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02-12-2007, 09:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Independence, OR | | | What are your HAVE TO HAVE spares you bring to your gigs?
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Just thinking... - cables
- fuses
- strap (w/screws, just in case)
- strings
- batteries
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02-12-2007, 10:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Orlando, FL | | | Umm....Depends on the gig. A church gig I usually only have spare 9V.
Regular gig I usually have:
Strings
Batteries
Strap
String Winder
Screwdriver
Allen Wrenches
Cables
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02-12-2007, 10:11 AM
| | | | batteries, strings, cables, a tuner so my guitarists dont tell me im full of **** when I tell em they're out of tune... |
02-12-2007, 11:08 AM
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Hi-fi into an old tube amp | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM | | | I play smaller/mid sized venues pretty often.
I dont bring spare anything.
If I were playing a large venue (opening for a big national act), I'd bring- extra bass, fuses.
I generally take good care of my stuff and will replace a suspicious cable the moment it starts acting up, change strings every two weeks or so, etc.
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02-12-2007, 11:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wausau, WI | | | Band brings...
Duplicate, extra - Mains amp, Monitor amp (both in rack case with the ones we use so we can simply move cables if one goes down). We also bring along all the usual extra cables, fuses, duct tape, lights, extension cords, and our 220 tap with circuit box and any necessary 220 connectors (in case a new place has inadequate power). We even have a smaller mixer in the trailer if need be.
Personally, I bring extra strings, pre-amp tubes, patch and speaker cables, picks, fuses.
The band keeps an extra bass amphead and speaker cabinet in the trailer too if I need either.
We're pretty much set in the event of any equipment failure. We can either fix or replace as needed. And we have already.
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02-12-2007, 11:54 AM
| | I <3 Darkstar | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Riverside, CA | | | - Bass
- Fuses
- Cable
- Batteries
- Strap
- Ear Plugs
- Tuner
I bring extra strings with me on tour, but not during reg. gigs. I'd just switch basses.
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02-12-2007, 12:15 PM
| | Bassists do it with 2 fingers...and a thumb | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: East Coast | | | yes, that about covers it.
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02-12-2007, 02:16 PM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Cables, Fuses, Tools, Strings, Strap, Power Adapters. |
02-12-2007, 02:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: N / East Texas | | | I bring these along:
Cables - power, speaker, instrument, patch
Strap
Tuner, metronome
Picks
Fuses
Strings (guitar, too)
Drum key
Earplugs
Sharpie, Pencil
flashlight
cleaning cloth
Screwdriver, allen keys, pliers
Outlet wiring tester
Surge protector
Box of mints |
02-12-2007, 03:23 PM
| | | | Batteries
Strings
Super Glue for my fingers
Extra Pics
thats it
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02-12-2007, 03:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | i take my bass a cable a tuner and a spare set of strings
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02-12-2007, 04:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Orlando, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Pounders  Extra Pics | Really? Of what?
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02-12-2007, 04:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mudsock,Ohio | | | Just a spare bass.
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02-13-2007, 06:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chandler, AZ | | | Bass
Batteries
Strings
Flashlight (dark stages suck when setting up)
Ear Plugs (ALWAYS protect your ears)
Speaker Cables
Bass Cables
Picks
Notebook (for making setlists)
Sharpie (for making setlists)
Band Stickers (Promote, promote, promote!!)
Blank CD R (for recording set through soundboard)
Blank Cassette (^^^)
DUCT TAPE!!! A MUST HAVE!!
Power Strip
Extension Cord (50 ft)
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02-14-2007, 01:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | Bass Guitar
Electric Guitar
Picks
Cables
Amps =P
Duct tape...
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02-14-2007, 07:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands | | | Every f***ing thing except my amp and a roll of ducttape comes in (at least) 2.
2 Bass'
2 Straps
2 cables
2 powercables (for my amp)
2 batteries (one in my active bass, other reserve)
2 sets of earplugs
20+ picks (because I find those damn things EVERYWHERE in my gear I don't know the exact count... and I don't even use picks except for one song..)
(and some random assorted stuff which I lug around "just in case" :s)
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02-14-2007, 12:28 PM
| | | | Bass
9v
Instrument Cable
Allen Wrenches
Speaker Cable
3-4 Red Bull
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02-15-2007, 10:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarbecue Boss ...
3-4 Red Bull | Wow! |
02-16-2007, 04:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oberlin, Oh | | | Okay I don't want to make it seem like all these people bring way to much, but why? When did you need all of this? I've never brought more than 1 bass. I've never packed extra strings.
The only extras I bring are an extra cable (incase one poops out), extra battery (same deal), screwdriver to put said battery in (since mines in the control cavity), and ear plugs. The ear plugs and extra cable just live in the back of my rack case, and the battery in my bass case. I've never persay packed them, they're just there.
Now watch, I'm going to break my E string and be pissed as hell and get to do some sweet on the fly transposing (meh it will only make me a better musician, maybe...).
Dan
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02-17-2007, 11:18 PM
| | | | Well, If your main bass is active, Which mine is, and the 9volt goes early in a song, then its nice to be able to miss out on only 30-40 sec of a song while you switch basses, as opposed to the whole song while the backplate gets taken off, battery switched, and backplate replaced.
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