the money. The case is very rugged, well built, and the machined/brushed aluminum design is appealing as well. The plush black interior
has a long molded neck channel to hold the guitar secure which is a nice touch - and the headstock area has molded channels to accomodate both standard
and reverse pointy Jackson/Explorer headstock's with standard 13 degree angled necks. Highly recommended. The only cons I could mention are that the
cavities above and below the neck channel don't have covers, so while you could store stuff there, it would probably get loose and rattle around in the case
proper during transport.

HTH,

ORCRiST