leather gig bags

[goblin]

Does anyone on here know of any good leather bass gig bags? Got a Warwick Premium line at the mo but it's at the end of it's life almost (zip went this morning and got 2 holes in the bottom).

I want to go a little upmarket with whatever I replace it with, and preferably I want full genuine leather, but the only two I can come across are Bernie Goodfellows which I've no idea about, but look expensive, and then Levy's which ARE expensive. Obviously I don't want to skimp, but Levy's is out of my budget.

Anyone any ideas?

[lee650]

The ones Bernie goodfellow is selling are the harvest ones, which are very expensive (but gorgeous) but he was selling them at last years bass day for £220 which is a fantastic price i was well sick as id just bought an igig bag ( £160 from bass direct) but thay are fantastic too, so all is well, i can really recommend the igig loads of pockets and very tough and most importantly the tweed one looks very cool

Edited October 23, 2010 by lee650

[goblin]

Awesome, cheers for that £220 is a little out of my budget, so I reckon that's my christmas present request sorted

I had a look around and my dad suggested Thomann.com, so had a look there and there's a couple of nice options, one of which is the Warwick Premium leather gig bags, should be £275 and they're selling for £140 at the moment!

[Toasted]

You want a Harvest Leather gig bag, you just dont know It yet. You can thank me later

[goblin]

Harvest is the one I'm pushing for as I've seen them in the...leather before, and they're lush!

[Toasted]

Love mine...!

[lee650]

I love my IGIG but i WILL!!!! have a harvest cow marble one day!!!! very sexy!!

[mart]

What about a 2nd hand Levy's bag?
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=106765"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=106765[/url]

[eude]

[url="http://probag-net.com/"]http://probag-net.com/[/url]
Got mine from there, really really pleased with it

[goblin]

[quote name='mart' post='1002683' date='Oct 27 2010, 04:38 PM']What about a 2nd hand Levy's bag?
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=106765"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=106765[/url][/quote]

Got to be full leather I'm afraid

[goblin]

cheers for the link eude, they look quite sweet to be honest!

[eude]

[quote name='goblin' post='1005948' date='Oct 30 2010, 12:52 AM']cheers for the link eude, they look quite sweet to be honest![/quote]

No bother at all matey.
They do custom work and they have standard sizes and shapes too.
Really really impressed with the workmanship.
The zips on the pockets are a little puny, but you could ask them to use the same as they do on the main bit, I will when I order my next one.
The quality of leather is amazing, nothing subtle or delicate about it, just big slabs of very thick material, never seen anything like it, perfect for protecting your bass

Eude

[goblin]

Couple of questions, I'll presume judging by the price they're coming from america, so how much did you have to pay in import duties and stuff?

Also, can you possibly stick some pics up of yours inside and out?

Cheers, Dave

[eude]

[quote name='goblin' post='1010022' date='Nov 2 2010, 08:40 PM']Couple of questions, I'll presume judging by the price they're coming from america, so how much did you have to pay in import duties and stuff?

Also, can you possibly stick some pics up of yours inside and out?

Cheers, Dave[/quote]

Hey Dave,
I can't recall the exact figures now, but it ended up costing about £135 all in, but at the time the dollar was pretty weak.
Dave Perry on here recently ordered one, so you might be able to get a better estimate from him.

The bags are paid for in the states and made in South America, can't recall exactly where though.

You'll have to be patient with me RE pics I'm afraid, I'm not home during daylight hours at the moment, so getting a decent pic will be tough.
Here's a pics of some of my gear to get started though >> [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=72396&view=findpost&p=904935"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=904935[/url]
It's in the back there.

For more pics and info, there's some stuff on talkbass >> [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8851660&postcount=3"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php...amp;postcount=3[/url]
and Probag used to make the bags for Low End too >> [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=434610&highlight=probag"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...ighlight=probag[/url] - exactly the same stuff...

Will try to sort out pics when I can.

Eude

Edited November 2, 2010 by eude

[goblin]

Ahh that's brilliant, thanks muchly!

[MoonBassAlpha]

Hey Goblin
Thanks for the link to the Thomann Warwick bags! My Mrs. has just bagged (sorry!) me one for xmas. It arrived today and looks the absolute b*llocks!
It's got loads of storage to organise all your bits - pens, music, picks, duster, you get the picture. Great padding too.
I'd say it is a total bargain, and I'm really looking forward to Xmas this year - it's a cracker! (sorry again!)

[goblin]

I've only seen the pics on Thomann website, can you put up a sneak picture or two by any chance? I'm trying to decide which one I want at the moment

[MoonBassAlpha]

It's a good job I saw this - she hasn't wrapped it up yet!

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Sorry bout the images, poor light 'n all and a real hurry - gig tonight!, but should give you the idea.
Cheers
Jules

[goblin]

awesome, cheers for that

[MoonBassAlpha]

[quote name='goblin' post='1030009' date='Nov 19 2010, 11:45 PM']awesome, cheers for that [/quote]
No probs. I put it on the scales an it weighs 8lbs exactly, I know folks like to know these things! I think it has some kind of water proof, or resistant lining too - "RokTex, our patented water-resistant material" apparently...

[goblin]

Cool, I think my current Warwick gig bag has that, but it's a none leather one. Still a good bag though, but needs to go as there's a hole in the bottom currently covered in gaffa where the strap button has gone through