Gig bag or guitar case?

To go to a guitar class.. isn't it better to put the guitar in a gig back than a guitar case??





Well, i went to the guitar center to buy a gig bag... but my dad made me get guitar case... ';better protection';. It is extremely heavy and i am not that big of a girl to hold a huge case to my class every time. My hands hurt from holding it for like 10 seconds. My dad doesn't want to return it... he said it is better to protect the guitar.





What do you think gig bag or guitar case?


Oh, and is there a lot of people who go to guitar classes with an actual case?Gig bag or guitar case?
The case is better.





But I know what you mean. I'm not a small girl, I'm a big dude, but I'm lazy and I hate having to lug the case around.





Um, I never went to classes for it. But I've played shows, and the case ALWAYS came with me. My guitar doesn't go public without some serious protection. Truthfully, though, the gig bag offers protection from scratches and minor dents and dings. But, if it falls over, your guitar is as good as naked. For example, more than once I've seen a guitar fall over and have the headstock snap off. A gig bag won't protect against that. A case will.Gig bag or guitar case?
Case most definitely. A quality, padded and reinforced case will protect your guitar for longer than you own it. A guitar is a priceless investment and an extension of yourself. A gig bag is lighter to carry, but the first time your heart stops from a guitar being knocked out of your hands while in a gig bag and snapping the neck, you'll understand the purpose of a case.
I struggled with a hefty guitar case for years (I'm an average sized girl) and then bought a gig bag when moving home - had 2 guitars to move and only one case. I would now use the gig bag if I was going places where I actually had to carry the guitar and the case if it was going in/out of a car. Really, as long as you are aware of the limitations of padding on gig bag and don't treat it as a weapon, ramming or getting rammed... unless of course your guitar is super expensive, but I'm guessing it isn't!! You could go for padding on the handle I suppose. You have my sympathy though, when I was at school I had to carry the mother of all French horn cases and now they have much lighter ones (and that IS an expensive piece of kit) For a guitar costing a couple of hundred if you are CAREFUL a gig bag should be fine for general transport. If you are a KLUTZ or unaware that people can bang into you, or are putting the guitar on a plane.... go for the hard case.

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