Here's the Epiphone case upon arrival. Brand new, off eBay for $79 with shipping. It's huge!
I mean, its HUGE! Left to right: Epi T-bird case, Victory case, '74 P-bass case, G&L molded case, Epi case for the NR, two Ripper cases. It's 4 inches longer than any of the other ones. I believe it was intended as an Explorer bass case. The body cavity was square and even the NR slid around a bit, with several inches of open space on all sides.
Here's the home insulation foam I found at a local auto interior shop. They gave it to me stating they used it seldom and only for blocking out windows in police surveillance vans. Neat! Because the case isn't very deep and the headstock on the NR sits at an extreme angle, the body had to be angled down towards the rear strap button so the weight would be off the headstock itself and instead be on the neck and body. Still a tight fit.
First attempt at cutting the fur lining which I bought at a local fabric shop. It's 100 times nicer than the original fur in the case. Cutting it with scissors was weird because little pieces of fur went flying all over the place. I felt like I was scalping a big, freshly washed and shampooed rat. The original intention was to cut 3 pieces; one for the bottom, one for the vertical edge of the cavity and then one for the top surfaces. I quickly gave that up in favor of one larger piece which I slit at the corners.
Here's a closeup of the single piece, cut and glued into the case.
Here's the whole case interior. Sexy! I wasn't ABOUT to replace all the fur in that sucker.
Here's the NR in its new home. Snug as hell.
I'm pretty pleased with it. I wish the case was an inch deeper though, but at least the NR won't slide around! Now I can take it out of the house! I think total this case modification project cost me about $90.
