Carrying a guitar in a soft case

[Tin Pot]

any idea what bags this guy on the left is using?

 

[Profpointy]

any idea what bags this guy on the left is using?

Saw someone cycling in Oxford the other day with a 'cello on his back. It was in a hard plastic ABS case if that's any help.

you're welcome

 

[mjr]

Those triangles are probably distinctive, but all I know is they're not Basil's pair of rectangles.

 

[Tin Pot]

Those triangles are probably distinctive, but all I know is they're not Basil's pair of rectangles.

Indeed they are

I'm guessing that he has one like this with a guitar and softcase stuffed into it - the blue of the neck is a different shade to the rest.

 

[Tin Pot]

Mmm I used to think that, and if you're gigging absolutely. Stuff will break in soft cases. I wouldn't recommend it to most.

But. I have had no problem being "less protective" of my acoustic in the fifteen years since I stopped being serious about music.

So I pack it in a hard case but haul it round the city, parks, in the convertible, without any case.

Plus my kids smash up everything I own regardless.

 

[mjr]

I thought Ortleib but the right hand closed pannier has a lid not a roll closure and it doesn't look waterproof.

 

[jags]

When i had the yamaha LL16 now sadly sold to buy a bike, it came with a lovely foam cast light enough and very strong. if u have a really good guitar i wouldn't use a bag like that.

 

[andrew_s]

I thought Ortleib but the right hand closed pannier has a lid not a roll closure and it doesn't look waterproof.

Looks like an Ortlieb Bike Packer Plus to me.
Waterproof against rain, but not against being dropped in a pond.

 

[classic33]

 

[raleighnut]

Dodgy things soft bags, listen to this tale at 3 1/2 minutes

View: https://youtu.be/Tsm9u94cLU0

 

[Tin Pot]

Dodgy things soft bags, listen to this tale at 3 1/2 minutes

View: https://youtu.be/Tsm9u94cLU0

Nothing saves you from reversing over a guitar, nor are soft cases appropriate for electric guitars.

 

[Tin Pot]

Acceptable ways to carry guitars:

 

[Gravity Aided]

Backpacker's guitar.

 

[simongt]

Backpacker's guitar.

Never quite understood this one. it's only the soundbox which is smaller and they don't sound particularily great. You're better off with a baritone uke which you can get a hard case for which isn't much bigger that a fiddle hard case.

 

[mjr]

[QUOTE 4602856, member: 45"]Or a baby Taylor.[/QUOTE]
Oh please let a baby Taylor fit to be carried neatly by a Major Taylor!