Pack up your guitar, in your old kit bag....

xoxoxoBruce · 07-29-2006, 11:15 PM

When you've finished your encores & beer. You've collected your money and the bouncer is glaring at you because of the giggling, jiggling, groupies trying to sneak past him. It's time to make a quick exit, so just grab your Stewart guitar, pop the neck without de-stringing and stuff it in a standard briefcase.

Wow, I wonder if they're any good?

Ibby · 07-30-2006, 02:08 AM

I've heard theyre pretty good, but the sustain is rather flat.

JayMcGee · 07-30-2006, 06:17 PM

TBH, I've never had a problem transporting my air-guitar.

Griff · 07-30-2006, 08:05 PM

I want my left hand back, yesterday.

Flint · 07-31-2006, 09:03 AM

"Nesting Kits" are big in drums right now, as popularized by Yamaha's Hip Gig http://www.drumcentral.com/drumsetpics90.htm

The whole kit, shells, hardware, eveything, packs into #1 the bass drum, which unhinges on one end to become a big "suitcase" and #2 the same-sized cannister-style throne.

Personally, I need bigger shells, but the idea is still a cool one. I just got a rolling hardcase for golf clubs, which I can pack all of my gigging hardware into. This portability and convenience thing becomes a real priority once you reach a certain point in your musical maturity (and don't have roadies.)

Historical sidenote: 20" bass drums became "traditional" in a jazz kit because they fit in the trunk of a New York City cab!

Elspode · 07-31-2006, 01:06 PM

Self-contained, highly portable stuff for the gigging musician is very popular right now. Must be all of us old farts who never hit it big, but still want to go out and jam.

The new Bose personal PA systems are real cool, if hugely overpriced.

07-30-2006, 06:17 PM	#3
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	TBH, I've never had a problem transporting my air-guitar. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

07-30-2006, 08:05 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I want my left hand back, yesterday. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-31-2006, 09:03 AM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	"Nesting Kits" are big in drums right now, as popularized by Yamaha's Hip Gig http://www.drumcentral.com/drumsetpics90.htm The whole kit, shells, hardware, eveything, packs into #1 the bass drum, which unhinges on one end to become a big "suitcase" and #2 the same-sized cannister-style throne. Personally, I need bigger shells, but the idea is still a cool one. I just got a rolling hardcase for golf clubs, which I can pack all of my gigging hardware into. This portability and convenience thing becomes a real priority once you reach a certain point in your musical maturity (and don't have roadies.) Historical sidenote: 20" bass drums became "traditional" in a jazz kit because they fit in the trunk of a New York City cab! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-31-2006, 01:06 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Self-contained, highly portable stuff for the gigging musician is very popular right now. Must be all of us old farts who never hit it big, but still want to go out and jam. The new Bose personal PA systems are real cool, if hugely overpriced. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-29-2006, 11:15 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pack up your guitar, in your old kit bag.... When you've finished your encores & beer. You've collected your money and the bouncer is glaring at you because of the giggling, jiggling, groupies trying to sneak past him. It's time to make a quick exit, so just grab your Stewart guitar, pop the neck without de-stringing and stuff it in a standard briefcase. Wow, I wonder if they're any good? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-30-2006, 02:08 AM	#2
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I've heard theyre pretty good, but the sustain is rather flat. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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