Comments on: Sorting out double bass gig bags http://doublebassblog.org/2006/10/sorting-out-double-bass-gig-bags.html double bass news, stories, downloads, podcasts, and more! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:13:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eddy Khaimovich http://doublebassblog.org/2006/10/sorting-out-double-bass-gig-bags.html/comment-page-1#comment-15022 Eddy Khaimovich Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:05:17 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=543#comment-15022 I own a Mooradian for the last 5 years. It does start to wear out - I had to repair the pockets and other seams quite a few times, it lets a fair amount of humidity into the interior during rain, the foam inside the padding starts to "thin" and wear out and some other disadvantages. Nevertheless, it is a good case, it has been serving me pretty well. I am thinking about the Soundwear and Reunion Blues (my bow Reunion Blues leather case is amazing!) I would also suggest checking out the Pro-Bass case at Bob Gollihur's online store Gollihur Music - www.gollihur.com - its a heavy duty luxurious case, but again, it is heavy. I own a Mooradian for the last 5 years. It does start to wear out – I had to repair the pockets and other seams quite a few times, it lets a fair amount of humidity into the interior during rain, the foam inside the padding starts to “thin” and wear out and some other disadvantages. Nevertheless, it is a good case, it has been serving me pretty well. I am thinking about the Soundwear and Reunion Blues (my bow Reunion Blues leather case is amazing!) I would also suggest checking out the Pro-Bass case at Bob Gollihur’s online store Gollihur Music – http://www.gollihur.com – its a heavy duty luxurious case, but again, it is heavy.

]]> By: rainer.lewalter http://doublebassblog.org/2006/10/sorting-out-double-bass-gig-bags.html/comment-page-1#comment-504 rainer.lewalter Fri, 04 May 2007 20:39:00 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=543#comment-504 I used a Reunion Blues through much of the 90s and was pretty happy with it - back then, it was the only gig bag available that offered a decent backpack strap. Actually, the bag still is around and in „okay“ shape – at one point, I sold it for a couple of Euros, to a student who doesn't travel with the instrument a lot. Now I'm told that the Reunion Blues company offer quite a good service within the U.S. and Canada when it comes to minor repairs &c. That may or may not be so, but it's obviously rather pointless for the European musician. It just doesn't make any sense to have your gig bag shipped around half the globe to San Francisco and wait two or three weeks to have a broken zipper replaced... So, when the quality of any given items to choose from is more or less comparable, you might want to prefer the company that resides anywhere near you. I have a Soundwear now, which comes from a company in Southern Germany (about 500 km from my hometown Berlin). It's not exactly what I'd call inexpensive, but the product as such as well as the service that comes with it are worth every cent of the price. The gig bag is still in remarkable shape after five years of heavy use. In that time, I had to send it „back home“ twice for little things to be fixed (zippers, padding, backpack) and they always sent it back to me not only like new, but even better than that (like with a little new contraption attached here and this thingy improved...) Plus, the whole thing was settled in less than 48 hours every time and they never charged me a cent. Now, I have no reason to assume that I was given an extra red carpet treatment or anything. Nor do I think that such benefits are the privilege of the customer of the aforementioned company. All I'm saying is this: double bass gig bags are, for obvious reasons, a small market and the high quality, inventive stuff invariably comes from small companies. These are folks you can keep in touch with, they'll remember you, and if they happen to like the musical genre you're working in, they might even show up in a concert once you play in the area (no kidding, it all happened to me). I guess all that is worth some mutual support, so if possible, I recommend you spend that extra buck and buy something from a manufacturer in your „neighborhood“, as it were. This should work for most of Europe and North America, at least. About Singapore (or Buenos Aires, for that matter), I haven't a clue. But why shouldn't the same idea apply there? Oh yes, by the way – Jason's words about the climatic conditions you're working in normally should be a major point in your considerations before you buy a bag. Very familiar with the conditions in Central Europe, a company like Soundwear come up with products that make sense under these circumstances. You travel a little, say, to a gig in Madrid, and find out that your gig bag is, first and foremost, ludicrously heavy. I don't really want to know about my possible impressions were I to travel with that same bag to some subtropical region... I used a Reunion Blues through much of the 90s and was pretty happy with it – back then, it was the only gig bag available that offered a decent backpack strap. Actually, the bag still is around and in „okay“ shape – at one point, I sold it for a couple of Euros, to a student who doesn’t travel with the instrument a lot. Now I’m told that the Reunion Blues company offer quite a good service within the U.S. and Canada when it comes to minor repairs &c. That may or may not be so, but it’s obviously rather pointless for the European musician. It just doesn’t make any sense to have your gig bag shipped around half the globe to San Francisco and wait two or three weeks to have a broken zipper replaced… So, when the quality of any given items to choose from is more or less comparable, you might want to prefer the company that resides anywhere near you. I have a Soundwear now, which comes from a company in Southern Germany (about 500 km from my hometown Berlin). It’s not exactly what I’d call inexpensive, but the product as such as well as the service that comes with it are worth every cent of the price. The gig bag is still in remarkable shape after five years of heavy use. In that time, I had to send it „back home“ twice for little things to be fixed (zippers, padding, backpack) and they always sent it back to me not only like new, but even better than that (like with a little new contraption attached here and this thingy improved…) Plus, the whole thing was settled in less than 48 hours every time and they never charged me a cent. Now, I have no reason to assume that I was given an extra red carpet treatment or anything. Nor do I think that such benefits are the privilege of the customer of the aforementioned company. All I’m saying is this: double bass gig bags are, for obvious reasons, a small market and the high quality, inventive stuff invariably comes from small companies. These are folks you can keep in touch with, they’ll remember you, and if they happen to like the musical genre you’re working in, they might even show up in a concert once you play in the area (no kidding, it all happened to me). I guess all that is worth some mutual support, so if possible, I recommend you spend that extra buck and buy something from a manufacturer in your „neighborhood“, as it were. This should work for most of Europe and North America, at least. About Singapore (or Buenos Aires, for that matter), I haven’t a clue. But why shouldn’t the same idea apply there? Oh yes, by the way – Jason’s words about the climatic conditions you’re working in normally should be a major point in your considerations before you buy a bag. Very familiar with the conditions in Central Europe, a company like Soundwear come up with products that make sense under these circumstances. You travel a little, say, to a gig in Madrid, and find out that your gig bag is, first and foremost, ludicrously heavy. I don’t really want to know about my possible impressions were I to travel with that same bag to some subtropical region…

]]> By: Don http://doublebassblog.org/2006/10/sorting-out-double-bass-gig-bags.html/comment-page-1#comment-479 Don Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:18:00 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=543#comment-479 I bought a Mooradian case @1985 when Ron was making them tailored for each bass. After many years of hard use it's still in great shape and the zippers work like new. The only problem has been with with the bow sheath. It wore out after about 20 years and the hole is pinned together. I'll buy another if this one ever wears out I bought a Mooradian case @1985 when Ron was making them tailored for each bass. After many years of hard use it’s still in great shape and the zippers work like new. The only problem has been with with the bow sheath. It wore out after about 20 years and the hole is pinned together. I’ll buy another if this one ever wears out

]]> By: matthew e wengerd http://doublebassblog.org/2006/10/sorting-out-double-bass-gig-bags.html/comment-page-1#comment-54 matthew e wengerd Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:14:00 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=543#comment-54 I think I might prefer my <a HREF="http://www.bobelock.com/softInstrumentBags/bass.html" REL="nofollow">Bobelock</a> bag to all the others. I had a soundwear performance bag that was quite luxurious, but very cumbersome, as you stated.<br/><br/>With the neck - cinch, the Bobelock fits my very odd-sized Solano Klotz quite well. I think I might prefer my Bobelock bag to all the others. I had a soundwear performance bag that was quite luxurious, but very cumbersome, as you stated.

With the neck – cinch, the Bobelock fits my very odd-sized Solano Klotz quite well.

]]> By: oceanskies79 http://doublebassblog.org/2006/10/sorting-out-double-bass-gig-bags.html/comment-page-1#comment-53 oceanskies79 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:22:00 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=543#comment-53 Hi, thanks for the post. I had initially wanted to consider between Mooradian and Soundwear soft-cases, but decided to purchase a soft-case from a local music shop in Singapore. My new soft-case has a pair of wheels screwed onto the case. Hi, thanks for the post. I had initially wanted to consider between Mooradian and Soundwear soft-cases, but decided to purchase a soft-case from a local music shop in Singapore. My new soft-case has a pair of wheels screwed onto the case.

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