Twigman Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) At the moment I drive a Mazda6 estate and quite happily transport my bass around in a full flight case! As soon as I sell the Mrs' house I will be replacing the Mazda with a Toyota GT86 I hope. The full flightcase will only fit in the boot with the rear seat folded down. I don't intend to do this every time I need to carry my kit...sometimes I may have my kids in the car too... So I am looking to purchase a gig bag. This would take up less space because it is shorter and narrower and is likely to fit in the boot without having to fold the rear seat. But I know there is a huge variation in quality between gig bags. I would like as much padding as possible. It only needs to fit full scale precision shaped basses. Pockets are not an issue as all leads etc will go in my pedalboard bag. So what do you recommend and why? [with links please] Edited April 19, 2013 by Twigman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPBass Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Mono. no question. Bass Direct sell them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Mono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 iGig (also from bassdirect) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 If I could have any gig bag it would be the iGig. Padding is insane, amount of pockets is crazy too, if you have any head around the size of a Markbass LM series or smaller you will be able to fit that, and all your leads and tools in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1366390821' post='2052047'] If I could have any gig bag it would be the iGig. Padding is insane, amount of pockets is crazy too, if you have any head around the size of a Markbass LM series or smaller you will be able to fit that, and all your leads and tools in it. [/quote] +1 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Just wrap it in bubblewrap and gaffa tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) Do you need to wear it on your back to carry it for any length of time? Bear in mind that all the semi-rigid bags like the Mono, iGig, Protec, etc. are only slightly smaller, and apart from the Mono which is by far the lightest, don't weight much less than a Hiscox LiteFlite hard case. Edit: Most of them are more expensive than the Hiscox too. Edited April 19, 2013 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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