What's in your gig bag

[terryc]

I guess our gig bags are the equivalent of womens purses(handbags in the UK). They hold everything!.
I usually do a clean out every couple of months to keep it all in order.

[811952]

Speakon cable
1/4 speaker cable
2 short instrument cables
extension cord (with an 8-outlet box at the end)
power supply for the bass
25-foot 5-pin instrument cable
LED flashlight
cheap cigar

[andbassforall]

I put a bass in there.. unlike the rest of you. JK
 
I put a lot in my pedalboard as well as far as cables and other supplies.  Usually in my bag, I just put some cables, a SansAmp, strap, 9V, deoderant (as well), change of shirt for the poor saps who want to hug me after a show.

[hankster]

Much of the above, and clothespins and large elastics to keep the music on the stand on breezy outdoor gigs.
 
r.

[dadabass2001]

Bag 1: finger cymbals, a flexatone, a triangle, 2 towels, 3 elastic wristbands (one is a Dead stealie logo), 2 or 3 shirts (1 for each set), an umbrella,  a 20 ft square clear plastic tarp, mini stereo to mini stereo cable (so I can listen to my recording of the show on the way home), headphones and a portable cd player, and a jaunty little leather biker cap

 
Bag 2: my Shure wireless bodypac and receiver (only used on LARGE stages), several 9 volt batteries, 3 spare Speakon cables, spare Monster cable, EH Small Stone phase shifter, Boss RV-3 digital reverb/delay, 2 George L low capacitance cables, a Fostex TT-15 test tone generator, and a spare set of strings

[crgaston]

I've got one of those Levy's leather bags.  It holds the bass, of course, and in the small top pocket, there's the allen and truss rod wrenches, 2 12AX7's, a small screwdriver, multitool, bottle of pachouli in a girl's sock, and my red, white and blue sweatband.
 
In the big pocket, there's my 5-pin cable, picks, tuner, couple short signal cables, batteries, cloth diaper, digital multimeter, couple more sweatbands, lighter, toothbrush, and toothpaste.  
 
My main man-purse is my backpack, which goes wherever I travel.  It's got all kinds of weird stuff in it, including whetstone, spare mag, chopsticks, and nail polish :-)

[fmm]

Alembic Case:
 
Strap stored on bass
Pencil
Post its
 
In a Ziploc bag in the neck pocket:
Truss rod adjustment wrench
Alembic allen wrenches
3 jewelers screwdrivers
Alembic truss rod cover & screws
Original strap buttons
 
4 x 9 volt batteries
 
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Primary Gig Bag:
 
All contained in Crown Royal bags:
Alembic power supply
Alesis Nanocompressor
Peterson Stroboflip tuner
Mp3 player with adapter cables
Boss Bass Chorus
 
Spare strap
Power supply for Alesis Nanocompressor
Power supply for Peterson Stroboflip
Polishing cloth
 
Alembic 5-pin cable
25 ft cable (switch on one end)
20 ft cable
2 x 1 ft patch cable
2 x 6? patch cable
 
Mic cable
 
Mic bag containing
ATM 41 mic
Mic clip
Various adapters  
 
Nail clippers
 
Spare end pin tips for my EUB.
 
Folder of music for my geezer rock band
 
Mic stand clip for Peterson Stroboflip
 
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Jazz gig bag ? used for all fake book gigs
 
Fake Books:
Real Book Vol I Bass clef (split into two books; lots of original tunes added to the book);
Real Book Vol II Bass clef
Real  Book Vol III (loose leaf)
Real  Book Vol IV (loose leaf)
Folder of tunes specific to my jazz trio not found in Real Books
 
Spare strings for:
Alembic (2 sets)
Samick 6-string (2 sets, there was a sale)
Ashbory (2 sets + 2 extra G strings)
2 x Generic 4 string sets
D?Addario XL Reds (saving these for something special)
Fender tape-wound flats
 
4 x 1 ft patch cords
?? ? banana plug 20 ft speaker cord
?? -  bare end 6 ft speaker cord
 
Outlet strip
10 ft extension cord
 
Minicube DI
 
Tuner / metronome
 
Jewelers screwdrivers
 
Adapters
 
Peavey crossover cans for CS amplifiers: 150 Hz and 500 Hz
 
Soldering iron & solder
 
Pencils
Post-its
9 volt and AA batteries