Do you take a spare bass to a gig?

[BottomE]

I've stopped bringing basses to gigs as i realised that there will be less chance of anything going wrong with them. I just hum the bassline into a mic.

[Al Heeley]

I thought thats whty Fender devised the Squier series, so you could have a cost-effective backup bass in case of your main beast going lame.

[EssentialTension]

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Remember to take a gas soldering iron, as an electric one won't work in a power cut, and then you'll never get that headstock reattached.
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In fact you could take a little primus stove and then, when there's a gas cut, you can heat up the soldering iron and have a cup of tea at the same time. Marvellous.

[Cjd191]

Always been a fan of taking a back up to gigs when possible, it just takes that little bit of worry out my head and keeps set flowing nicely, lot quicker to swap basses than restring (for me anyway)

Also carry D.I. box, spare leads, and a mini tool kit for those just-in-case moments!!

[TomWIC]

I always carry a spare bass; I've never broken a string on stage (or whilst practicing or in rehearsal for that matter) but sooner or later it'll happen, especially playing in Drop C. I usually make sure I have spare strings as well, and that they're already cut to the correct size. And of course factoring in for electronic problems. I always prep my basses before a gig but sometimes I honestly don't have time.

In terms of amplification; I ALWAYS test out my rig the night before, in the morning/afternoon and of course during soundcheck. If anything goes wrong on the night, I used to have a dedicated DI box, now I can rely on my SansAmp to get me through. I always carry spare leads too.

And as Low End Bee said, if I'm gigging with bands we're well acquainted with, we all agree that we can use each others rigs if anyone's develops problems during the night.