Gig bad suggestions?

4003360man · Post by **4003360man** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:41 pm

I can almost get my entire rig in my car with the exception of my bass. I think I can solve the problem by using a gig bag for practices. (For gig's my guitar player will pick me up in his SUV and the Rick will stay in the case.)

My question is, anyone have any suggestions for a gig bag you'd trust for your Rick?

I'm a bit squeemish, but with gas prices being what they are, anything that eliminates two trips is a must.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:50 pm

I regularly use a gig bag for trips to practice for my Ricks, & to gigs for my Peavey 5 string. The brand name is Profile, but I don't know anything about the company or it's relative quality. It works fine, has a decent amount of padding & tons of zippered pockets.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:49 pm

I try to keep away from bad gigs. ;^)

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon May 08, 2006 3:09 pm

I use a double bass Reunion Blues bag which is really nice. I have the Cordura model, not the leather one. I would assume their single bass bag to be just as good.

www.reunionblues.com/home.html

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon May 08, 2006 3:49 pm

I won't use them for anything but storage. I thought it was about bad gigs also and was ready to relay some stories.

4003360man · Post by **4003360man** » Mon May 08, 2006 4:55 pm

Whoops. Nice mispelling of the thread title on my part.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:49 pm

You're lucky I've told them 100 times here already.

endlessbassic · Post by **endlessbassic** » Tue May 09, 2006 6:57 am

I'll give a shout-out for Ritter gig bags.. i believe the model is the RCG700, and i paid around $45 for it.. works like a charm, is quite protective, and has a billions pockets.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:03 am

Kaces or Levy

Levy has a cool tweed-to match a 59 F_nder bassman

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue May 09, 2006 10:11 am

I have a Levy's gig bag that I like very much. I have a F*nd*r bag that holds 2 basses. It's made okay, but the padding could be thicker and it doesn't have a soft lining...so my Ricks don't go in there.

I recently picked up a Kaces soft light case. It's nice, my one complaint about it so far is that the handle is too far to one side (head) of the case, so it's off balance when you carry it with a bass in it.

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Tue May 09, 2006 10:45 am

Carvin makes a nice gig bag that I use from time to time.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:18 am

bob, you only run into trouble here if you don't use any caps or punctuation at all this drives me nuts too but im making an example i think pauls aiming the giant evil eye at me right now

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:43 am

Kevin? What are you talkin' about?!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:55 am

Ooops! Misunderstanding! I thought Bob was referring to the misspelling of the thread title. Went off on a little tangent there...guess I need more sleep...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:01 pm

guess I need more sleep...

Me too...