The empeg carry case is padded and does give a reasonable amount protection. If you are buying an empeg then you should at least buy one of the empeg carry cases for it. Some people, such as Chip, are also using hard cases. There is a smaller Pelican case that the empeg will fit into, but I think Chip chose a bigger one so he could get his power supply in it as well

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