Author Topic: Gig Bags (Read 562 times)

malthumb · « **Reply #15 on:** September 16, 2005, 04:18:02 PM »

Karl, Thought you might get a kick out of this..... Here's my Mark King / Series II 5 -string in a Reunion Blues bag I bought off of Bassgear.com a few years ago.

The guy I bought it from was in the process of starting a business to make custom gigbags, so he took it back and applied my funds towards a prototype bag he made off the dimensions of my bass. Alembic now offers these gigbags in their store. My 52" long bass, my DS-5 & power cord, and a whole lot of other stuff are in the bag in this picture.

Peace, James

David Houck · « **Reply #16 on:** September 16, 2005, 04:32:06 PM »

Nice room! I love the windows!

jazzyvee · « **Reply #17 on:** September 16, 2005, 08:12:54 PM »

I don't think I'd be too keen to have my bass in a gigbag personally unless it was quite well braced to guard against knocks.

But i'm surprised you are having trouble getting your stuff in a regular sized Eurpopean car.

I drive an Mcc Smart car ( ForTwo) and in that car I get my 1x15 and 2x10 power house speaker cabs, music stand and guitar stand in the back and my 3u rack unit with amp and SF-2 on the front seat and bass in flight case in the front passenger side of the car. I'm a tad under 6 feet and can still get comfortably in the car.

And this car has got to be one of the smallest on the road... lol

Here is a link to the car...
http://www.smarttogo.co.uk/new_car.asp?cid=1

David Houck · « **Reply #18 on:** September 16, 2005, 08:20:59 PM »

Jazzyvee; we're going to need pictures of your rig in that car!

jazzyvee · « **Reply #19 on:** September 17, 2005, 02:05:38 AM »

Ye of little faith....... lol
Sure when it's packed for my next bass playing gig I will take a pic of the stuff inside and out of the car.
It always intrigues people when they see me taking my stuff to the car and they are really surprised to see it all get in, and me get in the car as well.... lol

beelee · « **Reply #20 on:** September 17, 2005, 04:00:41 PM »

I'm not a fan of gigbags myself, never owned/used any..always cases. but to each their own and what ever works.

Oh my Jazzyvee your driving the little clown car !!
( just teasing..lol)
that car is small......I'd love to see pics of that too !!

The smallest car I had was a '79 Mustang, I had a Peavey 2-15 Black Widow cab that took up the whole back seat, a Peavey Mark IV head that fit in the trunk and 2 basses that fit in the back seat , one in front of the cabinet and one on top of it, cables and gtr stands also fit in the trunk.... since then its been all vans.....lol

lbpesq · « **Reply #21 on:** September 24, 2005, 09:35:19 AM »

Hey everyone:

The fedex guy delievered my new Body Glove gig bag yesterday. I'm VERY impressed. It is without a doubt the most protective gig bag I've ever run across. Certainly MUCH better than a soft bag or (horrors!) a chipboard case. It really is a new beast - a hybrid hard/soft case - more than a standard gig bag. It also comes with a cool little separate bag that fits inside an outside compartment and will hold a bunch of stuff (extra strings, wirecutters, polish cloth, tuner crank, picks, little stuff like that) and has a couple of velcro straps on the outside so you can strap it to your amp handle and have all your stuff at ready access. There are two choices for shoulder transportation. There is a single strap that clips on for carrying your axe over one shoulder. Additionally, you unzip a compartment and there are shoulder straps and a waist strap ala a camping backpack. The top flap to this compartment then rolls and clips down, turning into a pad that rides on your lower back when you wear the bag backpack style. (Are you listening all you motorcycle riders?) All in all for the $119 I paid (I found a $119 listing on eBay that Samash.com matched) this is nothing short of a bargain! Two big thumbs up! If you have doubts about gig bags but would consider a truly protective one, you should really check this one out. Samash.com has a very liberal return policy as I understand.

Bill, tgo

(Message edited by lbpesq on September 24, 2005)

bassplayer2106 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 24, 2005, 12:48:14 PM »

I'm after one of these bodyglove gigbags but
I don't seem to be able to get one over here in the UK.
I'm in Toronto next month - can anyone recommend a good shop there that sells these.
Cheers.
Kevin.

lbpesq · « **Reply #23 on:** September 24, 2005, 09:36:22 PM »

Kevin:

Try samash.com. I'd be surprised if they wouldn't ship to you.

Bill, tgo

bassplayer2106 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 25, 2005, 08:28:43 AM »

Hi
I've emailed them and they no longer ship abroad.
Thanks anyway.
Kevin.

mpisanek · « **Reply #25 on:** September 25, 2005, 11:30:04 AM »

Mannys on 48th street in New York City will ship abroad.

mpisanek · « **Reply #26 on:** September 25, 2005, 11:33:07 AM »

Bill tgo:

I'm glad your happy with your gig bag!

They are really amazing!

ox_junior · « **Reply #27 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:35:49 PM »

OK now, here's a conundrum for you all to consider/comment on:

I want to travel with my Spyder bass. I would prefer not to buy an ATA flight case and pay all the freight charges every time I want to travel, let alone heft the bloody thing around. There is no existing gigbag for a bass of this size and shape.

Would you:

1) Get the flight case and suck it up, or...

2) Have Alembic make a gigbag (they can, of course)? Would you trust a gigbag? Would the airlines let me take a gigbag that size onto an airplane?

Just looking for options/opinions here.

Mike

wayne · « **Reply #28 on:** September 30, 2005, 09:33:31 PM »

If you're flying - get the flight case. I seriously doubt that any airline is going to let an instrument that size in the cabin. Even if you get authorization verbally up front, I've heard that the gate attendants have the final say. And if all you have is the bag, it goes under like that, or you don't go.

Even with the TSA in the states not allowing checked baggage to be locked, I'd still trust the flight case. I didn't have any trouble taking my Series I overseas in January in its flight case (and it spent the night at JFK in New York while I went on to Turkey).

Just be sure to have built in wheels.....

C-Ya..........wayne

jazzyvee · « **Reply #29 on:** October 01, 2005, 07:24:22 AM »

I have done quite a lot of travelling over the past year with my band, on and off airlines. I used to carry my Strat in a full flight case which went in the hold with all the other luggage. In once sense I'm glad i took that approach as on one flight something heavy had dropped on the case and left a deep gash in the plywood casing and the case was soaking wet as was all the other members of the band's equipment. Fortunately the Flight case was strong and no water got into the case nor did the gash penetrate the inside of the case.

That said I have now decided to carry my guitar on-board with me, mainly due to fear of it getting lost or delayed. The last two trips abroad I have done this and had no problems with the cabin crew.
I think if the case is guitar shaped they are more likely to allow it on board. On my last trip which was to Spain, another passenger ahead of me also had an electric guitar strat but it was in a padded rectangular case which was not much larger than my guitar shaped case, but he was told it would have to go into the hold.

i was allowed in with mine and it even had a 3 seats to itself.

Author Topic: Gig Bags (Read 562 times)

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