Spare Instruments

[leschirons]

Surely you take spare basses so as your wife is not left at home looking at all the basses that you said you needed.

[Mottlefeeder]

I take one bass to play, one amp, two speaker cabs, and cables to suit that equipment. Locked out of sight in the car, I keep a back-up bass, spare amp, and spare cables. I work on the basis that I should be able to deal with any failure anywhere from instrument to speaker.

On two occasions in the last month I have had to fall back on my back-up U-bass (space-saver spare?) because the stage volume was giving me feedback problems with my jumbo acoustic bass.

David

[markstuk]

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Surely you take spare basses so as your wife is not left at home looking at all the basses that you said you needed.
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This 😁

[blue]

A lot of us from the 60s kept our guitars and basses. So, you can imagine some of the collections out there.

64, I'll have conversation with my old school mates;

"You still have that Fender Mustang your Mom bought for you in 1966"

"I remember that band we had had in 1972. I can't believe you still have that black Strat."

Blue

[Marc S]

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Surely you take spare basses so as your wife is not left at home looking at all the basses that you said you needed.
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huge LOL

[Staggering on]

I guess I'm a bit of a "belts and braces" guy and always worry about things.I play my Yamaha SLB200 EUB in our jazz quartet but I always take along my Yamaha RBX750A bass when we play gigs.It's easy to carry around in its Fusion gig bag and is quickly available(tuned and on a stand) if anything goes out on the EUB.I've never had to use it but EUB's are a bit more delicate than the average bass guitar and having a spare bass just gives me peace of mind.I'm just packing both of them into the car right now to go to a gig tonight.

[bazzbass]

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the thought of a joint going at the start of a gig and not having a back up scares the pants our of me.
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yes a joint before the gig is a great idea

[nikon F]

well I ve only been playing the bass for a very short time ,,,( and yes I do use the word playing very loosely ) but for my one and only show to date ,,I had a spare bass and amp in the car . if something had not worked I would have felt like I had let the others in the band down even though it was a one off for us ..ive photographed a few weddings over the years for friends and family ,,and it just wouldn't occur to me to turn up with only one camera body and lens ,,,,as said by someone else earlier ,,,,,,sods law ,,or is it murphy's???

[TimR]

Arrived at the gig last night. Plugged my bass in, did a level check. All was good.

Unplugged my bass (active Ibanez) went away and socialised until we were due to start.

Went back on stage and tried to plug my bass in. Jack wouldn't go in at all. Gave bass a shake and a small piece of metal fell out of the jack socket. That's the socket broken then.

Spare bass came out straight away.

[neilp]

I take the same two basses to almost every gig I play. The SB1000 and the Wal fretless cover just about every noise I want to make. Occasionally the Cort gets an outing just for fun. I don't take a spare as such. If I don't need the fretless I don't take it. Likewise with the fretted. It's not that unusual to play the whole gig on fretless...