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Holds 24 pairs of sticks and mallets and contains two small accessory pockets. Four outside pockets include one large enough for sheet music. Also features a detachable, padded shoulder strap and elastic fasteners with retractable clips for secure suspension from the floor tom. Water resistant leather-like vinyl with double stitching throughout. A heavy duty zipper holds it all together! H = 19", W (when open) = 23"
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- Made by Vic Firth Accessories- Model Number: SBAG-2
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By Ryan S.
I decided to go for this bag, since it seemed a bit more deluxe and I suspected it might last longer than the old-fashioned nylon Vic Firth stick bag.
It does do what it's supposed to do, and it has a vast amount of storage for sticks, mallets, tools, and notebooks. It's fairly comfortable to wear, if you really want to wear the thing. At its size though, it doesn't fit into my messenger bag when riding my bike to the studio.
The vinyl does seem rather long lasting, and the seams appear to be well sewn. The zippers appear strong and work smoothly. The vinyl does have a rather strong synthetic odor to it, that has dissipated a bit over time.
One feature that I liked are the built in lug mounts. There are two spring-loaded clips that clasp onto your floor tom lugs, putting the sticks in a nice accessible location. The bag however is so heavy that the elastic that runs through the bag is stretched, and you have to attach it to lugs that are pretty distant in order to keep the elastic taught and the bag from drooping. A couple of times, the elastic band came untied from the clip and it was a bit annoying to have to retie it, but a double-knot is sufficient for a while.
I took the bag on tour and it did the job, until one of the plastic lug mounting clips broke. Actually, the thumb-switch for recoiling the spring-loaded portion broke. From then, I had to use two hands to hold and manually open the clip far enough to get it off of the lug. Trust me, it's annoying. You don't want that to happen.
Overall, I think the bag is overkill, unless you absolutely have to carry 24 pairs of sticks, mallets, a ton of hardware, and some small notebooks. Yeah, it's not much more expensive than the base model, but the extra padding, heavy duty vinyl, and storage capacity of the bag presents a new problem. It puts extra strain on the elastic cable, making the bag droop, causing the clips to come untied, and possibly lead to the fairly cheap plastic clip eventually breaking. Vic Firth should replace the plastic clips with simple military grade metal ones, and it would make a big difference. For all the potential that this bag affords you, I think it's overkill.
By Richie Rich (Jakarta, Indonesia)
I have seen this vic firth stick bag in Singapore. It's really awesome. Big compartment compare to other stick drum bags available. Made of leather. You can bring almost any small drum things such metronome, several keys, many sticks, even books (note book size), hand phone, ipod, things like that.
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