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A case for every bass

BillinAnchorage

BillinAnchorage

Jan 6, 2004
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#1
Just curious ... Do you have a case for every bass you own? Do you buy the manufacturers case or something else?

I have .....

Schecter CV4 Vintage with a Schecter case
Ovation Celebrity Acoustic/Electric with Ovation case
ESP LTD B-205SM Fretless ... no case
ESP LTD J-205 3TB ... no case

1 Gator Case for either ESP
oh and a Ministar in a crappy bag to take on vacation lol

I suppose I only need a case for every bass if I were to take them all with me somewhere ... just thinking out loud here
 
#5
My basses stay in their hard cases except when I'm transporting (a Fender rectangular case will not fit in my Mustang). I have always used hard cases for the 37+/- instruments I've had over 40+ years.

For gig bags I have a Fender brand for my Precisions and a Mono M80 for my SR5.
 
#6
BillinAnchorage said:
Just curious ... Do you have a case for every bass you own? Do you buy the manufacturers case or something else?
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Yup for every one. If I buy a used bass that didn't come with one, I usually buy a factory one for it.
I hate gig bags and their limited protection. Plus the band always rides together to every gig (so no one bones-out of working or leaving early) and all of our gear gets jam-packed in the back of a truck.
 
#12
Mostly hard cases, a couple of polyfoam cases, and a bag which isn't for storing basses but I use when I want to carry a bass around with me. I have an anvil type case that I haven't needed (I got it with a bass) and is used on it's end as a doorside table.
 
#13
I don't like gig bags for the one and only reason that they make my bass blend right in to the pile of sweatshirts and jackets on the bandroom couch making it more likely to be sat on than if it wer just siting out in the open.
I figure if its not being protected by a case it should at least be identafileable as an instrument.
 
#14
Case, Polyfoam or Gig Bag for every bass. Local gigs (bass never leaves my sight or control), I use a Mono Gig bag or dual Mono Gig bag to carry my basses. Road work or fly gigs, bass in a Gig Bag inside an ATA approved SKB or Anvil case. Always make sure my instrument insurance is paid and enough to cover the axe. My '62, '64, and '68 P Bass don't travel any more, they are irreplaceable.
 
#15
I make sure that I have a hard case that will hold any bass I take out of the house. Most of my basses have their own hard case, but I may have multiple basses that fit a particular case.

I only take two basses out at a time for gigs (primary and backup) so it works.

I don't like to use gig bags except to carry a bass to practice. For gigs, no gig bags. Too much risk.
 
#18
.I have hard cases for about half my basses. Especially the better ones. The rest have gig bags. Some are manufacturers cases the basses came in (G&L, ALembic, Carvin) Some are the ones I had the basses shipped in for protection when I bought them (the cases from Rondo music for my SX...I always order a case for them) And the others were a sale at Sam Ash years ago on Guitar Research bass cases that were the plasic kind with aluminum trim. They were $25 each and I bought all they had! But evenually they ran out and I switched to gig bags.

In my Hard Cases I always have for EACH bass: A cable, a strap with straplocks (all basses have been switched to Dunlops), a tool kit for ALL the screws etc on THAT bass, and there is a spare set of strings of the type i use on THAT bass. Is that paranoid or what? Some cases have a small folding guitar stand for emergenies and the basses I use a lot have their folding stands inside the case in a place I hollowed out to take it. The idea is you grab a case and you have the bass and all you need...except they don't all have bass tuners in the case. Too many batteries etc. But again the ones that I use a lot also have a tuner in the case usually Korg (totally great cheap tuner) or a Snark (also great).

All the gig bags also have tool kits and spare strings for the bass, but usually don't have cords, tuners, or straps which I move around. Typically basses in gig bags tend to be the cheaper secondary or back up basses.
 
#20
For 6 basses I have:
4 cases
2 bags
I prefer cases, but the bags will do.

I used to have a designated strap for each bass and a spare for guitars, but now I'm going with 2 straps for basses, and 1 for guitars plus a spare strap in my utility gig bag.

All basses have straplocks and the 2 straps are appropriately equipped.
Spare strings and one cord go in my main player's case, while more spare strings and all other cords go either in the utility gig bag or briefcase along with tools, fuses, and all other sundry spares and gear.
Ya gotta be prepared!
 

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