Favour from any Stateside B/C'ers?

[Jakester]

Are there any Stateside forum members who might be able to do me a small favour?

I want a gig bag for my amp, but there's none in the UK, and no estimate as to when there might be.

If I sent you the funds, could you purchase one and post it out to me please?

Cheers

Jake

Edited June 5, 2011 by Jakester

[dmccombe7]

What kinda amp is it.

PS I'm not stateside - just curious.

Dave

[Vibrating G String]

I've done this before and I insist on doing it at no risk to me whatsoever but I just got jumped on by some trolls for trying to get gear out of the US.

Do you have a link for what you want to buy?

[Jakester]

[quote name='dmccombe7' post='1257786' date='Jun 5 2011, 09:00 PM']What kinda amp is it.

PS I'm not stateside - just curious.

Dave[/quote]

GK MB500.

[Jakester]

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='1257986' date='Jun 6 2011, 01:13 AM']I've done this before and I insist on doing it at no risk to me whatsoever but I just got jumped on by some trolls for trying to get gear out of the US.

Do you have a link for what you want to buy?[/quote]

Thanks for your reply.

It's this:

[url="http://tinyurl.com/6379p5n"]http://tinyurl.com/6379p5n[/url]

Cheapest I've seen it is here:

[url="http://www.rmcaudiodirect.com/Gallien-Krueger-MB500-Gig-Bag-p/mb2-headgigbag.htm"]http://www.rmcaudiodirect.com/Gallien-Krue...-headgigbag.htm[/url]

I absolutely agree it should be at no risk to you - I would send all funds via Paypal first, hopefully sufficient to cover the international shipping as well, and then you ship at your convenience.

[Vibrating G String]

I've had a few friends work at RMCaudio, small world. Generally the best price for GK by a good deal.

Looks like I can get it shipped to me for under $58, it didn't add tax and that can be almost 10%. I just checked USPS and got about $50 for shipping which is a lot. Figure about 3 or 4 pounds weight, can you find much cheaper?

[Vibrating G String]

Also have you looked into some notebook computer bags? I have a few and the extra pockets for cables and stuff make me like them better than some "proper" amp bags.

[toneknob]

Would [url="http://www.bundlebox.com"]BundleBox[/url] work? I just used their shipping calculator to work out the cost of the bag at $70, using the stated weight of 3lb and approx dimensions of a GK MB500, 8x8x2in. Total cost of purchase, shipping, import etc comes in at just under £100.

(tbh it works better when you've got multiple items to ship and they can re-pack to make the combined size less that it otherwise would be when sent separately).

Sign up here using my [url="https://www.bundlebox.com/invite/GB01395/"]referral link[/url]

[Jakester]

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='1259493' date='Jun 7 2011, 11:31 AM']I've had a few friends work at RMCaudio, small world. Generally the best price for GK by a good deal.

Looks like I can get it shipped to me for under $58, it didn't add tax and that can be almost 10%. I just checked USPS and got about $50 for shipping which is a lot. Figure about 3 or 4 pounds weight, can you find much cheaper?

Also have you looked into some notebook computer bags? I have a few and the extra pockets for cables and stuff make me like them better than some "proper" amp bags.[/quote]

Blimey, that's a lot. I'll have a looksie. I'm currently using a laptop bag - but because the head's so small, it just rattles around in there!

[Jakester]

[quote name='toneknob' post='1259514' date='Jun 7 2011, 11:44 AM']Would [url="http://www.bundlebox.com"]BundleBox[/url] work? I just used their shipping calculator to work out the cost of the bag at $70, using the stated weight of 3lb and approx dimensions of a GK MB500, 8x8x2in. Total cost of purchase, shipping, import etc comes in at just under £100.

(tbh it works better when you've got multiple items to ship and they can re-pack to make the combined size less that it otherwise would be when sent separately).

Sign up here using my [url="https://www.bundlebox.com/invite/GB01395/"]referral link[/url] [/quote]


Hmm, not sure for just that but worth considering, thanks!

[mcnach]

have you looked at other amp manufacturers?
many small heads around, another one may make a suitable bag.
I have the original TC Electronic bag for the RH450 which was not great, but their revised version seems pretty cool and it's not expensive.

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/tc_electronic_gigbag_for_rh450_and_rc4.htm"]RH450 bag at Thomann[/url]

[Vibrating G String]

The bag I use for my Mark Bass LMII is from an emergency kit for your car. It's got a padded nylon case for the amp and a pocket on the side for cables and fits perfectly. Something for school books might work too. A small carryon rolling suitcase can work if you also carry other stuff like extension cords or whatever.