hiram.k.hackenbacker

I am happy to report a positive conclusion to this tale.

Bass was delivered in 24 hours almost to the minute and in perfect condition.

Buyer is chuffed to bits.

....and relax 😎

3 minutes ago, stewblack said:

Just watched the first video up at the top of the thread there 👆. 

You could show that to anyone learning bass to illustrate how to support the song, to play well without the need for flashy fills. It's a beautiful illustration and a wake up call for me. I'm nowhere near as bad as I was 35 years ago but I am still guilty of playing way too much. 

Wait until you get to Day 4. You may need to rethink the comment about flashy fills 😂

DPD actually collected it. Fingers crossed. Cue a tense 24-48 hours 😑

10 hours ago, NoirBass said:

Yeah, that’s the main thing I’ve noticed from this - just how lightly he plays.

Those Sklar Dingwall's are made just for that kind of technique. They have banjo frets on them and they play effortlessly. Really wish I hadn't sold mine.

The only issue I had with it was the pick-up placement which they have now solved with the Sklar II - 3 x Super Fatty's.

FFS - you couldn’t make this stinky poo up!

DPD were supposed to come today as arranged by Eurosender. It got to 5.55pm (supposed to pick-up before 6pm) and no show.

I had a look at the e-mail Eurosender sent me this morning and noticed it already had a tracking number on it, so I clicked it. The DPD tracker says my parcel was ‘in transit’. I beg to differ as it’s still sat in my hallway!

Ring DPD and they appear to be as confused as I am. Their system says the driver collected it at 1531hrs - whilst I was sat in the kitchen with Mrs.H waiting for DPD to arrive. Cue joke of the day:

DPD Customer Service “Are you sure they haven’t picked it up?”

Me “The package is about four feet tall and weighs over 10kg and standing in my hallway. It’s hardly inconf***ingspicuous“

DPD Customer Service “I can offer you a pick-up tomorrow which, as it’s our error, will be free or charge”

Me “Oh, how very nice of you - since you haven’t done anything that warrants paying for!”

Tune in tomorrow (and probably for the next few weeks) for more entertaining updates to this saga.

Issue #3 - I received an e-mail yesterday morning apologising that the courier would don't be able to collect the bass from me yesterday. No reason given, just that it wasn't going to happen. They re-booked collection for today.

Issue #4 - Checked my e-mail first thing this morning and they had sent another e-mail saying the bass couldn't be collected today as there was an issue with my address. I was in the mood for a good argument, so since they had offered a phone number to ring, that's what I did. Not particularly helpful or apologetic, but it appears that since I put a space in my postal code i.e. SS** **H, it had caused a glitch in the system where it failed to recognise it - FFS! Eurosender were blaming the courier's computer system, not theirs. I pointed out that an idiot could find my address given the house number and the postcode - with or without gaps.

Re-booked for tomorrow - without gaps in either my post code or the buyer's. This is their last chance before I get medieval on their a55.

I had cause to ring them on Friday as I sold a bass that I need to get shipped further than I'm prepared to drive. 

The two issues I had were:

1) Nowhere in the process did it give me the option of putting in the discount code (believe me I looked)

2) The bass is valued at over €2k. When you get to the insurance page, there are only two options; up to €1k and up to €2k. Apparently, if it's over €2k, the price of the add on is €24.99 (up to €5k value), but you can't specify that when doing it on line. You have to e-mail them with all the details for one of the managers to ring you back. What a load of nonsense that is.

I decided to forgo the discount and went with the €2k insurance in the end as it was only marginally over the threshold.

I would have kept Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine and Yesterday for sure. Probably a few of the others too.

It’s your list though.

It’s not clear what you’ve asked. Are you saying these are the ones you’ve cut?

Probably the worse part for you is - he’ll be back! 😂

1 minute ago, Quatschmacher said:

I would be up for having a crack at a few. Perhaps I could make some cash if it's the sort of thing folks might pay a few quid for.

I would be happy to pay for any patches that you could match to some of the songs in my 80's set.

It's completely beyond me (as you know 😂) and there's no reason why you shouldn't earn out of your hard work.

25 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

@hiram.k.hackenbacker meant to say, well done on getting your bass away - always nice when that happens. If it has been a 5er I would have been very very tempted myself!

Thank you. Just had an offer through eBay for the other bass I have up for sale. Unfortunately it was an offer of a trade on a Yamaha BB P35. Had another non-bass related sale this afternoon.

I think the people at home are getting bored. As long as the postal system/couriers keep going, this could be a good month 😀

Sold a bass today, so I have a couple of thousand pounds burning a hole in my virtual PayPal virtual.

Being in this challenge and with having all my gigs cancelled through to the end of April, I really shouldn’t be able to justify ordering a new bass. I really really shouldn’t. 

Sold via eBay.

2 hours ago, StuartB said:

Forgive my ignorance, but with no date or s/n on the neck how do we know it is of the same provenace? Is there an s/n anywhere in fact?

The date on the neck, the date on the body, the pot codes and most importantly, the bloke who is selling it. He is very well respected around these parts.

1 hour ago, Quatschmacher said:

What exactly do you mean by “midrange attack in the filter”? Could you explain, please. Or perhaps you could download my patch and tweak it, record a clip and share the result to illustrate what you mean.

In the context of the track it seems to work:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10xBvmhWgXuKnAuMSR5trh61tnzqRTo7y/view?usp=drivesdk

It’s tricky to replicate exactly when there are loads of other instruments in the mix. 

Plus, in a live environment, I doubt you would be able to tell the difference anyway.

13 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Here's a better representation of my FI patch:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12hJRWvXokauMBZ0m5nBxfNuLSjsDsUFm/view?usp=sharing 

Sounds pretty damned close to me. I could probably use that for I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

....if I can figure out how to get it to my pedal. There are couple of V3 patches I know I'm not going to need. Could do with replacing them with a few of yours.

25 minutes ago, dodgnofski said:

Si must be a Time Lord, it’s the only explanation 😂😂🙈🙈👍👍...

Bet he’s got a DeLorean.

5 minutes ago, Bassfinger said:

I'm not signing.  You buy cheap insurance, you get a cheap response when you really need it.

You buy expensive insurance and you still get stinky poo service as I’ve found out this week to our cost.

18 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Good sounds there, particularly like the sax playing.

Yes, he’s one of those people who can turn his hand to anything - guitar, bass, drums, sax, vocal. Not sure whether he plays keys, but it wouldn’t surprise me 🙄

Why the freak has this not sold already? Have you all been spending you hard earned on hand sanitiser? 😂

Another one from the same studio session as the previous one. 

21 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Sent you a PM. 

....and replied. Several times😀.

Now sorted. Don’t know what on earth I was doing wrong, but now have an update successful notice 😀

Trying to update the firmware on my FI and it’s driving me nuts.

Followed the instructions to the letter (I think) and I keep getting and ‘Error - F1 not present or a communication error has occurred’.

It may get chucked out of the window shortly 😡

3 hours ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

So it arrived back, surprisingly well packaged and unmolested. As per my suspicions, after a quick blow it plays superbly right the way across the range with no issues. 
 

Feedback I want to leave would be something along the lines of "time wasting   pink torpedo".
 

Never mind. Onwards 

I would never do this of obviously....but add this person to your blocked buyers list, then find something relatively cheap that he is selling, buy it and find a reason to leave negative feedback for that transaction. Gotta be worth a couple of quid 😂