I was at Jazz Summerschool last week and it was on a very hilly campus with lots of steps. So I was coming down the hill, when a flute player I had been doing some playing with, shouted hello at me, along with the suggestion that I might at this point be wishing I played flute....
As I tried to shout back a witty rejoinder, I tripped over a step and went flat on my face - the only consolation, I thought was that my bass was on my back and should be cushioned by my body - but no, the scroll hit the concrete with a thump !!
My knees were completely skinned with blood pouring out, but all I could think about was my bass - eventually when I got the chance to check, it looked OK , but then I realised the fingerboard had been knocked loose!!
I can talk about it now as I have got it fixed, but it was really annoying at the time, as it meant I had to use my EUB for a week,when I had been looking forward to playing my DB all day and building up stamina, etc. !
