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RE: Rack Bags... the soft revolution!
Title: RE: Rack Bags... the soft
revolution!
there is a big business to be done with soft Racks:
the success of the spine animals over the big insects in the
evolution comes from the physical fact that sturdyness creates big
shock forces.
the outer shell works for small objects, not for heavy
ones.
the car industry also understood that and creates a strong
internal structure and front ends that "give in" to reduce
the power of the shock and protect the people inside.
for the rack this means:
the harder you make the corners, the harder the shock for the
equipment inside.
a second shell with spring dampening is a solution, but very
expensive and too heavy: the heavier the rack the bigger the shock
forces.
so the solution is a leight weight rack with an outer soft shell.
Basically 10cm of foam arround a aluminum frame and specially designed
big rubber corners. the shock energy will be returned, so the rack
jumps arround when its thrown, instead of transmitting the force to
its inside.
besides, this design does not say "throw me" - at least
not when the supervisor is arround :-)
... and if well done, its cover serves as a seat for the musician
:-)
... and most probably it will look nicer on stage
how did Che say? "you need to harden without loosing
tenderness" or so...
I was amazed when I realized that when you declare some luggage
as fragile, you have to sign to take all responsability for eventual
damage on you!
the same proel rack-bag
came with a less-than-substantial shoulder strap. take that off and
throw it away immediately, unless it's better than what I had. and the
bag offers no shock protection- most solid state gear would be ok, but
I lost a syquest drive in a sampler when this bag slipped from the
rear seat of a cab to the floor of same. a more expensive padded
version might have helped here, but it costs you space,
obviously.
and a 3 or 4 unit
rack-bag, provided it's not too deep, should be alright for carry-on,
but consider something more robust for the remainder of your gear and
let it go in the hold, keeping just the fragile stuff with
you.
airlines regard
tough-looking cases as some sort of challenge or insult, and
"fragile" seems to be airline-ese for "throw me".
the so-called flight-case that the aforementioned ricky was in,
sustained major damage on it's first transatlantic trip, and on the
corner where the guitar is nearest the outside world. I was lucky not
to lose a lump out of the wood. conversely, the old fender case my
newly-acquired VI came back to blighty in was totally
unscathed.
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