One of these days I'll take my frugal lifestyle to the next level and get myself one of them fancy Dutch bakfiets.
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How do you transport your gear?
- Thread starter Matt Dean
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One of these days I'll take my frugal lifestyle to the next level and get myself one of them fancy Dutch bakfiets.
On sunny days my amp goes in the back of my piece of @&$% 99 Dodge Ram.
Otherwise, the back of of my wife's Scion XB.
My bass always sits up front..
Otherwise, the back of of my wife's Scion XB.
My bass always sits up front..
The gig car - Can get 2 15 inch cabs, amps, bass and other gear in this '88 BMW.
The reason I asked is because a long time ago I had a girlfriend who lived in Creteil.
I'm just here for the Subie content. We have a Forester, an Outback, and a WRX in our household. All have crazy good cargo capacity for their size. When my son lets me, I take the WRX to gigs, and I can fit my bass, Pelican case, and 2 1x12's in it no prob, and have fun to and fro.
I have a 2010 Subaru Forester. Everything usually fits in the trunk.
My five-guitar hercules stand lives in there, along with an extra extension cable and a single guitar stand, just in case.
I put my Rumble 800 next, then my backpack (cords and picks), pedalboard, and I typically bring no more than two basses which go In last, or in the back seat.
Foresters run forever, but at some point I’ll need to get a new car and when I do I’m going to get some thing a little bit smaller just because I can’t reach the top to clean off the snow. I imagine I will have to divvy things up between the backseat and the trunk a little bit more when that happens but overall, my rig is relatively light.
My five-guitar hercules stand lives in there, along with an extra extension cable and a single guitar stand, just in case.
I put my Rumble 800 next, then my backpack (cords and picks), pedalboard, and I typically bring no more than two basses which go In last, or in the back seat.
Foresters run forever, but at some point I’ll need to get a new car and when I do I’m going to get some thing a little bit smaller just because I can’t reach the top to clean off the snow. I imagine I will have to divvy things up between the backseat and the trunk a little bit more when that happens but overall, my rig is relatively light.
Lift it into the back of my Toyota Tacoma pickup and away I go...
Whenever I need an automobile, for most of my live blues and rock gigs my entire live performance “bass rig” fits on the back seat of either my 2014 Mazda 2, or my 2022 Honda Civic Hatchback. Either one or two basses in a gig bag, my pedalboard, cable, and and IEMs in a small shoulder bag with a folding compact guitar stand strapped to it.
My amp almost never leaves home anymore these days, but when it does, it fits under the hatch of either car with room to spare. Rumble 500 Head and either a Rumble 112 or a Rumble 210, depending upon the room and music. I’ve never needed both cabs indoors or out.
Edit: If I really feel like keeping it simple, I leave the other bass and the pedalboard home, and just bring a P-Bass with flats in a gig bag, and stuff my DI, a cable, a clip-on tuner, and my IEM into the pocket. I sling the gig bag over my shoulder and carry a folding stand in one hand.
My amp almost never leaves home anymore these days, but when it does, it fits under the hatch of either car with room to spare. Rumble 500 Head and either a Rumble 112 or a Rumble 210, depending upon the room and music. I’ve never needed both cabs indoors or out.
Edit: If I really feel like keeping it simple, I leave the other bass and the pedalboard home, and just bring a P-Bass with flats in a gig bag, and stuff my DI, a cable, a clip-on tuner, and my IEM into the pocket. I sling the gig bag over my shoulder and carry a folding stand in one hand.
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2007 Ford Crown Victoria P71 police interceptor. Black. With a radar detector.
Back in the "olden days" I had my Renault Le Car for sale and another local bassist said he'd buy it on the condition he could fit his SVT 8x10 in the back seat.I couldn't believe it but he did it. Still was the worse car this side of a Yugo.
Subies are the best. Between my wife and I we've have 2 Outbacks, 2 Cross Treks, and 2 Foresters. We've driven them up class 4 climbs, let through the gate of closed, snow filled freeways, drove out 4-wheel crawler roads for hours into 128 degree Saline Valley (look it up)... anway needless to say, I'm a fan.
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