The last few years, I have been playing Hoyt 5-string basses. My good friend Karl Hoyt is a luthier, and builds them to my specifications. I have both a fretted, and a fretless Hoyt, plus the original Hoyt prototype. They all sound amazing!! I also have a Fender P-bass Lyte Deluxe Natural fretted, and a Squire Vintage Modified Fretless Jazz Bass. These are both very cool little basses, and sound great! Little work horses.

Amps

Gallien-Krueger always! I have a 700 R.B./ 210 combo I use when I am up north. It's loud, clean, and reasonably portable. I use a G.K. m.b.150 for smaller gigs. Around 80, or 90 watts into a single 12. 150 watts with an extension cab.

In Fort Myers, I use my old G.K. 800 R.B. head. I think this was the very first one of these on Cape Cod. It's still going strong, and sounds great.

I have a Bag End single 15 Deep Red cab that I love! This is the most rugged bass cab I have ever seen, yet it's fairly light. I stack an Eden single 10/ coaxial tweeter cab on top, and run them with the 800 R.B.

etc...

I have a couple of stomp boxes, that I have used at one time or another, but keep going back to straight into the amp.
I use "Straight Wire bass specific cords," which makes a difference.

Other than that? uh... Shure Beta 58, and regular 58 mics. Oh yeah! I can't play a gig without my Blue Blower fan.
Keeps me cool!!