dropped my ray

[gafbass02]

Ok so i got to the top of the stairs with my bass in its bag on my back, at the top the shoulder strap went "ping" and the bass plunged to the stairs headstock first and proceeded to slide head first all he back down the stairs till it meets the wall at the bottom, also head first!


..Apparently i went white!

Opened the bag................not even out of tune!, not a scratch! heh heh i was so glad i played my MM that day!, and strangely at every session ive done lately!

 

[Randracula]

Wow, you got lucky! What kind of gig bag was it?

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Your lucky day. By a lottery ticket

 

[OnlyMe]

Pffewww... you had me worried there for a sec

 

[6pack Jon]

..Apparently i went white!

I believe most of us would too.

 

[fly]

hard case man.............lose the gig bag.

 

[Big Poppa]

Actualy we dont recomend that you drop it down a flight of stairs but our basses can take a lot of abuse. Like an old school pickup built Ball Tough!

 

[NoFrets80]

...

what was that line from the Dragnet movie? ...."Reverend, you've got balls as big as church bells." Well, replace "big" with "tough" and that seems adequate here.

 

[MingusBASS]

I was playing at church a few weeks ago and I placed my HH Bongo 5 on a stand while I was setting up the rest of my gear. Well, the keyboardist moved something setting off a chain reaction that ended with my Bongo falling face first, nailing a wooden stool *klank* then falling on it's face on the carpet. It all seemed to happen in slow motion. Don't worry, it was fine, not even a bent knob!

 

[gafbass02]

warwick

it was an awful warwick gig bag that has let me down before, i have an MM hardcase but didnt take it that day, ahem, lesson learned!

 

[Caca de Kick]

Yep, that's why I never use gig bags.

 

[bassmonkeee]

Yep, that's why I never use gig bags.

That's just why I never use cheap gigbags.

 

[MingusBASS]

That's just why I never use cheap gigbags.

+1

 

[tplyons]

That's just why I never use cheap gigbags.

+1

My Stingray always took a beating without losing tune. Certainly the most reliable bass I've ever had my mitts on.

 

[Rano Bass]

it was an awful warwick gig bag that has let me down before

If it lets you down even once, then it's not worth it.
BTW i use a L***land gig bag and i'm wondering why BP doesn't design quality bags for us, Music Man players who love the portability of a quality gig bag?
Just wondering

 

[Aussie Mark]

Gig bag? What's that?

 

[Narcosynthesis]

Gig bag? What's that?

Something much easier to carry basses in if you actually have to move them far

David

 

[Aussie Mark]

Something much easier to carry basses in if you actually have to move them far

That's what the handle is for, and that case has wheels too if you're really puny.

 

[Brim]

That's just why I never use cheap gigbags.

In-Case or Pro-Tec all the way.

$$$ but worth it.

 

[Bill]

I was cringing as I read the bass-falling-down-the-stairs story, and then I breathed a sigh of relief at the end!