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But, yes, you can buy double gig bags.
I am starting my second year of regular gigging. What do you take spares of Eric?
Yes...I'm right:
Thoman https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_doppel_gigbag_egitarre.htm
Fusion https://www.fusion-bags.com/products/fg-double-electric-guitar-gig-bag
I feel you though. I take my amp (2x12 combo on casters) three guitars (one spare and one for slide), my pedalboard, my guitar stands, my mic stand and my bag with cables. I don't take a spare amp but have a Zoom G3 which I can put straight into the PA if I need it. All of that fills up the whole boot on my VW Passat Estate and some of the back seat.
Instead of a spare amp, consider one of the Joyo American/British pedals (for direct to PA) and/or an EHX Magnum - good enough to get you out of a pinch. I carry both in my gig bag.
Pedalboard with pedals but no spare pedals.
Combo and just a pre amp thing I could plug into the PA if need be ( ideally I'd have something better than I have but I've never used it on a gig). In cover.
Mic stand, mic, spare mic, xlr leads.
Guitar leads and spare guitar leads.
Guitar stand.
Spare kettle lead.
Spare strings.
Multi tool, duct tape, pen.
Plectrums in every case and bag.
Old hoodie to put when the sweat starts going cold after.
Bottle of water.
I think that's it. Not that much but not very organised either. Also half the PA if the singer's wife comes to a gig so he can fit her in the car. I'm sure there are people who take a lot more gear than I do.
I struggle to 'come down' after the enormous high of playing the Ferret and Spanner on a Tuesday night to ten indifferent people.
What do you do after the gig?
At the moment you have 1 amp and 4 other "things" that could potentially be put on a shoulder. Assuming at least one guitar or the pedaltrain can go on a shoulder, that's 2 trips to/from the car.
Cutting to a single gigbag with 2 guitars and a bunch of cables, and an amp and the pedalboard, you'll be hard-pressed to do that in 1 trip, so I'm not sure I see the point.
As said ^^^^ yes you can get double gig bags
Sansamp, Magnum etc all good ideas for the spare amp avoidance (I have a cheapo Marshall SS head in the boot). Also consider a Flyrig - multi-FX/amp.
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I do have another few things - power extensions and a fan but they tend to be gig dependent. Also considering a FlyRig as a backup.
And this can be wrapped up and put under the PT. I'm looking into that for my rig too
As a result, all my cables (and spares) fit into the soft case which came with my Warwick Pedalbay.
Take either two DGT's, two teles or my two MusicMan guitars to a gig. Pockets are big, one on lower front has plenty of space for cables etc. The top one I use for picks, tuner, trem arms, little multitools, spare strings etc.
And as mentioned earlier there is an add on/clip on bag which you can add to the front for pedals etc.
Maybe I should stop whinging! Its just heavy.
Definitely going to look at the double mono though. Thanks!
If you don't carry spare valves, fuses and have the confidence to change them on stage then you do unless the pedalboard can be DI'd (and sound acceptable like that). A preamp/amp emulating pedal can cover the second part of that if you don't want to carry another amp though.
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