Should I dump it in the trash?

[Woody Sound]

Been advertising locally a nice full-size banjo gigbag for just $5, new, never used. Not a single reply. Time to put it in a landfill? Hate to do that, but just trying to rid of "stuff." Would probably cost too much to ship the box, hence my trying locally.

Banjo Gig Bag - musical instruments - by owner - sale

[Eck]

Salvation Army?


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[Filmosound 621]

[Woody Sound]

I'd say yes.

[Jimmy blue note]

Might be easier to get a new banjo so the case can serve a purpose.
Now hear me out. If you buy a new banjo, you're not getting a guitar, you're getting a banjo.
You can then be in a position to TRADE that banjo with case for a guitar (that's technically not a GAS acquisition).
Once you have that guitar (which you didn't buy), you're in a position to 'get' a new guitar. Here's the beauty of it, you're going to get rid of that trade-in, have your new guitar in its place and because of the law of conservation, you're not buying a new guitar, you're upgrading an existing one.
Now you can rationalize getting (or working your way up to) that L-5 that, for whatever reason, you've been told you can't or shouldn't buy.

Makes sense, right?

[Woody Sound]

Might be easier to get a new banjo so the case can serve a purpose.
Now hear me out. If you buy a new banjo, you're not getting a guitar, you're getting a banjo.
You can then be in a position to TRADE that banjo with case for a guitar (that's technically not a GAS acquisition).
Once you have that guitar (which you didn't buy), you're in a position to 'get' a new guitar. Here's the beauty of it, you're going to get rid of that trade-in, have your new guitar in its place and because of the law of conservation, you're not buying a new guitar, you're upgrading an existing one.
Now you can rationalize getting (or working your way up to) that L-5 that, for whatever reason, you've been told you can't or shouldn't buy.

Makes sense, right?

Um, unless you're just joking around, I have all the guitars I need. I have a very fine top-notch jazz banjo that I use regularly in a nice hard case . I just want to dump the gigbag that I never used. Nobody in this geographic (cl) area has responded. I'd *give it away*. I just hate adding to the environmental garbage problem.

[Jimmy blue note]

Um, I have a very fine jazz banjo in a nice hard case. I just want to dump the gigbag that I never used.

That was a tongue in cheek social commentary on the dynamic of the phenomenon of GAS. Sorry that wasn't clear.
Throw it away, I guess. Give it to a folkie music store or a banjo teacher in the area. Gift it to a folk music community group. Either of these will take it off your hands. Even a music store has to wait for the demand by that one customer; somebody out there will need it but waiting for the fish in the pond to bite is a sport of patience.
Wish I were closer, I have a tenor banjo with an old case that's not going to outlive the banjo within.

[Litterick]

Might be easier to get a new banjo so the case can serve a purpose.
Now hear me out. If you buy a new banjo, you're not getting a guitar, you're getting a banjo.
You can then be in a position to TRADE that banjo with case for a guitar (that's technically not a GAS acquisition).
Once you have that guitar (which you didn't buy), you're in a position to 'get' a new guitar. Here's the beauty of it, you're going to get rid of that trade-in, have your new guitar in its place and because of the law of conservation, you're not buying a new guitar, you're upgrading an existing one.
Now you can rationalize getting (or working your way up to) that L-5 that, for whatever reason, you've been told you can't or shouldn't buy.

Makes sense, right?

Professor Harold Hill spoke in similar terms to the citizens of River City, Iowa.

[Filmosound 621]

wish I were closer
to this Banjo bag
to-save-it from the landfill
and feel like Roy Smeck

he didn't play Banjo
and he sure knew why
now he's remembered dearly
and not f'ed you bye bye

[wintermoon]

A man left his banjo in the back seat of his car. When he got back he found the window smashed and there were 2 banjos in there.

Now that we got the obligatory banjo joke out of the way, someone will take it for free.
Everyone loves free. Or just donate it, I'd have a hard time just trashing it.

[Dennis D]

Been advertising locally a nice full-size banjo gigbag for just $5, new, never used. Not a single reply. Time to put it in a landfill? Hate to do that, but just trying to rid of "stuff." Would probably cost too much to ship the box, hence my trying locally.

Banjo Gig Bag - musical instruments - by owner - sale

Guitars for Vets.....

Not sure where you are but they have a lot of chapters - local dealers - who accept items and cash donations......

[Jimmy blue note]

One day a bunch of terrorists hijacked a plane and they found out there were a bunch of banjo players who were on their way to a jam.
The terrorists told authorities that unless their demands were met they would start releasing the banjo players.

[RJVB]

If those stories (pardon, jokes) are any suggestion, I'd say you should swap it for a viola case

I gave an old gig bag of mine to the cats, seeing how they loved using it as a bed. Maybe there's a future like that for your bag, possibly at a local shelter if you don't have cats (and don't like the excuse that get one).

Or ... make a mardi grass disguise out of it, or maybe rather one for halloween

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

And now for a brief moment of sanity……

If the neck part is wide enough, it looks like it might hold a lap steel, with room on either side of the body for cable, slides etc. If I were close enough to you, I’d bring mine over and try it. I’m a big repurposer!

[Woody Sound]

And now for a brief moment of sanity……

If the neck part is wide enough, it looks like it might hold a lap steel, with room on either side of the body for cable, slides etc. If I were close enough to you, I’d bring mine over and try it. I’m a big repurposer!

It's a pretty wide neck, about 5-6" closed with a moveable/removable velcroed support pad. I'm near Buffalo, NY.

[Filmosound 621]

And now for a brief moment of sanity……

okay, now lets get on with the fun.

[hotpepper01]

Do not just dump it. There is already to much waist on the planet. Wait untill you come up with a way to reuse the material or give it for free to somebody who can put it to purpose. BTW I love my 1977 Ibanez Artist plectrum banjo thay I tuned down to DGCF and play 4 to a bar Freddie Green shell chords in a bigband setting as if it was a guitar. It gets too little use though. May be I should dust it off en get it out of her hardcase soon

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

It's a pretty wide neck, about 5-6" closed with a moveable/removable velcroed support pad. I'm near Buffalo, NY.

That should hold something like my '30s Supro lap steel. Unfortunately, I'm many hours away from you. But I'll bet there are at least a few lap steel players in your backyard. And a clever clarinetist, soprano saxophonist etc could cut a piece of packing foam to make that a very useful gig bag for the instrument, extra mouthpiece, reed box, etc.

And now, back to the main event:

When the doctor recommended surgery, the patient asked if he'd be able to play the banjo afterward. The doctor replied, "It's hand surgery, not a lobotomy!"

[RJVB]

That should hold something like my '30s Supro lap steel. Unfortunately, I'm many hours away from you.

You could split the shipping costs (and the bag can probably be folded double)?

[John A.]

Been advertising locally a nice full-size banjo gigbag for just $5, new, never used. Not a single reply. Time to put it in a landfill? Hate to do that, but just trying to rid of "stuff." Would probably cost too much to ship the box, hence my trying locally.

Banjo Gig Bag - musical instruments - by owner - sale

Did you try listing it and/or offering it on banjo oriented forums? Perhaps this one? Banjo Classifieds - Banjo Hangout

[Stringswinger]

Do not just dump it. There is already to much waist on the planet.

While you meant "waste", you are not wrong. Diseases like diabetes would be far less prevalent if there was less "waist" on the planet.

[blille]

Might be easier to get a new banjo so the case can serve a purpose.
Now hear me out. If you buy a new banjo, you're not getting a guitar, you're getting a banjo.
You can then be in a position to TRADE that banjo with case for a guitar (that's technically not a GAS acquisition).
Once you have that guitar (which you didn't buy), you're in a position to 'get' a new guitar. Here's the beauty of it, you're going to get rid of that trade-in, have your new guitar in its place and because of the law of conservation, you're not buying a new guitar, you're upgrading an existing one.
Now you can rationalize getting (or working your way up to) that L-5 that, for whatever reason, you've been told you can't or shouldn't buy.

Makes sense, right?

Are you a lawyer or politician? Lol

[jazzgtrl4]

this guy sucks lol

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

Q: What sentence is spoken least often throughout the world?

A: Be careful not to scratch the banjo player’s Porsche!

[fep]

About 20 years ago I went get rid of clutter crazy and put a lot of things in the trash...

Including a bunch of vinyl records and a turntable...

Just saying.