Re: Gig bag as suitcase???


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Posted by Wade on September 14, 2003 at 15:07:35:

In Reply to: Gig bag as suitcase??? posted by James on September 14, 2003 at 12:21:32:

Trip to Austria for seven weeks:

Alex in flight case.

Yamaha in gig bag inside of large, seriously reinforced hard case.

Alex gig bag full of belongings.

Carry-on bag full of "necessaries".

It is a hassle to carry all of that stuff, but once you are there and unpacked, you are no longer encumbered with the cases, and life is good!

Warning: my bag was quite heavy, and I watched in horror as the TWA goon dragged it by the straps, zipper to the pavement, RUINING the entire zipper! Try to make the gig bag as light as possible, as it is not designed to survive the old Samsonite "gorilla punishment" commercials of the early 1970s.

Good luck!

Wade "never had these problems anywhere in Europe; just in the good ole USA" Rackley




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