Behind The Scenes: Making A Case for the Hard Case

August 2, 2021

The Hard Case for the Jamstack 1 was a big hit, and we’re excited to bring it back for the Jamstack 2! Much like the Jamstack amp, we’ve made some key changes that will ensure that the new Hard Case is better than ever.

Before we unpack the details, let's review why the first iteration Hard Case was so well loved and appreciated:

Having a small portable guitar amp that sounds exceptional is a real game changer. Suddenly there are more possibilities for playing your guitar - anywhere! If you’re bringing your electric guitar and Jamstack with you everywhere you go, having a reliable case that protects your kit from being damaged or getting lost is essential. It frees you up to feel good about your super portable rig, and truly allows you to play anywhere, in seconds.

*The Hard Case easily clips onto your guitar case with the included carabiner

Those principles remain front and center with the new Hard Case, but this blog series is meant to give you a window into the thought behind our designs, our considerations, and everything else we love about our products. So what’s so “new” about the new Hard Case? Let me tell you!

*New more compact design for the Jamstack 2

Light but Strong

To design a case that really makes you want to get up and go, we knew that keeping the weight down was key. The clam shell design has a thin but durable plastic shell, filled with super tough EVA foam. The perfect combination of materials and geometry makes this case both incredibly lightweight and strong. The sloping arc shape acts like an egg shell, distributing the force evenly in case of a fall.

In between the accessory compartment and the speaker mold is a robust piece of plastic, protecting your speaker from anything you’re carrying around in the storage compartment.

Convenient and Thoughtful

When designing our products, we do our best to make sure our designs are as manageable as possible. Here are some details we spent a long time refining to make the Hard Case easier for you to use:

In the spirit of prioritizing ease, we made sure the Jamstack 2 slides in and out of the Hard Case effortlessly with just one hand!
The height of the zipper on the accessory pouch is just right. Too tall? Digging your hand into the bottom becomes a pain! Too low? Everything falls out when you’re trying to take out one accessory! We experimented with this a lot, and found the perfect middle ground, making the pouch both accessible and secure.
We included a double zipper on the exterior. That way, whichever side you guess the zipper is on, you’re right! Little details like this go a long way to making a product more fun and enjoyable to use.

There’s one more hidden easter egg in the design that I think you’ll appreciate, but giving everything away is no fun, is it!!?

Best,

Chris

Want to level-up your playing? Pre-order your Jamstack 2 amp today!

Fantastic

Super solid. Beautiful packaging and design. It's like sonos for musicians.

Worth the wait!!!

I ordered mine during the pandemic on indiegogo.com and honestly I’d forgotten about it until I got several notices of shipping confirmation needed from JamStack!

As a guitar teacher of over 25 years, it has made teaching and going between acoustic and electric guitars way way easier. I travel to my students. So lugging an amp to a lesson was hard work. Now with this awesome amp, and it really is a freakishly good amp in its own right, the entire game has changed. It’s exciting. Thanks for bringing this brilliant product to the market! You’ve really provided us with an awesome tool for making and teaching music! The tone on this amp is outstanding and it defies logic how good and how loud it sounds. Bravo to your whole team!!!

Everything about this package from the awesome amp itself, which sounds amazing (I hope this doesn’t come off as snobbish, but I’m a 45 year player and Berklee College of Music grad, I feel like my standards for assessing music gear is better than average, for perspective) to the cool carrying case, to the perfect length cable that goes from your guitar to the device, to the intuitive app that comes free from you guys, to the super easy to follow instructions, to the very stylish(with an almost art deco vibe) amp to guitar mount, you guys thought of everything. You guys have really knocked this ball clean out of the ballpark.

In fact, it’s so good that I was inspired to write a review, which I NEVER do. If you’ve made it this far in my review, then you’re trying to figure out whether the JamStack 2 is right for you, I respect the effort. There are so many blah products for guitar out there, and you have to do your due diligence in researching the product’s pros and cons as they pertain to your specific situation, otherwise you’ll have wasted your money. Or you’ll have a product you just don’t need. I can honestly tell you that this amp has no ‘cons’, it’s exactly as advertised. And it sounds way better than you can imagine. The video clips are great and all, but they don’t do justice to how great this thing feels to play and how great it sounds.

As a guy who plays for a living, I really believe that anything that inspires me is worth whatever it costs (as long as I can afford it). Maybe that’s true for everything, but for me, I know it’s definitely 100% true for music gear in my experience.

A couple things:

One idea i had for a product accessory for the JamStack 2 is a gigbag that fits most electrics and where you could leave the amp attached in the gigbag itself. Like maybe it could have more support around the base of the guitar where the amp attaches. I don’t know, but if you make that case and it’s up to the standards of excellence of your JamStack, I’ll be first in line to throw my money at y’all! Actually, maybe if I’m the first one to bring up this product idea, and you end up making it, I should definitely get a free one! Lol!!!

And the only thing that I’d wish for would be a way to rid the noise gate from every patch on the app. I totally get why you have them on the patches, I just hate noise gates.

Also, I’d like the app to show only the effects that are currently being used on that patch and if you wanted to add an effect, you could go to a different, nearby place to get that pedal and once you add a pedal it will show up in the patch.

I’m getting used to y’all’s workflow, but I’m still getting a little confused seeing all those effects and available (currently unused) effects basically in the same place. So it’s sometimes hard to tell which ones are on and which aren’t. I hope that makes sense.

My overall opinion of the JamStack 2 is that I don’t think I could be any happier with it. I’m an everyday user these days and your company has gained a fan for life!

Eric W

My son is obsessed

We just got an early unit and gave it to my son ahead of the holidays. He was THRILLED. He's been recording into his phone and making all kinds of new music. Super happy with my purchase.

Really impressed

I was worried at first because the claims on this thing were pretty intense but decided to take the chance and really glad I did. Everything from the box it came in, to the hard case, and all the included accessories was super premium. I haven't attached it to my guitar yet but I have really been enjoying playing guitar with the wireless transmitter.

Breaks the lawys of phsyics

I don't understand how they get this much sound out of a box this size. I guess speaker technology is getting better but wow. It's bass is good but what I really appreciate is the clarity of both my guitar effects (Mexican Strat) and also my music.

Behind The Scenes: Making A Case for the Hard Case

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