DrPepper
Friend of Leo's
My new Martin 000-28 has a nice hard case, but, it is very heavy. I would like to get a good gig bag. I would like suggestions for a nice/good gig bag that fits the 000 nicely...
Suggest a gig bag for a 000
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jonnyfez
Tele-Afflicted
I bought one of these for my 000-15. Fits it perfectly. https://reverb.com/item/9687730-ibanez-powerpad-541-series-ac-guitar-bag-moss-grn
Gabrielle84
Tele-Meister
Reunion Blues or Gator are pricey, but worth it. I've owned both, (RB for an PRS dread and Guild bluesbird) the other for a fender (gator). Both are solid names. Personally, prefer the RB, pricey-but worth it if you are using the gig bag frequently (as I do). RB was also helpful in helping me determine which size gig bag to purchase.
DrPepper
Friend of Leo's
Thanx, i sent an email to them asking about the correct one for a 000.
DrPepper
Friend of Leo's
Thanx, that looks good, but a bit too large, IMHO... I just found a Martin brand 000 gig bag at Maury's, but, am awaiting a response from Reunion.
These are very nice. Semi Rigid. Light. I fly to Nazfest in PA with a Martin 00016SGT or a 00015 in this bag.
https://www.elderly.com/collections.../products/access-stage-three-hb-guitar-gigbag.
If you're looking for a common gigbag I would look at Gator but I can't recommend putting a Martin in a bag that is less than semi rigid. I think that a 000 will fit in a classical sized bag.
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/acc...-gig-bag-for-classical-guitar/l00405000000000
https://www.elderly.com/collections.../products/access-stage-three-hb-guitar-gigbag.
If you're looking for a common gigbag I would look at Gator but I can't recommend putting a Martin in a bag that is less than semi rigid. I think that a 000 will fit in a classical sized bag.
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/acc...-gig-bag-for-classical-guitar/l00405000000000
DrPepper
Friend of Leo's
Thanks John, the one at Elderly looks good...
I've never seen a gig bag that allows for good humidity control - keep it in a hard case and keep it humidified. A 000-28 is a nice guitar, there is a reason the case is heavy.
985plowboy
Poster Extraordinaire
Consider carrying around the heavier case part of your workout routine.
Switch arms etc...
That way you can have a more muscular physique and an undamaged guitar.
Win-win.
I do not trust gig bags to protect guitars.
Especially high dollar acoustic guitars
Switch arms etc...
That way you can have a more muscular physique and an undamaged guitar.
Win-win.
I do not trust gig bags to protect guitars.
Especially high dollar acoustic guitars
Chunkocaster
Poster Extraordinaire
If you trip and take a fall on your acoustic with only a gig bag to protect it things will not turn out well. Gig bags are ok for electrics but I wouldn't use one for a acoustic I cared about.
DrPepper
Friend of Leo's
It will be for local transport, I can put it on my back/shoulders and my cane in one hand and the other to help balance... mobility/balance issues
The guitar will live in the hard shell case except for going to jams.
The guitar will live in the hard shell case except for going to jams.
howardlo
Friend of Leo's
And when in transit is when it needs protection the most. Seems it would be safer with gig bag at home, HSC when in transit and gigging.
A bit of irony - I hate gig bags and wouldn't put my guitar in one. However I recently worked on the 000-C Steve Miller sig that belongs to the owner of my local music store. Beautiful guitar, quilted mahogany, and it came to me in a Gator gig bag. The owner does a lot of playing out and pretty much has his choice of any case (and guitar) in the store - I didn't question it.
I have an Access Stage 3 small acoustic bag like this. Fits my Rainsong Shorty, my Martin 000-15 custom and my Journey overhead OF420B perfectly, and with the combination of thick open-cell foam and a hard composite shell, protects as well as the hard cases, but is much easier and lighter to carry.
Mick Sullivan
Tele-Meister
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I like these Hard Foam gig bags from Tanglewood. They do a range of sizes: dreadnought, parlor etc. Super-light yet solid.
I like these Hard Foam gig bags from Tanglewood. They do a range of sizes: dreadnought, parlor etc. Super-light yet solid.
magicfingers99
Friend of Leo's
pulling a nice guitar out of a burlap sack, never fails to impress. It starts with lowered expectations.
magicfingers99
Friend of Leo's
its this sort of milqtoast acquiensce to the customer choices that has led to the cheapening of the retail experience. I would suggest you make the customer justify his choice and demean his reasons whilst pointing him towards your most expensive and tasteless bit of accroutemen, its up to the sales staff to make sure the customer realizes he knows nothing and has no taste.
miss no opportunity to upsale the unsure customer, and certainly miss no opportunity to transform the educated consumer into a mass of misunderstood fables and certainly point out all the bad choices that brought him to this moment.
really its the least you can do....
DrPepper
Friend of Leo's
I have mobility issues, getting the guitar to and from the car is why I want a gig bag. Keeping it humidified at the house will be done in the case.
magicfingers99
Friend of Leo's
he could play a guitar just like ringin a bell...
