
CAHAYA · Bags and cases
6 Pocket Acoustic Gig Bag
Brown, 40 to 42 inch
Six pockets, which is five more than most bags and the reason to pick this one
What stands between the guitar and the day you drop it
Padding thickness is the specification that matters and the one most listings bury. Under about half an inch a bag protects against scratches and rain and very little else; over that it starts to absorb a knock. If the guitar only ever moves between rooms, a thin bag is enough. If it goes in a car boot or on a bus, it is not.

CAHAYA · Bags and cases
Brown, 40 to 42 inch
Six pockets, which is five more than most bags and the reason to pick this one

Gator Cases · Bags and cases
For electric bass
ABS with an aluminium valance, which is where cheap moulded cases fail

CAHAYA · Bags and cases
0.35 in padding, black
A third of an inch of padding, which is the number most listings hide

Fender · Bags and cases
For Stratocaster and Telecaster
The case you buy when the guitar stops being something you can replace

Fender · Bags and cases
For electric bass
The moulded answer for a bass, and lighter than the wood alternative

Gator Cases · Bags and cases
For electric bass
A plywood-and-Tolex case, which is how basses have travelled for seventy years