[Dixielandjazz] Gig Bags - Banjos

[Michael Woitowicz]

Interesting thread -- gig bags.

I have one for my banjos, and use it occasionally when I travel by plane. It
doesn't offer the greatest protection in the world, but it seems a bit
easier to get through security at the airports with a gig bag hung over your
shoulder as opposed to carrying a hard shell case. Perhaps because it's a
bit smaller overall than a hard-shell case.

I don't use it for my best instrument, and am very, very careful how place
it in the overhead storage compartment. I watch whoever else is putting
stuff in the same compartment and advise them to be careful.

I can stuff a lot of other soft items in the bag for traveling, so it is
handy.


Mike Woitowicz
The Banjo Barons Ragtime Band
The Dixie Barons Dixieland Band
www.banjomusic.biz