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Do you ever actually NEED more than one bass?

How many basses do you need?

  • None

    Votes: 11 2.3%
  • One

    Votes: 92 19.1%
  • Two

    Votes: 145 30.1%
  • Three to five

    Votes: 164 34.1%
  • Six to ten

    Votes: 22 4.6%
  • More than ten...

    Votes: 47 9.8%

  • Total voters
    481
If you're at all serious about gigging, you need at least two in case of mechanical failure. I watched a touring punk/indie rock band that had to interrupt their show because the bass player's rickenbacker was being temperamental and cutting in and out.(probably a bad output jack) The dude threw a fit and tossed the bass on the ground, and had to borrow the other band's bass.

There was already a lot of tension at that show since there were two headliners splitting the door and there was NOBODY at the show. Maybe 30 people at $10 a head...