I have a lot of amps and I am always curious to see which amp heads and which combo amps will come with a cover or padded case included with the purchase.  I always wonder if an amp comes with the cover if that means the amp is more prone to breaking or is it just a scheme to makes us feel better about paying a higher price?

Most of my combo amps arrived coverless while almost all of my amp heads came with some sort of bag.

Does that mean a standalone amp head is more brittle than one encased in a big, wooden, box with a speaker?  Or does it mean an amp cover is just another convenient way to help sell a brand?

I know a lot of bands and none of them use amp covers.  They just toss their gear in the back of a van and go.

Do you use an amp cover?  If yes, why, and in what situation — and if not, why not?

Oh, and as a silly, closing, sidenote, I wanted to share with you my Google Calendar entry today for this article.  I track all my blog ideas on my Boles University calendar and then label those entries with a Boles Blogs Network label for easy, visual, identification of what’s due on a certain day.

I usually just do a quick entry, and pick a label, and let Google Calendar handle the rest.

Today, when I opened the specifics for my “Putting Your Head in a Bag” article to check to see if I’d written any notes in the description box, I was surprised to find Google placed the “Where” of my article — in “a bag” — as you can see in the screenshot below.

Google Calendar is good about sniffing out times and locations when you just fill in the main reservation window — but I would think “at” and not necessarily “in” would fire the automatic “where” insertion.

Okay, so “Where: a Bag” has an auto-generated “map” hotlink created by Google Calendar — and I would be remiss if I didn’t click through and show you the what of where Google intended me to be today.

Here’s the screenshot of that click-through:  Pure evidence Google are guessing right along with me about the were of “a Bag” really leads.

Amp cover or no — Google has your head covered coming and going — and in the bag.

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    1. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
      David W. Boles says:

      Google are definitely always good for a laugh, Gordon! SMILE!

      I actually use the amp head bags for other things. They can be handy storage devices for more delicate stuff!

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