I was well aware that I'm buying a very basic bag (and that I am skinny so I have almost no, let's say, "softening layer"), but I was unpleasantly surprised nonetheless. The shoulder straps have no filling at all (like literally no at all - they're simply a strip of material, period) making me question why bother adding them to a product if they can't be used (let's keep in our minds that this is a bag designed for a bass guitar). For travelling with a car the bag would probably be sufficient. I ordered a Fender FB610 instead and it does have a little filling there (I'd argue that it's still too little, but at least it's anything); or maybe I'm just too picky. I wish Thomann evaluated the "comfort of travelling with the bag on the back" and included in bag descriptions (and consequently in search filters).