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Location: Chicago | Packing for a gig tonight I see that my old Fender (nylon) bag is wrecked. I'd like some advice on how to replace it. I carry the usual: 6-7 cords, a few pedals, power-strip, duct tape, guitar stand etc. I imagine there must be some very cool stuff out there . Gotta say: the Fender gig bag is very awkward and poorly designed. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Well are you talking about a gig bag for the guitar and all the stuff or just the stuff?
I have an old Trace Elliot bag that I use for just the stuff, and then the tribal planet or other guitar only gig bags because they are easier to haul around. |
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Location: Chicago | Just for the stuff: My Adamas will travel in its case, of course.... I'll look for these. Is there a cool website to shop? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | For the Adamas get a back axe, so you can carry it on your back.
For the "stuff", think rolling duffels or gymbags. Patagonia makes stuff that might work, so does Dakota or Tumi, there are a whole bunch of manufacturers and range of styles. Look at luggage and sporting good stores. The musician stores will rip you off, but'll give you ideas. I think Planet Waves makes a small bag that would work, and possibly musicians friend. Once you get the ideas from there hit the stores. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | In the meantime, use that duct tape to hold the bag together. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | try a photographers bag
they work great |
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Location: Scotland | Shameless plug for my own products again, but this is the best musicians kit-bag on the market
Access Personal FX bag
My price is about the same as recommended retail in the US, but I guess you could find one cheaper nearer to you. |
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Location: Chicago | Now you're talking! :) |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I looked at the Access bag. Looks nice. I didn't know exactly where you were in Scotland, so I did a google of rothesay and saw it was near Mull of Kintyre . What a nice place it must be. |
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Location: NJ | That's a NICE bag!!
I just got one not to long ago (from GC) GigSkinz
Probably not as nice as the Access, but a little better suited to my particular needs. I don't carry a lot of small things since all my pedals are on a board in a seperate case, and the main compartment of my bag just needs t'hold a 5" binder(FakeBook/Bible) and a compartmented fishing tackle tray w/hinged lid for all my small ancillary stuff (pix/strings/capos/flashlight/reading glasses).
GigSkins had a DJ bag that suited me perfectly.
The main compartment was bisected exACTly the way I needed it. Like it was custom. The outside pockets hold all my straps/cables. Got BackPackStraps, too . . . I forget which model it is.
That Access looks like a REAL nice one!! |
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Location: big island | cliff ~ which model gigskinz bag did you get? they've got several so i wonder which one suited you. mahalo! |
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Location: NJ | I've got the DSMR DJbag. |
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Location: big island | that'd be this one?
gigskinz dj bag
if so, is this a comparable price? |
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| I just ordered one of Temp's. I will report back about the quality and general service and hound him mercilessly through the courts if anything is left than perfect.
The downside of buying from him is that from where he lives the package has to travel by mule train, canoe, ferry and three days on a wagon trail before it reaches anywhere civilized enough to have a post office. Only then does it begin its long journey south. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I was reading this thread last night and my wife looked over at the screen and asked, are you people really talking about bags now? Why can't you just look at porn like normal guys?
I thought it was pretty funny. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by schroeder:
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The downside of buying from him is that from where he lives the package has to travel by mule train, canoe, ferry and three days on a wagon trail before it reaches anywhere civilized enough to have a post office. Only then does it begin its long journey south. no wonder i'm still awaiting my dozen walnut tuner buttons... :eek: |
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Location: North Carolina | One of those little wheeled overhead compartment canvas suitcases you get at Walmart for $20-30. All those damn cords and things get pretty heavy, plus you can unzip the whole top for easy access. End of the nigh,you toss it all in and get out. Sort it all the nest day and wrap it pretty for the next gig. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The Access bags came with the OFC guitar. They have more compartments than I have stuff, plus I never "gig", but I just realized it's a great place to store extra straps, strings and loads of other stuff. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | What's a "gig"...? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Weaser P:
What's a "gig"...? Function: noun
Etymology: short for earlier fizgig, fishgig, of unknown origin
Date: 1722
1 : a pronged spear for catching fish
2 : an arrangement of hooks to be drawn through a school of fish in order to hook their bodies |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | For those of us lucky enough to have picked up the OFC guitar, Al tossed in one of Temp's Access bags as part of the deal. Very nice. I packed it up solid and have been using it for 9 months straight, twice a week. However, within the past few weeks, I have tried to pack everything I need each week into the Tribal Plant guitar case (also Temp's) and keep from carrying one extra bag. I'm trying to cut down on the gear. I still end up with a guitar case, the AAD amp in its carrying case, an aluminum case for the pedal board, and a briefcase of music. Next, I'll try a rolling equipment bag. |
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| WOW!! Ordered the Access bag from Temp on Sunday morning, acknowledgement email Monday morning, bag arrived 10.35am Tuesday morning.
Retailer of the year? |
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Location: NJ | Don't you guys have like uniformed boys on bicycles delivering stuff like that Over There?? . . . |
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Location: Scotland | Close. The delivery boys are uninformed. |
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