lownote

Why do I never learn.  Posting this made certain the delivery would be delayed or may never happen.  Delayed so far any road.

It's been so dinned into me since day 1 as a saxist that I should learn the 'not nice chords' that guitarists prefer like A and E, that it throws me totally if someone makes concessions for hornists with a so-called brass-friendly key. .

Rich being nosey or scientifically interested, did you have the jab?

Now if I hadn't been pessimistic.... but as it is I was and so a very nice young Evriman turned up Friday lunchtime with my sax.  In one piece, despite the vendor assuming bin liners wrapped around the sax in its thin cheap case would be adequate protection from gravity and malice.  And remarkably, a single address label which barely stuck to said black plastic and finally fell off as Evriman handed me the parcel.  Somedays life is against me, sometimes not.  

Oh for sure, UPS are better than are Evri.  Just adding a little yin to the OPs yang. 

Only very slight headache, no temperature, just mental confusion (I lost a day) and a night of incessant coughing and feeling like somebody was dismantling my lungs. Only lasted  48 hours for me but mrs lownote still has lungs two weeks on. 

I just got word that Evri are delivering my new sax.  So far I've had two messages from them today saying 1/ it would be collected from the seller in Newcastle later today and 2/ they tried to deliver it here in Suffolk today, but couldn't. I am taking bets on how many bits it arrives in. 

Just been there. If it's any comfort it shouldn't last long. 

I've been reading a book about antigravity.  Couldn't put it down.

I only have one and obv know I run a risk.

Yup.  Once on a long haul a hosty stood with all her weight on my sprawled out ankle in the middle of the night. When it was still giving me gyp a couple of weeks later I wrote a polite letter (actually looking for an apology, nothing more), and got a reply more or less inviting me to join their 'sex and travel' club.

erm... 50+ in 10 years, me

As binky_bass says, its at the very bottom of the upmarket boutique six pile.  It's mostly very good quality, although my older one has the two part bridge, which is a mare to adjust. And I'm not a fan of thick glossy finishes. EQ offers a massive range of sounds. Far from being hard to play it's transforming my playing for the better for reasons I don't yet understand. I took it to a practice because my main bass is being fixed but the Cort perfomed so well it's going to be my main axe frokm now on. Glad I bought it, on a whim.  Thanks whim.

NBD even

I did that and this time they copied the restraining order to me electronically

Yeah, thought that might be the case.  I guess slice n scoop the body would be easy with the right tools, but impossible without.

Wow

Have you asked in the wanted section?  I did, with no expectation of success, and someone offered me one (that wasn't on sale) within a day or two.

Had one before.  they're luvly, but I have no way of comparing with a BB

You mean practice as in regularly buying equipment, of course?

I was being silly gentlespoons.  But it has to be said The Harvey Wallbanger is a glory, especially for £138 new inc VAT. While I am sure there are cheapnesses somewhere - electrics, dunno? the fit, finish and performance are not far off Sire at thrice the price and I haven't found a single thing yet where I've castigated myself for buying cheap. Relief, string height and intonation spot on out the box.  My main bass for three years now has been a Revelation (£199 new, I bought £120 sh) which has been a ... well, a Revelation. So now I have two great basses for £258 new.  'strawdinary.

best thing.  you'll get to make music, not play by numbers.

Funnily enough mine didn't this morning either

Axeshirley, if I'm REALLY honest, not only do i not like music, I'm not that keen on bass gear.  I just like sending and receiving cardboard boxes.