You could also think about using a double stop hipshot Xtender to drop to D or C on the E string.
I use a single stop for a few tunes with a D.
This does depend on though on dropping one string or down tuning the whole set.
I did the same and so did everyone I know, trading amps, selling guitars/basses when you were skint, borrowing cabs when someone else provided them, not a care for cables or ohms even, just getting drunk and having a blast.
different times..,
Purchased a Bass off paul.
Great communication and a lovely guy.
Met up in Cambridge, unfortunately I was working so couldn’t stop for long.
Beautiful bass exactly as he described. Could be ‘The one!’
Thanks paul glad to be the next custodian.
How about a nice Ampeg SVT either a full tube amp or an SVP pro pre amp
lovely tube creaminess and depth when clean
5 mid settings for adding or scooping mids (slap it like it’s a pert bottom on a French hooker)
That nice ampeg fat bass sound to add a bit fullness and if you want a bit of distortion just crank up the gain and drive those tubes.
plus none can pick it up and run off with it so security and peace of mind.
Try plugging a preamp into the effects return and bypass the ash down preamp, if that works fine, could your tube have a problem, become unseated or getting tired?