Jan-Al ftw!

What does ftw mean?

For the win?

 FTW  has changed over the years !    
 
New School meaning= For The Win  
 
Old School Sub-Culture meaning =  F_ _ _K The World  
 
Edwin you ask me in your thread and I responded.
Everyone please forgive me if the answer is somewhat offensive.
I do believe if to be accurate however!

I am sure that Flip means FTW  to = For The Win

I thought it was for the world!

For the win it is :-)

The only one that I'm familiar with is Wolf's second option. I'm so goth and emo! :-)

I wish my lawn was emo, so it would cut itself.

That is one luxurious case...dare I ask how much it was??
Essential protection for a nice bass

It was in the $650 range. At first I didn't think it would be quite that expensive, as it's getting into the lofty realms charged by Calton. However, when factoring in that they could build it in a week and that it has a lot more internal storage, it's definitely a very fair price.
 
One thing that's interesting is that the bass is held absolutely in place, but the strings are free to vibrate. It's kind of nice because that means that if the bass is tossed face down, the strings won't be jammed against the frets.

I think that's also about what Alembic charged me for mine, sure worth every $!

jeeze edwin..'tossed face down'  I don't think so, placed very gently in the upface position is more apt..
Okay that is ?400...ouch! that is a lot of dosh but if you have paid over ?7000 for a bass it is worth protecting it.

I paid more than that for my Calton case for my Starfire. I also bought the Starfire for $375. What the bass cost is somewhat unrelated as the value is calculated on a much different basis. It's hard to put a price on instruments that are fairly unique (ie. other than a standard off the shelf bass) and part of the calculation is how much you travel. I want to make sure that my instruments arrive in the same condition they left and given that I travel and gig a fair amount, it would only be a matter of time before the bass is subjected to some really objectionable behavior. Being tossed face down is gentle compared to some insults the instruments receive. Here's an example from the Calton testimonials:
 
 
Got to Newark airport last Monday. I checked the new guitar and the flat top in their Calton cases. Waiting to pick up my bags at the odd-size baggage pick-up place... first guitar comes flying thru this opening about 4 feet off the ground, lands on this metal thing, flips over a few times, spins around ? CRASH! Must have been thrown about 25 feet by some guy practicing for some Olympic javelin throwing contest. Then the next one ? same thing. I was freaking out, couldn't see back behind this barrier who was doing it and if I went back there I probably would have been arrested by security and everything, so I just tried to talk to the guy in charge out there. He said, there is no problem, because if it is broken you tell them you make report and maybe they give you $500. Oh that's perfect! Since there were about $10,000 worth of guitars in there, that put my mind to rest! There was nothing to do, so I just went to the hotel, opened the cases and they're both in perfect condition. Man, those things worked this time. Bill Frisell

You would hope that at least for someone like Bill Frisell they would make at least a little effort to show some respect for the tools of such an accomplished artist.
 
Beautiful case Edwin.