Gator GBE-Dread Gig Bag for Dreadnought Guitars

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Maybe i should have shopped around more

The bag is serviceable. The padding seems adequate for protecting the instrument against minor bumps. There were three things that i didn't like about it. 1. It does not appear to be designed to be carried as a backpack. There is one shoulder strap which is fine, but it doesn't seem like it would have taken much to have put two straps on it so that you can ride a bike with it or just tote it around town for busking more conveniently. If you are just taking it out of the car and into the bar then sure, a single shoulder strap is great. But for self-powered transportation, a backpack design is needed. 2. There is no good place to put small oddly shaped objects, such as capo, tuner, packet of picks, etc. The pocket it does have is suitable for holding a small number of pages of sheet music or a folder or thin book, maybe a packet of spare strings. It is simply a slit in the cover with a zipper and clearly is intended to hold something thin and flat. Things in this compartment are not protected--the padding is on the inside side of the pocket. Oddly shaped or somewhat larger objects will put outward pressure on the outer layer of material, i could foresee them possibly poking through or being damaged or causing damage to the guitar if any substantial pressure or impact was incurred in the area where the object was. What is needed is a little pouch, perhaps at the base of the neck where it widens to the body, perhaps one on each side, for capo, harmonica, etc. Also, even the compartment that it does have would be much better if it were a sewn-on pocket with 3 dimensions rather than just a slit, so that even if it were still limited to sheet music, it could at least hold a larger book or a three-ring binder or several small books. 3. I think this could be a tiny bit bigger. One review says it fits like a glove, as if that's a good thing. It fits, but tightly, and to me is not a good thing. I feel like i have to shoehorn the guitar into the bag.