Whats in your gig bag?

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: number 6
Date: 24 Mar 11 - 06:32 PM

"a yellow pick I've been looking for for over three weeks."

Hey 999 .... if you find a white Harley Davidson .50 mm pick it's mine ... ok ... it's my fav pick for playing my resonator ... I lost it about a year and a half ago.

thanks,
biLL

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: CupOfTea
Date: 24 Mar 11 - 06:42 PM

in Autoharp hard shell case:
Autoharp
Guitar footrest padded with fleece (to protect the Aharp, not my foot)
Finger/thumb picks & spare set strung on a page clip
SNARK (tm) clip on tuner
Tuning wrench
pencil & teeny stickypost-it strips
Imported and hoarded small container of "Nigroids" Throat lozenges
...............& for singing gigs my homemade fake book
...............& for band gigs, the band book

in Concertina Case:
Concertina
Home made fake book
Acid green fingertipless "Crafters gloves" for support and warmth.

Haul along: music stand & collapsible electric guitar stand (for Autoharp)

Joanne in Cleveland

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: gnu
Date: 24 Mar 11 - 07:09 PM

999... "an old shopping list with cashews underlined three times,"

Peanuts are far better for keeping it up. But, at your age, I suppose soft nuts are better... for digestion, at least.

My gig bag used to be an oak case I made (memeber photos, first pic, it's on the left). In it... at least four ciapans and four tin whistles, one Marine Band harp, one Jew's Harp (is that the correct term these days?), one Rhan, a blow dryer, and about one hundred sheets of lyrics of trad songs and jokes (and, YEARS ago, one plastic baggie).

The last time I picked it up, at least a half dozen years ago, I moved it several feet to a position in front of the fireplace. It's dusty.

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 24 Mar 11 - 08:02 PM

Actually , on reflection , I VERY rarely use a Gig Bag unless I am on Pubic Transport - I have a nice set of White Calton cases , and I DONT carry words - I'm one of the Smart Arses who is happy to fake over forgetting a line or five ¬! LOL

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: Bobert
Date: 24 Mar 11 - 08:18 PM

Let's see here...

Ahhhhh, okay... Here's a bunch of old John Pearse strings all tangled up with one another... A small spiral notebook... Hmmmmmm??? I wonder who Jim Clark is??? Right here with a phone number... Maybe I should call him and ask him who the heck he is??? Hey, a fingernail clipper...

Let's see what's down in this other pouch??? Okay, this makes sense... SuperGlue... Yeah, I been known to use it on cuts when I gotta play and need some filler... And an...

...Emory board for filing nails... Something else down there... Yuck!!! Never mind what ever it is but this here ball point pen has it stuck all over it... Lemme see if it writes??? Not really...

Last pouch... Got to be some treasure in here... Ahhhh, folded up paper with words to "Season of the Witch"... Hmmmmmm??? Haven't done that song in 10 years... Okay... 20 years... Broken geetar strap... Hey, a "Y" chord... Man, I been lookin' for that... What's this??? Hmmmmmmm??? A plastic bag with several "medium" flat picks from Varneer Music in Falls Church... Sheet fire... These things are collectors items... They been outta business since the 70s...

Hmmmmm??? Bunch of other nasty stuff down in the bottom... I donno... Might be some old weed but it's history now...

Thanks, ya'll... Been needing to go thru this crap for years... Now it's done an' ol' gig bag ready for the next 20 years...

Wonder if this stuff is smokable???

Never mind...

B~

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: GUEST,Jonny Sunshine
Date: 25 Mar 11 - 06:40 AM

Most of the instrument-related stuff- picks, capos, spare strings etc lives in the cases so it's there if I'm just taking out one two instruments to a session I'm covered for minor emergencies. Any time I'm doing any serious playing I take my emergency toolkit which contains an assortment of screwdrivers, various tools for unsticking and tuning harmonica reeds, spare bridge pins & bridge pin remover, plus a nail file in case of breakages. Every single one of these things has saved a gig at least once!

For plugged-in gigs I have a big silver case with stuff like leads, spare batteries + power supply, various preamps, EQ & switching pedals, plus a spare DI boxes for those occasions where our 4-piece band with 7 instruments between us turns up to find a couple of mics and a DI box because someone didn't know the difference between "acoustic" and "solo singer/guitarist". ;-)

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 25 Mar 11 - 11:20 AM

PUBIC transport, Leadfingers?
What about your other parts? Including the Smart Ar@e?

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: harmonic miner
Date: 25 Mar 11 - 12:02 PM

@DonMeixner and others re hard cases.
I include those in my query (in the same way that your 'wardrobe' isn't just a piece of furniture)

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: GUEST,Mawich
Date: 26 Mar 11 - 03:57 AM

I have different 'setups' depending on what kind of gig it is going to be, so it's some combination of the following sets (some items overlap)

For singing:
Songs folder

For tunes:
A selection of soprano, alto, tenor and bass recorders, possibly all four
Tune book or tunes folder if not playing from memory

For accompanied songs:
Soprano ukulele
Tuning box
Lyric/chord sheets if not playing from memory

For accompanied songs or tunes:
Bass viola da gamba
Bow
Spare strings
Tuning box
Rosin
Music or memory
Music stand
Appropriate banter for frequent pauses to tune the damned thing.

For electric gigs:
Yamaha WX5 wind controller
Yamaha VL70-m tone generator
Roland XV-2020 synth module
Data and power and sound cables to hook up to the PA
Any music I'm not confident about remembering
A vitally important sheet reminding me which patches to use for each song.


The latter set's getting sold later this year though, I want to concentrate on other things and it's worth a fair bit of money.

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: GUEST,cg
Date: 26 Mar 11 - 04:29 AM

Hmm. Just going to apologise to my partner for all those sarcastic comments about the amount of stuff required for a gig . . . .

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: HuwG
Date: 26 Mar 11 - 04:42 AM

Normal minimal guitar players' equipment ...

Guitar
Spare strings (£4.99 el cheapo set, will get me home in case of a breakage)
Tuner
Tobacco tin, containing picks, capo, bottleneck
Duster (used to wrap the tin, soften any sharp edges; also wipe sweat etc from the neck and strings every so often)
Several A4 sheets of lyrics
Reading glasses in case I need to use one of the sheets
Tin of John West's tuna in mayonnaise

This last is waiting opportunity to be deployed when some improvident player says, "Can I borrow a tuner?"

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 26 Mar 11 - 05:20 AM

I've seen quite a few hard cases in this thread ... borrow a tuna, indeed ... sigh ...

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: GUEST,guitarstrings
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 05:46 AM

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: GUEST,guitarstrings
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 05:47 AM

http://www.guitarsite.com/database/Makers/rec/7025/

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: Deckman
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 06:01 AM

In reading this thread, I'm reminded just how "simple" a musician I am. I play two guitars, a vintage Martin classic (nylon string), and a steel string Washburn. I do NOT use either a flat pick or finger picks. I keep my fingernails in good trim. The ONLY thing I carry in my gig bag is one tuner, two capos, one for each guitar. That's it ... real simple ... just like me! bob(deckman)nelson

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Apr 11 - 12:16 PM

The String Cleaner
The SpiderCapo

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: SammySkillet
Date: 06 Apr 11 - 03:59 PM

i think this was a fine idea for a thread

i keep in my guitar case (aside from a guitar)
- strings ,tuner, scissors(?)
- a musical saw + cello bow, rosin, and small piece of wet dry sand paper
- flat picks and finger picks
- note book, pens and a marker pen
- capo
- set of musical spoons (incase ive had too much but still want to participate.)

:)

Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
From: John P
Date: 06 Apr 11 - 07:37 PM

For gigs:
two capos
a few mic & guitar cables
D.I. box
wireless receiver and two transmitters
extra strings
tuner
guitar stands
set list
several picks
and, of course, guitar and cittern