Protection Racket musical instrument cases
are designed, developed and road tested by gigging musicians who
appreciate exactly what's required from an instrument case. Virtually
weightless transportation and effortless to use one piece construction
with maximum protection. At the end of a gig, you've no need to muck
about with lids , buckles and straps, with Protection Racket you just
zip and go, the inside of your vehicle free from scratches, Protection
Racket cases do not slide around. Our extensive range covers every
conceivable instrument, drums and percussion, marching and pipe band,
guitar and amplification, keyboard and hi-tech. Our combined passions of
gigging, our knowledge of the practicalities of gigging equipment and
our experience in the materials used to protect instruments in transit,
ensure we bring you the ULTIMATE in musical instrument case design.
Orange County Drum and Percussion is now
offering cases made by Protection Racket. These cases are the best soft
bags that we have seen. They feature a synthetic fleece lining that
won't scratch the drums, superior quality handles, heavy duty zippers,
and high density foam for protection.
You can relax in the knowledge
that all our products carry a full 12 months guarantee. In the highly unlikely
event of a fault with one of our cases, simply return it to us, or the
Protection Racket distributor in your country for inspection, and at our
discretion, we will repair it or replace it free of charge. Nothing in this
warranty affects your statutory rights.
Based in Cornwall, the surfing &
windsurfing Mecca of the United Kingdom, Protection Racket grew out of a
love of the sea, surf, sun & good music - GOOD VIBRATIONS!
We’ve been doing this for a long time
now!! 13 years to be exact, and that’s just making musical instrument
cases. We made our name making surfboard & windsurf board bags, these
boards are fragile and PR surfboard bags are still travelling the world
to this day. The design of our cases are exact same Specifications from
the exact same materials, “if it aint broke, don’t fix it”. Of course we
have made refinements and improvements as you’d expect. Unbreakable
zips, cool silicone badges & luggage tags, waterproof backings,
comfortable handles, all designed to make your life on the road that
much easier. Effortless transportation & maximum protection!!
One of the best parts about Protection
Racket cases is that they will do custom sizes, including extra long
bags for longer bass drums, like 24x22 and 22x22.
They will
also make bags to fit drums with Gauger Rims mounts, so you don't have
to buy a bag 2 sizes too big to accommodate the mount.
When you place your order for your kit, please specify that you would
want Protection Racket cases with your order, and we will take care of
it.
We can even ship the drums in the
cases if you want. For pricing on the cases, please call. If you already
have a kit from us, or you have a kit on order, we can order the cases
for you. Some of the custom sizes will take longer to get, but for
everything else, we can get fairly quickly. For more info on Protection
Racket cases, please check out their website,
ProtectionRacket.com. Sorry,
but we are not a distributor so we cannot sell to non OCDP customers.
When Pink Floyd’s
Nick Mason contacted Protection Racket last year to enquire
about ordering some cases, it wasn’t your average request that
saw Nick calling up the company.
Nick, who had already purchased
Protection Racket cases in the past, was re-organizing his
warehouse and drum collection and wanted cases made that had a
clear window pocket on them so he could include a photograph of
the drums for easy identification. The order came to over
seventy cases, but it didn’t stop there as Nick wanted some very
special cases made for his unique Ferrari & the Dark Side of The
Moon kits.
Enter the Ferrari kit, an
exclusive and exceptional kit made by DW drums with rare
permission from Ferrari to use their logo both on the drum kit
and the Paiste cymbals that go with it. Nick worked with
Protection Racket to develop a set of special custom rigid cases
and gained permission from Ferrari to use the logo on the set,
in a matching Ferrari red colour. Two sets of the cases were
made, one for Nick and the other for the sister kit housed at
the Ferrari Museum in Maranello (Modena, Italy ).
The Dark Side of the Moon hardly
needs an introduction: one of the world’s best selling albums
with over forty five million copies sold, it is regarded as one
of the greatest rock albums of all time. Nick had a special DW
kit made for the Dark Side of the Moon tour and worked with
Protection Racket over the last few months to develop a set of
special custom rigid cases based on the Album artwork.
Protection Racket are very proud
of the special cases made for Nick Mason and continue to work
closely with the world’s best rock legends and up and coming
drummers. From Deep Purple’s Ian Paice, to Pink’s Mark Schulman,
Protection Racket’s roster of artists spans the best of drumming
talent and they continue to be the number one choice for
drummers all over the solar system… well at least those on the
Dark Side of the Moon!
Kevin Dunlap said this...
Hey guys, I had to write and tell you what an amazing product you guys
have! Last night after a gig I piled up my drums outside the backdoor of
the venue and wouldn't you know it. Some bonehead came around the corner
going pretty fast. He hit my drums and everything went flying and I mean
flying! My toms rolled about 20 feet and I litterally saw my prized 1970
Slingerland snare that I had just had professionally restored fly
through the air and then it went rolling down a hill. The snare was at
the point of impact with the car. My cymbals went spinning and landed
about 5 feet away. I have a 3 tom bag from Beato and a bass drum case
from Beato and a cymbal bag from Beato but my snare case is a protection
racket case. Well my drums are trashed! That is except for the snare! My
snare didn't even get so much as a scratch. The zipper on the Beato basg
split and that allowed the toms to come out of the bag and one of them
rolled down the hill. The knucklehead of course didn't have car
insurance so I will have to find a way to get my drums fixed. That is
except for the one that I had in my Protection Racket case!!!! What is
the sense in buying cases to protect your drums if the first time you
need protection it isn't there. Kind of like having insurance that won't
cover a crash! It is going to take me a while but I am going to buy all
Protection Racket cases now. Thank you for making such an amazing
product that would stand up to a car to protect my snare!
Here's what Nick Hemingway has to
say.....
Few decisions in my life have been as easy as this one; I have been a
satisfied Protection Racket customer since 1999, they have never let me
down, ever... Their attention to detail is simply staggering, and the
case construction & materials are far beyond high quality, from the 'Racketex'
waterproof outer, 'Propadd' dual density foam protection to the 'Propile'
fleece inner that polishes & cleans your drums while they are in the
case.
They have literally developed the best
materials possible for each individual component and when they are put
together in a Protection Racket case it creates something that is far
greater than the sum of its parts... And all this is before they add
features like indestructible, waterproof, rot proof zips. Bonded nylon
stitching that doesn't deteriorate and holds the case together even if
an area of stitching is breached. Webbing handles & seams that give a
staggering 1,500 kilo breaking strength. Totally rust proof &
indestructible satin finished nickel plated steel zip pulleys. Luggage
tags, size labels & countless other innovations that in my opinion make
Protection Racket cases the best in the world.
This opinion was reinforced to me
recently in such a clear way that I will never use a none Protection
Racket drum case ever again. One of my cherished (& expensive) drum kits
was protected by a mixture of Protection Racket cases & 'Hardcase' brand
hard cases, this kit was toured & rehearsed on for 7 years & was
constantly being transported, each drum was transported in the same way
& treated in the same way...
A few months ago I was cleaning the drum
kit & noticed a lot of wear & scratches on the drum I was cleaning, on
closer inspection I realised that only the drums that had been in the
hard case's were showing the excess wear & scratching. The drums that
were in the Protection Racket cases were all still perfect.
The rust on the lug screw also goes to
show just how well the 'Propile' fleece removes surface moisture. As far
as I can tell, the drums move around in the hard cases no matter how
tight you fasten them, the tiny amount of foam in the top & bottom of
the lid just isn't enough to hold the drum in the centre of the case
during transit, consequently the drums appear to be rubbing against the
hard plastic sides of the cases, and the shock is passing directly
through the hard unforgiving plastic directly to the drum.
I have heard a lot of rubbish talked
about the difference in protection between soft cases & hard cases, and
firstly I don't consider Protection Racket cases to be 'soft cases' as
such, as far as I am concerned they are semi rigid cases. But whatever
you call them Protection Racket cases absorb shock & protect from
scratches far better than any hard case I have ever seen. I have
experienced the very real & expensive proof first hand...
In my opinion, any drum would survive
better in Protection Racket case from any fall than it would in a hard
case, the unique design of the Protection Racket cases gives all round
thick absorbent shock protection that dissipates the shock damage before
it reaches your drum & even spreads the load if the drum strikes a sharp
corner or ridge. The hard case simply passes the shock directly onto the
drum & the hard plastic sides can damage your drum even if the ground
doesn't.
In the extremely unlikely event of a drum
case being crushed with sufficient force to damage the extremely strong
residual shape of a drum, by being run over by a tour bus for example,
it won't matter what type of case it is in, the drum will still be
matchwood, the only difference being the one in the Protection Racket
case with be cleaner, scratch free matchwood, oh... and the odds are the
Protection Racket case will still be fine to use on your new drums once
you have washed off the tyre marks & got rid of all the sawdust...
This is why professional musicians all
round the world trust Protection Racket to take care of their valuable
instruments, to see Nick's profile & see a full list of protection
Racket Endorsees visit
http://www.protectionracket.co.uk and click on the Endorsees button.
