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Mono Bass Sleeve a tight fit ?

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the low one

Feb 21, 2002
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I just picked up a Mono bass sleeve and I must say I'm impressed with the quality and level of protection. For a lightweight gig bag it's quite rigid and looks to offer excellent protection all round. Side handle and straps look long lasting.
I have 2 Fender basses, a P and J and both fit in just fine but the only concern I have is how tight the case seems at the body end, specifically over the volume and tone control knobs. It does seem quite a tight fit. Do any other Sleeve users have any experience of this? I presume it was tested with standard size basses and all will be fine ?
 
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It actually seems a bit tighter than it is. The thing about the Bass Sleeve is that it has no side walls, it's just two layers of the same foam that's used for Mono's other products. That means the foam has to bend in order to accommodate your bass, so it feels tight, but it really isn't. I've carried my P in mine a lot, with no problems whatsoever.
 
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I use mine for fly-dates where it fits in the upper bins and it's lighter than my other gig bags and I've had no problems with mine, but I'm still getting used to the handle being on the others side from my other Mono gig-bags.;)
 
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the low one said:
:) I'm a righty but I can't see an issue with the side handle where it is really. Certainly not a deal breaker.
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I agree. In any case, the handle cannot in fact be placed anywhere else. The zipper is asymmetrical, and goes down lower on the left side than on the right, just like on the Vertigo. But on the Vertigo you have side walls to the bag, and therefore room to place the handle and zipper side by side. On the Bass Sleeve, you don't. In order for the Sleeve to balance correctly when carried by the handle, the only option is to place it on the other side, where the zipper is shorter.
 
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Bassmantd said:
It does seem really tight at the headstock. Does anyone see that as a problem that it is pushing against the tuners?
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I was worried about this too but I think JacobT made a good point:
JakobT said:
It actually seems a bit tighter than it is. The thing about the Bass Sleeve is that it has no side walls, it's just two layers of the same foam that's used for Mono's other products. That means the foam has to bend in order to accommodate your bass, so it feels tight, but it really isn't. I've carried my P in mine a lot, with no problems whatsoever.
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So the bending foam keeps the bass in place.

Isn't this the same as the Levys CM19 and other Levys where they have no side walls and the action of the front and rear faces coming together giving solid protection.
 
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the low one said:
Does anyone else find that the bass goes out of tune when in the Sleeve? The large tuners on the Fender basses either dig in to the padding or get turned flat.
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It depends on the bass. My P and my Sabre are OK, but my EBMM SUB has tuners with lighter action, so it tends to go out of tune when I carry it in the sleeve. This doesn't really matter to me, as I always retune after transport anyway.
 
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the low one said:
Does anyone else find that the bass goes out of tune when in the Sleeve? The large tuners on the Fender basses either dig in to the padding or get turned flat.
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Wish I could use the Sleeve or any other slimline cases... All my basses have tilted back headstock, so if I put one inside a slimline case, not only it might ruining the tunings, but most importantly the top part of the case would bend, thus the tip of the tilted back headstock would still get impact whenever the case falls down on its back and hit the floor.
 
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I've noticed on my Jazz V(4+1) that it's a very tight fit over the machines. I'm not worried about my bass going out of tune(That's just what gig bags do) but I hope that it doesn't shorten the life of the zipper due to the sustained tension on it.
 
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Glorp said:
I've noticed on my Jazz V(4+1) that it's a very tight fit over the machines. I'm not worried about my bass going out of tune(That's just what gig bags do) but I hope that it doesn't shorten the life of the zipper due to the sustained tension on it.
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I did email Mono about this and they said that a lot of testing was done with P and J basses and should be OK.
I guess we can always detune a machine by a quarter turn to make it sit flatter in the gig bag. I usually like to leave my basses in tune all the time but I'm sure a quarter turn will do no harm, and it will stop the larger Fender tuners digging in to the padding and stretching the zip.
 
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