Jakester Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 What kinda amp is it. PS I'm not stateside - just curious. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vibrating G String Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vibrating G String Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vibrating G String Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 [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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 [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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 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] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vibrating G String Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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