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#4,803
Joeykun said:
The only reason why I was asking is I do alot of road gigs. Our band equipment is packed in a van and travels for hundreds of miles. A gig bag is not ideal in this situation and I was looking for a roadworthy alternative.
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Tough crowd, my man...:rollno:

I totally get where you're going with this. I'm not on tour, but my band play regularly, and I'm just now getting to the point that I'm not racking my stuff all the time, although I do carry a rack. I'd agree with @ahc , there's a few really good case options out there. Pelican definitely has something that will give you all the protection you need, but it'll be pricey. I'd tell you to look locally and see if anyone in your area makes something that'll work. Good luck, bro.:thumbsup:
 
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Joeykun said:
The only reason why I was asking is I do alot of road gigs. Our band equipment is packed in a van and travels for hundreds of miles. A gig bag is not ideal in this situation and I was looking for a roadworthy alternative.
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I hear you...it’s fairly obvious to see who hasn’t toured or done any serious roadwork based on replies alone. I’m not touring full time anymore, but we had a saying when I was. Case it or replace it! A van and trailer is no place for a head to be bouncing around. Even a gig bag, while fine for farting back and forth in the passenger seat of your car from your house to the tavern and back, is asking for trouble going down the highway in a trailer. And if you live in the van, like we did, you wouldn’t have wanted it taking up valuable real estate in the cabin.

I’d go the Pelican/small road case route, myself, and just configure the foam to hold it all in place. Leave some room for the speaker cable/AC cable, and you got yourself a nice little all in one solution.
 
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LOL at this thread- guy asks a question, and everyone wants to tell him what an idiot he is for wanting something different. ‘Dude, I played a gig once so I’m an expert...” Guy may have a rack mounted wireless, compressor, tuner, who knows? He plays in a Journey and Foreigner tribute band, maybe he just wants to look authentic ;)

Joeykun said:
Let’s see your rack mounted Magellan 800s. Share your creative options for roadworthy travels!
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Lost in all the dumbassery was this from the man himself.

Jeff Genzler said:
There are options from Penn/Elcom for generic adjustable-height rack shelves that have tension bars the squeeze an amp to a rack shelf. Those do work if needed.
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The new Bergantino 1200 watt amp, as well as models from GK and Markbass, are rackmountable, so there obviously is SOME demand for it.
 
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So, is the real issue/question about suitable cases to house the MG800 for heavy/long/often gigs travel in a car, van or trailer; or for a type of rack that's suitable to hold the MG800 at a gig? Seems to me if you are on the road a lot then you should already know what's the best method to protect your gear while in transit. What's suitable for one person may not be suitable or even necessary for another. Having heavy travel cases for your equipment doesn't mean you are touring a lot, either. It just means you have a lot of heavy travel equipment cases.
I traveled quit a bit in the 80's in a Gospel band and never used those heavy travel cases and I don't recall any equipment needing to be replaced because it wasn't cased. We tied things down so that they wouldn't bounce around all over the place. Plus, you'd be surprised at how much room you have in those big, long Coupe De Ville's! :thumbsup:

Of course, I did have Demeter Bass 400 take a backwards one and a half off of a bass cabinet while still in the padded bag that jarred something loose and I had to get it repaired. I'm not sure a hard shell case would have save it though.
 
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Joeykun said:
The only reason why I was asking is I do alot of road gigs. Our band equipment is packed in a van and travels for hundreds of miles. A gig bag is not ideal in this situation and I was looking for a roadworthy alternative.
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I travel with my 800 in a Pelican case.
Wrap a twel around it and throw the cables in beside it. The case also doubles as a lift when set atop the 12/3 stack.
 
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The pelican stuff is good and fine and I've used it. It's not a rack mount though.
One thing you could try is an accessory shelf installed in your favorite skb or whatever case, and then bungie or screw the amp down.
 
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yeah if I were running a rack anyways - why not have the genzler in there. Probably use a drawer and put it to one side and jam extra stuff in beside it...

I don’t run a rack and since the messenger bag really doesn’t get in the way I just put it across diagonally.

The one time it was in a trailer - I hung the short handles from a hook inside.
 
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Not sure why there was some heat generated yesterday. I thought it was a great question raised by @Joeykun.

I just missed out on a fairly large summer tour last year, just barely, and I had the exact same concern. Turned out a non-issue for me but it would be nice knowing some good road solutions. (Thus my rack and old 410 is still mothballed.)

Everybody have a great day today and stay safe - we are getting hit hard with a winter storm in the Toronto / Southern Ontario region today.
 
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IMO, the cool thing about micro heads (and I've been using them since 1995 when I bought a Walter Woods), is that you can ditch the rack and downsize the whole rig. Before getting the WW, I had a 4 space rack - even had a 6 space at one point, where I racked the GK 800RB until SWR came out with the SM400 - along with the pull-out lights with outlets in the back and a multi-FX unit. I'm seeing a lot less racks out there and more micro heads / stomp boxes / multi-FX stomp boxes. If one has roadies and is doing large shows, I can see where a nice rack full of gear would be the choice. I used to be in the road case biz - Anvil and others - and as mentioned, those rack shelves work well. As far as I know, the method for attachment was to remove the feet and use those holes to mount the amp to the shelf.
 
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Chef said:
The pelican stuff is good and fine and I've used it. It's not a rack mount though.
One thing you could try is an accessory shelf installed in your favorite skb or whatever case, and then bungie or screw the amp down.
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Hey Chef, yes this is what I was recommending for those that might have a rack-mount need:

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The above link is the shelf and then you can add a couple of clamping bars to hold the amp on the shelf. A cleaner solution than the bungie cord option.

Actually they may also have made a face plate front for the MG-800 that another user had them make. That might also be an option.

Again, I hope this is helpful and from our perspective I'm sure there are users that have a racking requirement (those users should not be discounted or questioned) we just found that this was not a large enough demand for this size of amp.

I hope that some of this info is helpful for those that need it.
 
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