What's in your case besides your bass?

Strap. And I remember Mars Music well...the brainchild of the Circuit City franchise started it. I thought both were great ideas but neither are around anymore.

 

Strap
Clip-on tuner
10 ft. Instrument cable
Polishing cloth
Allen wrenches
Phillips head screwdriver
Random picks

 

I was eternally grateful that they got rid of Ace Music in Florida. Ace Music's salespeople all felt like they were superstars.

 

I have different things in cases. Generally just a cloth, extra picks, adjustment tool that's specific to that bass. Thunderbird cases have the straps. Gig bag has more tools and my main strap, a couple batteries and anything else necessary at the time like extra cables, if one/some are not already at the location.

 

Strap
Wireless set
Spare cable as back up
Folding wedge to angle a speaker up
Clip on tuner
9volt battery and screw driver
Felt picks for me assorted picks just in case our guitarist doesn't have a back up.
Spare power cable for my amp.
Golf pencil and red dry erase marker

 

Actually it was the CEO of Office Depot (A Guitarist) that started MARS Music. They started in Florida, grew damn near overnight and really over estimated there market share. That’s what killed them. Most of they’re inventory was bought at bankruptcy by musicians friend, Sam ash took over a lot of they’re retail spaces. I used to work for them back in the late 90s, still have Mars Shirts somewhere. I built a bunch of store display controls and also worked in sales. That was an interesting side job.

 

As for what in my bass case-
Strap
Cable
Wireless TX w/cable
Batteries 9v, AA, CR-2032
TC Clip On Tuner
Polish Cloth
Small Towel
Small notebook and sharpie
1/2” gaff tape
A few adjustment tools
Bag o picks
Chunk of foam (mute)
Ear Plugs

I have another bag full of spare crap and odds and ends, cables, strings, tools, flashlight, etc

 

2x 3m instrument cables
1x patch cable
A small toolkit for emergency repairs
Spare 9v battery
Any sheet music I might need
Ear plugs

 

Strap
3 x cables
Bag of picks

 

Strap, Ibuprofen, Prilosec, and a bag of #@&^. lol

 

Small tuner, 2 instrument cables. I want to keep it light.

The extra batteries, repair tool kit, wireless etc all go in backpack

 

Whoops! Right...Office Depot. They're still around

 

Mine changes on if I am giggin' or practicing. For example, I don't bring marijuana to shows (at least not in my case) but I've typically got something in my HSC for practice.

 

got a small 'gig bugout bag' stashed inside, can move between gigbags-
main strap & backup, 1/4' cable & backup, extra strings, extra 3-ft speaker cab cables (speakon & 1/4"), Snark backup-tuner (for Polytune), fuses for amp, cheap Pyle DI box, backup StrapLocks, batteries (9V, aa, aaa), mag-light, swiss army knife (the Tinker, w/ philips & reg screwdrivers), wirecutters, earplugs, dollar-tree extra reading glasses & sunglasses, black electrical tape, 1/4"-to-xlr adapter, 1/4"-to-mini adapter, small Purell (ultra helpful if you're all already onstage ready to hit but you grabbed some cord with sticky gummy tape residue), some Advil packets, small toothbrush/paste, set of new guitar strings if needed by bandmate, approx $40 cash, & a book of transcriptions for downtime. decades as bandleader & touring has revealed each one of these to be a situation-saver.

 

Strap only, extras go in this. Apparentley its for a d class amp but it holds most of the odds and sods.
I have quite a few basses and they all have there own strap.