Jean-Luc Pickguard

Holiday Inn Cambonia — Dead Kennedys

The buyer has now confirmed that the guitar has arrived in one piece. Phew! I've been sending other items using royal mail, or parcelforce for larger items. However parcelforce don't cover guitars/basses. Does anyone have a preferred courier for basses or guitars?

Well, it has arrived with the buyer and I have asked him to open it up to check it is okay — the box appears to be intact on the delivery photo, and I packed it well, but the tracking message yesterday saying "shipment damaged/destroyed" triggered my anxiety big-time.

The telephone number is useless; it is a robot that just tells you what you already know from the tracking with no chance of speaking to a person. The webchat is also a robot but if you're lucky you get an opportunity to escalate it. I did that yesterday and have just got a reply from evri support saying the guitar should be delivered today, so I'm hoping it will arrive with its new owner in one piece. The email I received was from the address [email protected] — that might come in useful in the future, but until I try emailing it I wouldn't bet against it being set to bounce incoming emails.

Dude Looks Like A Lady — Aerosmith

I'm Paignton the Town Red — Billie Holiday

The size was 108cm x 53cm x 12cm and I paid the price packlink quoted plus about twenty quid for insurance against evri being careless tw@ts. I've just looked up evri's maximum size contraints and found this: according to my calculation this is: 2 x (53 + 12) + 108 = 238 So the size shouldn't be a problem even without having to argue that the box tapers so the volume would actually be less than if the sides were parallel. The tracking on Packlink is now showing three new updates timestamped this morning each saying "It is in the carrier’s network, on its way from its origin to its destination." No indication of where in the world it is though, and I've not had the promised update. Oh well tomorrow's another day.

I sold a guitar on Reverb. Booked the evri via Packlink on Wednesday on a 24 hour service as I didn't want it sitting in a depot over the weekend. It was picked up Thursday so should have been delivered on Friday, but wasn't. I have been trying to find out what's happening and this is the tracking info on evri's site: I'm not sure why they are saying it is bigger than expected — I entered the correct weight and dimensions when booking the delivery. Trying to find more info I discovered different tracking information on the Packlink site: Evri's automated phone system seems to be designed to infuriate and after going through various options which offer no new information, it hangs up with no chance to speak to a sentient being. I'm now waiting for someone at evri, and someone at packlink to get back to me with an update.

Can't Keep It In — Cat Stevens

Ain't That A Kick In The Head — Dean Martin

She's So Tough — Mink DeVille

The headstock shape reminds me of the Sei basses Martin Peterson makes

My bass has to be the loudest thing in the room

Mercury Poisoning — Graham Parker & The Rumour

First Cut Is The Deepest — P.P. Arnold

Pornographer's Dream — Suzanne Vega

Everyone has to have a hobby. How else are they going to fill their days.

I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett ot the Residents version

I have the boss waza bass cans. Its a joy to use — not being restricted by cables. Sound quality is great and it enabled me to relearn a loooonnng setlist after the extended lockdown/social distancing break. It isn't cheap but I consider it a worthwhile investment. My way of using it is to take live/rehearsal recordings of the band and remove my bass using RipX. I put these bassless tracks into a playlist on my iPhone and play along using the Waza Air.

Yes — I think I will be able to make it

I'll try to make it. If so It'll be my first bass bash. I'll probably bring: NS Design CR5M, Squier Bass VI, Roland MicroCube Bass RX and some pedals

Entering the tracking triggered the payout — so it did work the same as when buying a label on packlink.

Ya Wanna Buy A Bunny — Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Here Comes The Nice — Small Faces

The Viscount of Monte Cristo — The Noisettes