[rawcatslyentist]

That's the look/style of the high end Gib cases from the last 10 years. Be it LP SG or even Epi Casinos. Tan vinyl covered fiber/paste board, with amply padded form fitted satin coffin liner.

Here's a link to the pic. http://now.msn.com/delta-air-lines-crushes-vintage-gibson-guitar-of-musician-dave-schneider

[Scoutmaster]

Nope. Except for some special models, the Gibson high-end cases from the past fifteen years or more are black, not tan and pink.

I collect (and buy and sell) guitars. I have a Lennon Revolution Casino that's in a tan and pink case, based on the '65 case that John Lennon had.

However, I've handled Gibson ES-339, ES-355, J-200, L-200, Hummingbird, J-45, Southern Jumbo, Les Paul, SG (Gibson and Epiphone), and Flying V guitars (as well as banjos and mandolins) over the last two decades, all of them in black cases.

Here's a recent J-45 case:

Here's a Custom Shop Les Paul case:

. . . and a SG case:

[Scoutmaster]

As far as I know, Gibson currently buys its cases from TKL and Ameritage. They're not paste board - they're layered veneer (plywood). At least all of mine are.

I play with somebody who has a '52 or '53 D-45 (which he bought in '52 or '53). In that era, Gibson was buying its cases from Geib & Shaefer and Lifton. The tan and pink is most connected with Lifton cases. Some of the G&S and Lifton cases Gibson sold during that era, like Geib's Mastercraft line, were three-ply plywood. G&S had a chipboard line called the Geib Economo, which Gibson sold.

[Scoutmaster]

I checked a couple of guitars and I believe I’m wrong about fifteen years. I think Gibson switched to black cases around 2002-2003.