My very first, and only bass rig for a very long time, came with a thing of wonder, a heavy 1/4" speaker cable. It is still the only one of those I own!
 
	 
 
	One time the guy I played a lot of open mics with calls me in a panic. ''Can you do the PA for tonight?" Half of his gear got left in another guy's car and he was out of town.
 
	 
 
	So not having had my gear out in a long time I get a mental checklist going for what to bring to get out of his mixer to my stuff and have bass and guitar and vox out from what is accessible in the garage. 'No worries''.
 
	 
 
	Get there and plugging it all in and almost done but I am one 1/4" speaker cable short, AARRRRRG!
 
	 
 
	''What's the problem''
 
	''Missing the speaker cable''
 
	''Oh'', helpfully wanders to the dwindled pile of spare leads which are not speaker leads in any way shape or form.
 
	 
 
	The star of the show has my speaker lead sticking out of his guitar.