Let me know if something like this has ever happened to you.I had a gig up in Orangeville where I had to bring both my electric and upright basses. While setting up, I had everything up and running and I was ready to go. To my luck, Murphy's Law decided to rear its ugly had. Five minutes before it was time to play, I plugged my electric bass into my amp and all I got was this enormous low-end buzz. I unplugged the electric and tried again. Once again, the loud buzz would not dissapear. I unplugged once again and attepted at fiddleing with the input socket on the electric to see if that would help. Again I plugged in and again the buzz returned. Thinking it was my brand-new 1/4" cable, I experimented by plugging the cable into my upright; no problem. I plugged back into the electric and began fiddling around with the input jack. I found that the buzz would cut in and out. I deduced that the problem was the input jack. With only seconds before playing I informed my band-mates that I would be playing my acoustic bass all night. I plugged back into upright acoustic and dove right into our first set.
Everything went well and all the clients were happy. I was especially pleased with the way I played on my upright that evening. Next stop, the music store to find a new electric.
