nice Ebay purchase

Mike Arnopol · #1 10-12-2008, 11:32 AM

I've posted here about my new Italian bass. Problem was that with a 20" upper and a 29 1/2" lower bout I thought I would have to have a bag custom made. A few weeks ago I was looking through Ebay and found that someone was selling a new unused 7/8 Reunion Blues bag. The measurements were near perfect. The guy was on the road and bought it from a shop that was closing. It was too big for his bass. I bought it and was pleased to see that it did appear to be unused. The upper bouts had a little bit too much extra room. I brought it to a luggage repair guy and he perfectly took in the upper bouts on the bag for $20. It now fits like a custom bag.
I paid $227.50 for the bag.

clink · #2 10-12-2008, 12:06 PM

Very cool. Those are some very nice bags.
My bass has a 28-1/4 lower bout which made it a tight fit for the 7/8
Bobelock bag I tried so I ended up just buying a 4/4 bag. It is pretty loose around that big bottom so I have thought about having it taken in some. How did you estimate your degree of adjustment? Pins or measurements?

Joe Ergle · #3 10-12-2008, 12:25 PM

That's awesome that it worked out like that. You could have potentially paid a pretty penny for a fully custom bag. Very fortunate indeed

toman · #4 10-12-2008, 06:48 PM

Score; not only is it crazy that you got the bag modified for $20, but you got the bag itself for a great price!

I too am interested in what exactly the guy did to alter the bag; funny that I have no problem taking apart instruments but I cringe at the thought of trying anything on a bass bag...