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The courier should refuse to deal with you; they are the shop's agent, not yours. It is well-known that couriers may "sign" for recipients and often leave signed-for items unattended. The Consumer Rights Act details your (ahem...) rights. Also, if you paid by credit card then that gives you further rights.

You're super covered so don't panic. However, I have had similar before that if a courier knows he's not going to make it on the day/time its supposed to be there for they will sign for it saying delivered and bring it the day after. Naughty, yes and a flippin' nightmare but it has happened to be ( on a £5k bass I sent to a customer ). Hope you get the bass, but at worst you'll get your cash back. Not cool on the shop in question though, they should really take full responsibility.

I hate those people pretending that as soon as the courier has picked up the parcel, it's not their responsibility anymore... Sorry, but as long as it's not in the recipient hands, it's the responsibility of the sender, who, by the way, is the only one allowed to lodge a claim. So, push the shop to act the legal way and simply ask them the proof of delivery: If they can't provide it, ask for an immediate refund.

Couriers are way better at being inept than they are at being corrupt, it'll show up 👍

Was it me saying "I really don't think the drummer's gender is at all relevant" that made you think what I meant was that I "don't feel the drummers gender is relevant"? Regarding evidence/facts, what evidence/facts do you have that it was a factor, that they deliberately chose a woman so that any criticisms could be dismissed as mysogyny, and that they've prepared a narrative for that? That contrivance is baloney and insinuating reverse-mysogyny. As for forbidding anything - I'm not a mod.

Have you tried fuzzy skin? It disguises lines and imperfections by being a textured surface.

I have 19, but the total spend is probably a fraction of what some BCers have spent on a single bass, and as I have= plenty of room...

Got halfway there, hit a traffic jam just as the singer rang me so I answered - drummer's car had gone titsup so rehearsal cancelled. Trickled along the M6 to junction 7, turned round, and came home.

Thanks Matt and thanks @synthaside for the advise. I'm quite surprised at the retailer to be honest. Now if it had got lost in transit it would be different, these things happen but explaining to the chap on the phone that it has been signed for by me didn't seem to concern him too much. Now I'd say its been nicked by a dodgy driver (I've known a few in my time). Yes I know it's all too easy to jump to conclusions, but it's dosn't sound promising at the moment that I'll ever see this bass.

Some of you will have seen that CMC Audio have today released their new Fuzz pedal, which integrates an envelope filter into the sound. I’ve had it for a little while now as I happened to get chatting to Christoph about fuzz pedals around the time this was around 90% developed. FWIW, I paid for mine, so this is not a marketing spin, I just wanted to start the conversation around it as I believe it deserves all the exposure it can get! I made a very quick video for Instagram this lunchtime haha, with a single tone: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPguOWSiO9J/?igsh=Z3pkcnk4c2V3NDk5 And I know Si Francis and BassTheWorld also put out vids, which I (or someone else) can post below. Cheers Si

Actually in between Nellie and Lois was a lovely blue girl called Peggy. Sadly she had cancer so only made it to the age of 7

Eruption - Van Halen

Maybe the Blackstone MOSFET? https://blackstoneappliances.com It looks like there’s one on eBay (no affiliation). Jack Roan at Noble Amps recommended it and it was pretty good (although I have since moved mine on).

Wronger than a wrong thing - as proven by the fact that they contacted the courier for you anyway. The retailer is the courier's customer, not you, so if it goes astray, it's on them to chase it up, and on them to make things right with you if it goes wrong - that's what insurance is for. It has happened to me before, not a fake "delivery" but a Sire D5 just disappeared like a fart in the wind between Thomann and myself. I contacted Thomann about it, and to give them their due they didn't wait too long before giving it up as lost and sending another one. How the retailer deals with this will determine their competence and worth. If it goes badly, I'd like to know who this retailer is so that I can avoid them in future.