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| 1134.1 | I use Cardboard Calzones... | JAWS::COTE | 0 for 10! | Mon Jan 11 1988 12:05 | 6 |
| A friend of mine hauls his SQ-80 in a garment bag. Works fine. Last
time he came over there was nary a wrinkle in it...
Don't you worry about hitting it against something?
Edd
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| 1134.2 | brain death...what *is* the name of this???? | FROST::HARRIMAN | where is that large automobile? | Mon Jan 11 1988 12:52 | 18 |
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I have a soft case for my ESQ-1. I forget the name off the top of
my head, I'll look at it tonight and reply tomorrow. It's made in
Rochester NY. It has stiff foam sides, and it's made of black nylon.
(boy I wish I could remember the damn name). It cost 80 bucks. It
has a strap to carry over your shoulder.
I no longer worry about having hard cases for my equipment (although
I still have a few hard cases from when I did). Since i carry my
boards myself, or my wife does, nothing gets near my boards which
could damage them. I mean, if you're a complete or even partial
klutz, you might want the extra forty pounds of hard-shell protection.
Me, I think it's okay to have a softshell since it's much lighter,
stays out of the way better when you're not using it, and it's much
cheaper too. The case has a lifetime guarantee too.
/pjh
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| 1134.3 | Soft Gig bags are fine for most applications | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Dave | Mon Jan 11 1988 12:54 | 24 |
| Last month I bought a Moridian gig bag on sale at E. U. Wurlitzer's
(Boston) for $79. It's sorta like a heavily padded garment bag.
I don't drag my ESQ-1 out very often (I'm, sigh, not in a band at
the moment) but I think these kind of bags are entirely suitable
for dragging keyboards around to gigs. However, I would not, for
example, check it into the airlines this way (guess that's they
call those 'anvil' cases "Flight cases").
I've seen these kinds of gig bags at Daddy's and EUW but I'm sure
lots of other places have them. Be sure to take the measurements
of the ESQ-1 down before you head off to the store. They come in
several sizes. One of the Morodian sizes fit the ESQ-1 perfectly,
although I'm told that Morodian will make custom bags at no extra
charge.
The question for me is, how the hell do I carry my 88-key RD-300
around. I'm not aware of anything big enough to haul that in.
It barely fits into my station wagon even without a case.
Any of you guys got a way of carrying around them large 88-key MIDI
controllers?
db
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| 1134.4 | | MPGS::DEHAHN | | Tue Jan 12 1988 10:35 | 11 |
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A quick aside...
There are road cases and flight cases, the flight cases are the
more rugged. All hardware is recessed, and large ball corners are
the norm. I believe they are approved by the Air Transportation
Authority. Road cases are similar but are designed to be moved by
human beings with some vague understanding of the laws of physics.
CdH
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| 1134.5 | Brain death cured by investigation | FROST::HARRIMAN | just start talking after the tone. | Wed Jan 13 1988 08:16 | 14 |
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well I went to the studio and looked at my case. It is made by Tough
Travelers, Inc. of Schenectady (not Rochester) NY. It cost me 70
bucks. It comes with a five year conditional guarantee too. I have
had it a year, used it about 30 times, you wouldn't know it had
been used much. Made of nylon (black), soft foam sides, and nylon
zippers. Some small metal parts (rings) for the straps.
If you haul your own stuff this is much better. Wouldn't put it
on a plane, but then again, I wouldn't put any of my equipment on
an airline.
/pjh
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| 1134.6 | Info on companies? | FGVAXZ::LAING | Pipe Dreamer * Jim Laing * 261-2194 | Wed Jan 13 1988 14:03 | 7 |
| Any contact info on the company (companies) selling soft-sided gig
bags? That is, addresses to get catalogs, price lists?
I'd love to dump my fairly heavy Moden cases and get some light-
weight gig bags!
-Jim
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| 1134.7 | | MTBLUE::BOTTOM_DAVID | semi smokin' mama... | Thu Jan 14 1988 07:24 | 4 |
| Seem like Elderly Instruments has them intheir catalog...they advertise
inthe back of Muscian in the classifieds.
dbII
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| 1134.8 | Heavy old cases... | FGVAXZ::LAING | Pipe Dreamer * Jim Laing * 261-2194 | Thu Jan 14 1988 13:27 | 8 |
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Out of curiosity, I weighed some of my Moden road cases last night
... one weighs 20 lbs, the other 25! That's almost as much as the
keyboard I'm putting into the case!
I'm gonna get me some gig bags ...
-Jim
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| 1134.9 | back in the old days... | LEDDEV::HASTINGS | | Thu Sep 01 1988 17:28 | 21 |
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<start tongue-in-cheek mode>
You guys are soft...
I remember when I was a young spud just starting out in the Rock
business, I used to carry a Fender Rhodes 73 stage piano around.
Thats 2 large pieces weighing at least 60lbs each if not more.
Sometimes I did get help carrying them though. I sold the 73 and
picked up an 88. It has one less piece but it is a lot heavier since
the metal legs fit into the top cover. Dammit it built character!
I'd go on about how our lead player was so poor that he had
to wind his own guitar strings and carve his own picks but that's
another story.
<end tongue-in-cheek mode> ;-} ;-}
Mark
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| 1134.10 | If I could get out of this hospital, I'd do it again | MARVIN::MACHIN | | Fri Sep 02 1988 04:07 | 8 |
| ...and all thought they were heavy, if you dropped 'em the worst
that could happen is a few notes go a bit out of tune (or you break
your foot). But nowadays, you so much as switch these things on
in a funny way and you may as well pack up and go home.
Must compare hernia belts some day.
Richard.
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