Gig Bag

[wvbass]

Is the Portabag the same as the Access Stage 5?

Access:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f30/access-stage-5-bass-bag-766902/

Portabag:
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[Rudy Vaselino]

Have high end gig bag makers ever started putting the straps on so the headstock doesn't stick up 3 feet over your head? That is my greatest pet peeve about these expensive gig bags. Why they do that, I will never know.

I hate the high headstock thing too, but if you sling the bass too low (backpack style) it ends up slapping your ass when you walk (and not in a good way)

 

[Ewo]

I hate the high headstock thing too, but if you sling the bass too low (backpack style) it ends up slapping your ass when you walk (and not in a good way)

Best I can figure, the two-strap backpack config (yah, keep it high enough so it's off yer arse) is great when you're walking around the city. Like from your ritzy TriBeCa loft to your gig at the 55 Bar, dig?

But for schlumpfs like me, it's mostly walking a few hundred feet from the parking lot to the club, so a single strap low-slung off-to-one-side config works better.

Like, my bass over the shoulder, my run bag (micro amp + cables, pedals, whatever) in one hand, the other hand free to open the door to the club.

That's what works for the gigs I'm doing, these days.

 

[JimmyM]

Is the Portabag the same as the Access Stage 5?

Access:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f30/access-stage-5-bass-bag-766902/

Portabag:
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The Stage 5 doesn't have the thing to hook up the straps at different places.

 

[2string1]

Anyone have one of these?
http://store.gigskinz.com/dyn_prod.php?p=DGBG

 

[landau roof]

Do people really sit down with a gig bag on their back? New one on me!

Walking without the thing rubbing all up against the back of your legs is the main issue.

There are a number of bags out there with provisions for using a single strap to sling across your person.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Do people really sit down with a gig bag on their back? New one on me!

I have, in my younger years when taking the subway.

 

[HomesickBob]

Do people really sit down with a gig bag on their back? New one on me!

Why shouldn't one? I do all my rehearsals and gigs (at least most of them) by public transports... ok, the Steinies help but i have also other axes in action.

 

[toad]

Have high end gig bag makers ever started putting the straps on so the headstock doesn't stick up 3 feet over your head? That is my greatest pet peeve about these expensive gig bags. Why they do that, I will never know.

With soft gig bags I would've guessed that you wouldn't want to put that strain on the neck.

 

[Dave W]

With soft gig bags I would've guessed that you wouldn't want to put that strain on the neck.

Most high end gig bags aren't soft.

 

[rtslinger]

I am using a fender dual bass gig bag and I haven't had any problems getting any of my 10 basses to fit rts