Custom Action to the Ribbon - Not Associated to a specific Content Type?

Is it possible to create a custom action on the ribbon that ISNT associated to a specific content type?
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I have this :-
<CustomAction
Id="Steve.SharePoint.Ribbon.SSSCTab"
Location="CommandUI.Ribbon"
RegistrationType="ContentType"
RegistrationId="0x01">
<CommandUIExtension>
<CommandUIDefinitions>
<CommandUIDefinition Location="Ribbon.Tabs._children">
<Tab Id="Steve.SharePoint.Ribbon.SSSCTab"
Title="Custom Tab"
Description="Groups and controls will go in here"
Sequence="550">
<Scaling Id="Steve.SharePoint.Ribbon.CustomTab.Scaling">
<MaxSize...............
If I remove the RegistrationType and ID, the tab doesn't appear at all. With it set as above, the tab is available, but the controls are greyed out unless I am working within a list ....
I'd like to have it always enabled if this is possible?
Thanks
Steve

Removing those 2 should do the trick, try the following:
Remove the RegistrationType and RegistrationID. Redeploy, restart your server, and clear your browser cache through F12 Developer Tools.
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