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I bought this guitar used and I took it for granted that the case opened every time. Well, apparently my kids got to it and messed with the combo and locked me out. I had to start at 000 and worked my way up to the 500s until I unlocked it.

Now that I think about it, these locks only keep the owner out and not thieves. I can't imagine the lock preventing a thief from stealing the guitar, ; he/she would just take the whole thing, and then perhaps just break the lock to get to the guitar.

Lol damn, that sucks!

I'm glad all my cases are key locks instead of combi-locks.....not that I ever use them, though.

I'd have just snapped the lock. After snapping my kids' necks, of course.

Shoulda picked it bro... for future reference look inside the cracks between the wheels with a flashlight.. the little spindle that the wheels rotate on have a dimple.. when all three are lined up you have the correct combo.

for real, its not a like a thief would say, "well i cant pick this tiny lock right here so i guess i wont just pickup the case and walk away"


but srsly


fuck thieves



i did kinda find it funny that you sat there and tried 500 different combos, sorry man but that is sorta funny.

Placemat Jackson wrote:Shoulda picked it bro... for future reference look inside the cracks between the wheels with a flashlight.. the little spindle that the wheels rotate on have a dimple.. when all three are lined up you have the correct combo.

Ha, you're right, someone told me that after I popped the lock on my SG case, same situation as OP, my kid messing around locked me out. lol.

i handcuff my case to my wrist.

Dude - I'da had the kids do it while I watched...and drank..

This is why you don't have kids.

Hookandcanman wrote:Dude - I'da had the kids do it while I watched...and drank..

Y'know, I should've thought of that. But I took this guitar to work and had some down time. It took less than 10 minutes. Which only goes to show how further useless these locks are.

lock his xbox controller in there