My last word on the age old gig bag vs hard case debate

[Aussie Mark]

I just bought this baby

ebay score

 

[phatduckk]

thats sweet.

im all about the hard case but today i took 2 guitars to practice and i was wishing i had a gig bag with backpack like straps. carrying a guitar case in each hand is just annoying.

i figure is a "controlled" scenario a gigbag is aight

 

[johans]

whoaa

quite a score mark
how heavy would that case be ;p

you pickin it up?

 

[Aussie Mark]

carrying a guitar case in each hand is just annoying.

I've been a bass player for almost 30 years (and also owns a PA), so lugging stuff doesn't worry me at all

 

[Aussie Mark]

how heavy would that case be

you pickin it up?

It's got castors, which is very handy, but most of my lugging is from the loading dock to the stage, so no big deal. It's located interstate, and will cost around US$20 to ship to me, so again, no big deal. At the price I paid, it's a steal - I paid almost twice that price for an ATA flight case for my Thunderbird.

 

[johans]

congrats mark

i never seen anything like that for 2 basses in US here
i've seen double padded gig bag for 2 basses though .. but not hardcase

 

[dlloyd]

I just bought this baby

ebay score

I can only imagine trying to get that on the bus...

 

[johans]

haha
true

mark probably own a truck?

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Looks good Mark.

All you need now is one the holds the remaining 14 Basses

.

 

[Aussie Mark]

I can only imagine trying to get that on the bus...

Why? I haven't ridden a bus for 25 years, and have no need to.

 

[Aussie Mark]

mark probably own a truck?

Correct

 

[dlloyd]

Why? I haven't ridden a bus for 25 years, and have no need to.

It might not be too long before I don't need to use a bus anymore, but in the meantime I'll continue to use gigbags.

 

[Aussie Mark]

It might not be too long before I don't need to use a bus anymore, but in the meantime I'll continue to use gigbags.

How do you carry your amp and cabinet/s?

 

[johans]

How do you carry your amp and cabinet/s?

hey mark
all thouse your rig?

or you bring you PA's too?
do you leave them in your car
hahaha
download and uploading this for every gig would be ...

 

[dlloyd]

How do you carry your amp and cabinet/s?

I leave them at home and hire a rig for the few gigs I play at the moment. Not an ideal situation, but I get by.

 

[johans]

where do you rent your rig?
are they expensive?

 

[dlloyd]

where do you rent your rig?
are they expensive?

We hire it from the rehearsal studio we use... that's if I can't borrow someone else's or get transportation for mine. I think it was £30 last time to hire an Ashdown ABM rig.

 

[Aussie Mark]

all thouse your rig?

or you bring you PA's too?
do you leave them in your car
download and uploading this for every gig would be ...

Yes, that's all my gear (well, some of it anyway). I don't leave it in the van, since different gigs require different PA configurations. By the look of that photo, that was for a small gig - often the van is filled to the roof with gear.

 

[Morrow]

I cannot imagine using that for anything but flying.

 

[LeftyLB]

hey mark
all thouse your rig?

or you bring you PA's too?
do you leave them in your car
hahaha
download and uploading this for every gig would be ...

And I thought I had it tough!

Mark, are they Mackie speakers that you have snuggled in amongst all that gear?

Liam