What case would you pair with a cut bell Yamaha?

[asmith]

So Yamaha has come out with a few factory removable bell flare (aka cut bell screw bell) options, but they don't have a case available. I think is an interesting choice seeing that they are probably the largest B&O maker out there. Maybe they don't think the R&D value is there? Maybe they think that these options are not going to take off?

We currently have a YSL-891ZD and it's a killer horn that deserves a nice case, but I do not want to bundle it with something too crazy. I have a nice leather Marcus Bonna case, but that's an expensive case for us to even stock.

My colleagues and I were debating this the other day, but I think the TromboneChat hive mind is as good of a place as any to open the discussion.

PS here's some product photos we got of it in the MB case: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

[Burgerbob]

Unless something else has appeared on the scene, the MB cut bell case or the Superfine bag are the only choices I would really consider.

[asmith]

I have heard mutterings of some other imported bags that are cheaper, but they appear to be Chinese MB copies.

I wish Gard would sell a line like the one that they made for the Bach A47XPS.

[Jimkinkella]

It's pretty hard to beat the Bonna cases.
The Marco Magi are very nice.
Irv Karan was selling something similar to the MB, I think maybe a rebadged Basili?

[jacobgarchik]

There's Bags of Spain and there's Jonny Villena in Peru.

https://musical-bags.com/product-catego ... ble/basic/

https://www.facebook.com/estuches.Jonny.Villena

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[pbone3b]

I ended up getting the MB.
https://mbcases.com/portfolio/cases/tro ... z-trombone
Having done the screw-bell-conversion on my 3b, I was surprisingly motivated to cough up the extra $.
Why bother cutting it at all if you're going to cheap-out on the case/bag?