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Case Vs. Gig Bag

What do you prefer?

  • Gig Bag

    Votes: 29 52.7%

  • Hard Case

    Votes: 26 47.3%
  • Total voters
    55
saxnbass

saxnbass

Mar 9, 2006
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Nashville, TN
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#1
If this has been covered already, sorry, please link me to the thread. Thanks

I was wondering what everyone prefers. What are the pros and cons of each? We all know that gig bags offer less protection, but is easier and lighter to carry around. Cases offer more protection, but are bigger and heavier.
 
#3
I haven't used a hard case since 1986. Is your instrument vulnerable in a gig bag? Sure, so are your hands. Just be careful to keep your hands from getting damaged and do the same with your bass. Now, if I'm flying I'll used a flight case of course, but as soon as I'm back to my room or whatever, it's gig bag time again.
 
#5
If I am transporting my own equipment myself then I'll use a bag. If I have to entrust it to anyone else, even close friends, and a wall of speakers in the back of a van/truck then it will only be allowed to travel in a hard case.

I have 5 basses - 2 bags and 2 cases - I only travel with 2 at the most at any one time.

Personally, i like to have the choice to travel light or safe depending which one is more important at the time.
 
#7
Up until recently, I have been a hard case guy, and nothing else. However, the Incase Gig Bags/Case had me really looking hard at it. I ended up buying one, and I'm officially a convert. This bag is better than any hard case I've seen or used yet. Also, sadowsky has just come out with a bag that looks suspiciously like an incase slim bag, but with some upgraded features. Check those out!
 
#9
xgabriel said:
Up until recently, I have been a hard case guy, and nothing else. However, the Incase Gig Bags/Case had me really looking hard at it. I ended up buying one, and I'm officially a convert. This bag is better than any hard case I've seen or used yet. Also, sadowsky has just come out with a bag that looks suspiciously like an incase slim bag, but with some upgraded features. Check those out!
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Yeah, I've been looking and considering one of those Sadowsky bags. Why do you say it's better than any hard case (that you've used)?
 
#12
saxnbass said:
Yeah, I've been looking and considering one of those Sadowsky bags. Why do you say it's better than any hard case (that you've used)?
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They seem to offer the same amount of protection, if not more, and they are tons more portable. I love being able to sling it over a shoulder. You can't do that with any hard cases I've ever seen, and this bag/case protects just as well!
 
#17
My gear is cheap ($140 SX and $400 Dean fretless) and I don't go anywhere except to my instructor's house and back, so I only use a gig bag for now.

If I ever have to do anything else, I'll probably buy a hard case.

I bought one for my sister's acoustic when she was taking a guitar class at school. She said it was a good thing she had it, because she kept banging into stuff.
 
#19
Around town and for rehearsals I'll usually use a gig bag. If we're loading up the van and hitting the road, I use a hard case. There's too much that can happen in the trailer for me to be comfortable with a soft case!

If I had my druthers, my bass would ride sitting the seat next to me, but space is usually an issue so back it goes. :hmm:
 
#20
Gig bags are ok for short drives in a vehicle.

However for long drives in the back of the truck or any place where stuff gets stacked, hard shell. SKB makes some hard shells that fit most brands....less than $100. I just feel safer at the venue...load ins and outs.
 

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