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[quote name='MandShef' timestamp='1347364653' post='1799775'] I've got a Hindersine bag [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=DBB"]http://www.djmmusic....desc.asp?ic=DBB[/url] which I think was good value at just under £50. Padded, strong zips, lots of handles, handy extra pockets and rucksack straps. No wheels though (I ended up getting one of those fabulous bass buggies!). [/quote] I just ordered one, so I'll let the forum know how I get along with it.

For what it's worth, I have tried several amplification setups for my 1960 German Blonde. I hate clicky piezos as a result, tried several with different mixers. I have now settled on a Schaller magnetic fingerboard pickup and an AKG 211p contact mic on the sound board below the bridge. I use Thomastik Spirocore medium strings. Lots of learning included the finding that the bridge has its own annoying resonant frequency that colours any pickup from it terribly. I use a Bose ToneMatch mixer with lots of compression on the Schaller channel and little on the AKG channel. Mixing them sensitively gives me good arco and nice pizzi with overtones from fingerboard etc. For amplification I use Phil Jones Suitcase (250W) plus aux feed from mixer going into 2 x Bose L1s with 2 x bass bins each that we use for PA (approx 750W each). No problems with feedback, no problem with keeping up with our loud drummer and meaty Hammond. Just expensive.