Spare bass .. do I really need one

[Woodinblack]

On 04/06/2021 at 23:25, garyt said:

Come to think of it, over the years my basses have been a lot more reliable than some of the people I’ve shared a stage with 🤣.

Yep, sadly you can't bring a spare guitarist!

[Lozz196]

22 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Yep, sadly you can't bring a spare guitarist!

Best to try and keep those to the bare minimum 🤣

[chris_b]

34 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Yep, sadly you can't bring a spare guitarist!

Many years ago I popped in to see an old band of mine and was surprised to see the guitarist standing at the bar and someone else playing guitar. Apparently the guitarist arrived too drunk to play and the BL asked if there was a guitar player in the house. There was.

[paul_c2]

1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

Yep, sadly you can't bring a spare guitarist!

Really, its a spare drummer you need. Adam Ant wasn't mad after all........

[James Nada]

7 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

Yep, sadly you can't bring a spare guitarist!

My band has just added a 3rd guitarist precisely so we do have spare.  We're an instrumental band so it's a bit more crucial when one of the guitarists is in more a "lead singer" role.

[James Nada]

I've recently acquired a Digitech Drop pedal and intend to use that as "back up" bass by setting it to octave down and using the band's common spare guitar.   It'll be good enough to get through a gig.

[Woodinblack]

6 hours ago, paul_c2 said:

Really, its a spare drummer you need. Adam Ant wasn't mad after all........

Ive been lucky, never had a dummer issue!

[neepheid]

1 minute ago, Woodinblack said:

Ive been lucky, never had a dummer issue!

I've had the same drummer since 2009. He's mine and you can't have him!

[4000]

On 01/06/2021 at 15:34, Lozz196 said:

I had similar at a gig, only the jack was completely gone and I didn’t have a backup. Lesson learned, especially as I’d checked it was working before I set off. 

Ditto. Only once, but once was enough. However I do sometimes test fate.......😳