Gator Foam Padded Acoustic Gig Bag GBE-Classic

The bag itself is really nice quality. I had checked out the full size ones at a guitar store first, liked them, then came to Amazon since they have this smaller size.

My daughter has the http://www.amazon.com/Oscar-Schmidt-OGHS-Dreadnought-Acoustic/dp/B001NRVMNI/ and that’s what we bought this bag for. The length is perfect. I has a bit of room so that you’re not stretching the bag over it. My only issue is the width. This bag and guitar combo should be about perfectly matched, but the body of the bag is too big. It could probably fit a full-size guitar in it. Therefore, this 1/2 size one can slop around in it. The padding and everything still protects it well, so I’m not too worried, but I do wish it was more snug.

The single pocket is ok – it can hold a book and small tuner just fine. There’s no other pockets, though, so if you have a ton of accessories, it might not suit you. My kids use this bag to take the guitar to school about once a week, and it’s great for that. The carry strap is a good addition.

For the price, this bag was a no-brainer, but I really thought it would be more snug on the body of the guitar.

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Great bag. For starters, if your guitar is 40 inches long, 14.75″ across the lower bout, 11.50″ across the upper bout, and 4″ deep, it’ll fit. Anything bigger than that will not fit. For example, if you own a jumbo or dreadnought, this will not fit. I see that someone else posted almost identical dimensions, so I’m guessing the size of these bags is fairly consistent and doesn’t vary much. If you’re still with me, here’s the rest of the review.

This is a rock solid gig bag made for classical (nylon stringed) guitars. It’ll also fit a variety of guitars in the OM, 00, and 000, and parlor guitar range, even though they’re all technically different sizes. The main thing is that they are no bigger than the dimensions I’ve already listed.

It’s well-padded and sturdy, and the only weak link in this product is that I don’t trust the straps. If you’re going to use this as a backpack bag, be very careful. I put electrician’s tape around the snaps to make certain they hold, but I mostly just use it with the handle.

This is a gig bag, not a hard case. It will protect the instrument from small knocks and dings, but will simply not take the abuse that a hard case will make. In spite of this, I still hear people complaining about how it didn’t protect their guitar from a serious impact. Duh. It’s a gig bag. It’s not designed for that.

I own two of these, and for the money, there’s not a better gig bag on the market. Almost everything else in this price range is simply Cordura nylon with little padding. This is a good, solid, cheap gig bag with very adequate padding, and well worth the money.

Although this bag was designed for a classical guitar, it also fits my Recording King Dirty Thirty 000 folk guitar. It’s a snug fit, so you should definitely measure before ordering. Here are my guitar’s dimensions:

40″ overall length (just barely fits)
4″ deep at lower bout
15″ across at widest part of lower bout
11.75″ across at widest part of upper bout

The Recording King headstock has a pointy do-dad thingy on top that makes the guitar about half an inch longer than a normal 000/OM guitar, so this case fits *very* snugly from top to bottom. I know from other bags I’ve owned that it will stretch out a wee bit with use. But to echo several other reviewers: this will NOT fit a dreadnought guitar. If you’re unsure of what kind of guitar you play, google “acoustic guitar body shapes.”

The padding is adequate. You can’t expect a gigbag to protect your guitar when shipping it or when flying (shudder). A gigbag is not designed for that. It’s just a lightweight carry case for short trips or home storage. If you’re worried about damaging your guitar, you should carry it in a hardshell case, not a gigbag.

There’s one zippered pocket in the front, about 14″ wide x14″ tall, not very deep. (Personally, that’s all I need. Room for a setlist, spare strings, pick box, slide, tuner, and I’m good to go. I don’t like a bulky gigbag with too many outside pockets that I don’t really use.) No interior pockets. Zippers seem sturdy and each has a red nylon tab attached to the zipper pull; the red stitching makes it easy to see where your zipper is. The bag unzips only to the midpoint of the bottom panel, not all the way around the bottom, but that’s typical for a low-cost gigbag.

Several people complained that there’s only one strap, so you can’t carry your guitar like a backpack. This was not a problem for me, because the bag does have attachment points for a second strap, so I just unsnapped a strap from one of my other gigbags, and voilá! Backpack configuration.

It has a bit of a funky chemical smell right out of the package, but so did my other Gator gigbags. The smell will fade.

All in all, this is an outstanding value; I don’t think you can beat it for the price.

I have several Gator cases. They’re all well made, durable, and priced right. I purchased this acoustic bass case for my Fender 32inch scale acoustic bass. My bass fits perfectly inside of the case with just the right amount of extra room so that it isn’t an overly tight fit. Great product!

Material muy resistente, acolchado, tamaño perfecto para guitarra clásica, en la foto pueden ver una Takamine GC1CE