Paintball Guitar Case

Mod an old guitar case into a custom paintball gear case.

Step 1: Overview & Supplies

Hey everyone! This won't be a typical instructable; I had too much fun doing the project and completely forgot to document what I was doing along the way. Fortunately, there's really no special skills or knowledge needed to make your own custom paintball gear case.

Let's get started!

You'll need the following supplies:
- Guitar case
- One half yard of 4" high density foam
- All purpose spray adhesive
- 1 or 2 yards of fleece
- An electric knife
- An old newspaper
- A marker
- Scissors

The guitar case should be a hard shell case with a soft lining in it. The high density foam is custom fit and relies on friction to stay in place. If you don't already have a guitar case, check with a local Guitar Center and ask if they have an old case you can buy for cheap (or free if you or your buddy works there).

The high density foam can be purchased at a craft store like Michaels or Joanns. A half yard of 4" foam will run about $22.00 so make sure you grab the store flyer that comes out every Sunday (they almost always come with a 40% off coupon). This will put the price around $12.00.

Comments

[Aron313]

OHHH NOOOOO what happened to that guitar case!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ward_Nox]

for the full la mariachi effect you should make a hinged inner lid that looks like a normal gutiar

[bounty1012]

LOL Wire the handle to the trigger and cut a hole in the tip that would be so funny walking through a paintball battle field and your "killing" everyone with a guitar case.

[lonerayven]

Like the film "Desperado" starring Antonio Banderas.

[Ward_Nox]

actually Desperado was the second of three movies by Robert Rodreges staring Bandaras as that character the first was La Mariachi he and his companions used weapons either stored in or disguised as a gutiar case (except the one guy who rigged a base chello case to be an RC car/bomb

[bruno13069]

I was thinking of that when I saw the first pics.

[Wesley666]

Are guitar cases long enough to hold a long gun? I would like to make one for my Hex Barrel Remington Pump .22.

[akinich]

where do you get these guns

[gfahey1]

You can get them at any paintball discounter or sporting goods store

[Paintballer98]

I am so happy I dont have to spend money on a case built for this.

[lnwlfbsktbll]

Nice case. I did a similar thing using a couple old Dewalt power tool cases. Only thing I don't like about mine is I'm afraid somebody might steal it thinking its some tools. Nice instructable.

[receiver545]

now how would i be able to put this gun in a case like that, when i have 2 20oz tanks to put in there! lol i have the same case too! l

[mg0930mg]

What gun is that, too dark to see...

[senseisean]

Looks like a Tippmann A-5 with response trigger and Flatline Barrel.
He also has the stock barrel in there as well.

[mg0930mg]

Although I would guess, a tippmann 98 custom, some kind of stock, flatline, and a scope...

[mg0930mg]

*facepalm* not the guitar case.

[deobomb]

its an A-5 with a Flatline barrel M-4 style stock built in grip with a stove pipe hopper made to not jam and a response trigger witch means only semi auto
the scope seems to be a red dot but i cant see it all haw ever these can be found at http://www.pasintballonline.com they have really good deals on all there guns

[mg0930mg]

Yes, two years later, I have since figured that out...

[guitarmonk15]

wait, which marker are you talking about, the one that is in the comments, or the one in the Instructable's Author's pictures?

[deobomb]

the one in the comments

[Splash Wounds]

This is so.......freaking....sweet...... I Must make it...Awsome instructible..

[m4573rk3yb04rd]

i would advise using extra room for extra paintballs

[fireman115]

Poor Pooor Guitar Case

[belac45]

this is an awesome idea I'm going to give it a try

[triplehigh]

that....is......AMAZING! man I've been looking to get a case, but now...this is genius! thanks for posting.

[oblatsky]

use normal gun case ven travling by aero plane

[waverider894]

Would this work for an ego?

[beauwalker23]

haha sweet. I'd do this if i found a cheap guitar case (anyone know where to find one?) and i guess it would help if i had a paintball gun...

[Basta]

Awesome. Nice deadly-looking colors, it reminds me of El Mariachi from Once Upon a Time in Mexico (great movie, must see). I suppose this could work with anything that could fit inside a guitar case--I'll have to give it a try when I find and good old case. 5 stars and favorite!

[bustedit]

Yep, that's definitely hot. As an A5 owner w flatline & RT I give it 2 thumbs up!!

[=SMART=]

sweet A5 with flatline

[nerfer192]

yay i got my 98 custom pro today!

[Doveman]

Nice A-5 w/ flatline.

[receiver545]

dude i have a spyder and i rly wanted that barrel so i bought and spyder to tippmann hookup and dang my gun kills even more now! do you have any other mods for your a-5.

[GreenDay]

This is awesome. Gotta love the A-5 too. How do you like the flatline and RT trigger?

[field]

I love the flatline. It's great for suppressive fire.

[nerfer192]

whats a flatline?

[GreenDay]

A tippmann barrel that puts backspin on the ball so that it doesn't lob. The tippmann site explains it pretty well if you're interested.

[nerfer192]

so kind of like an airsofts hop-up?

[receiver545]

yea but the flatline barrel is bent , and the hop up is alot different.