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Thank you! Well, after the UPS debacle, this could be an option.

Nyarghh! I'm not in the group sadly.

Right then! Week three. Lets see what those cheeky chaps at UPS have for us. Who wants to lay bets?

P.s. Thank you!

No I didn't! I've literally only just reactivated my FB this weekend. Do you have a link?

Good question! I suspect a third party insurer wouldn't touch couriers with a bargepole if they had any sense.

It's also 200W, which could be a limiting factor with the single 12" speaker. I'm hesitant over the low end roll off at 47hz and an SPL of 129dB.

Well yes, according to several members of support staff who say that 'ground staff' have been doing searching over the last week and a half; It does sort of point to the possibility that all of the honest options have been exhausted? I really hope for the shop's sake they will pay out the entire value of the instrument. I wouldn't expect they will offer any compensation for the hassle both the shop staff and I have had to endure. My OP still stands. Avoid UPS at all costs.

I must remember to do this in the morning! Thank you!

The RCF NX45 I would love but I keep coming back to the K12.2 as the cab I might go with due to budget. So, thank you for the review

See ‘News Just In’ above. Not good at the moment and nothing more until Monday. Thank you @binky_bass, that’s great. I think the shop will be in touch with Mark Vale and probably the police too. Everything is just a bit fishy now following communications from UPS. It doesn’t bode well for the outcome we’d expect. Undelivered? Probably Stolen.

These are great fun! Though I feel sure the example I reviewed was heavier!

Thank you, I was in much need of a belly laugh and this did just the job! Thank you, thank you.

Last bit of porn for now.

Sorry, I had to add this one with the pick guard I designed for Dingwall

NEWS JUST IN!!!! UPS have been in touch regarding the 'possible match' parcel I mentioned in the OP.. It had, over the last day or so, been sent to their Lost And Found depot. (Apparently it's too difficult to identify in situ..) Yes, it has taken over two days to identify and! ... It's not a Bass Guitar in a Bass Guitar Case.. It's not a BIG box with a clear address on it to me. They did however manage to identify it was a guitar, so I will give them that. 😳 I understand the notification mail offered no sympathy or any sort of 'customer service' that we might hope for when a company is sorry for solely messing up on a grand scale. Nup. Nadda. Nothing. So, too many days after they lost the parcel (It was lost just after collection on Tuesday 28th, reported not arrived by me Wednesday 29th) UPS still have no clue how a huge box can go missing. I think it's time for the police to get involved; even the shop's UPS sales manager thinks it is 'odd'. Feeling really rubbish. EDIT: Interestingly, following the advice above, I decided I would start a Tweet to UPS regarding this mess. I went to the UPS help page on Twitter and literally the whole page is inundated, full of customers with problems. I have no idea how my post will even get seen. Well, there you go. tells the whole story really, doesn't it?

Here's the Web address I forgot ' http://musicalinstrumentrehab.com/

I'll post gratuitous pictures in a bit

Ahhhh yes! Chameleon Flip-Paint has been my 'signature' if you wanna call it that for years now and yes Jon Shuker did the flip finishes on my 6 and 7 string (Shuker) basses. I can also recommend the chap who did my Dingwall and Fender Jazz Bass Special as seen on the front page of his website. https://m.facebook.com/pages/category/Musical-Instrument-Store/Musical-Instrument-Rehab-167262633338121/ Musical Instrument Rehab based here in Norwich. He comes highly regarded.

I caved in and opened a Twitter account last night lol. Yeah, highlighting my plight on Basschat I hope has raised awareness, but I think you are right. We're a closed community and at best I am merely warning our fellow bassists of a really rubbish situation that this particular company seem incapable of fixing in a timely manner. Social Media it would appear to be a better approach to reach a wider audience as well as UPS maybe taking note - even in passing as it appears they have done regarding lost property. It was a shop and I am pleased to say that they have been chasing UPS on a daily basis. They have actually had to put in a good fight for the customer services folk to actually escalate and be bold enough to give up the names and contact details of senior management. Needless to say, they have had enough of UPS and will be changing to another courier as soon as they can. Hardly surprising really. As a shop, the courier they choose is part of their sales service. If the courier can't be trusted then the shop's reputation will be affected. Now considering the shop has been absolutely brilliant and bent over backwards for me without even batting an eyelid, I really don't want them to be seen in a bad light. With regard to UPS, as far as I understand it, they haven't even got close to approaching a "please don't leave, is there anything we can do to improve relations?" But don't quote me on that as I haven't heard from UPS recently either lol lol lol ...

The swear filter has raised a small smile though!

Partly down to the atmosphere in the house this week, but I’m feeling pretty down and dejected at this whole pink torpedo up. I was really looking forward to this delivery - and if it happens, I will do a separate post, but the excitement of realising essentially a childhood dream has pretty much gone. I don’t think it’s going to have the same desire now. I’m hoping that the bass is actually ok, but that aside I’m feeling really disappointed.

Yes to lots of recording and yes to having separate rehearsals for vocals where you can sit down with a guitar or piano and work out the lines and phrases without anyone messing about with instruments and sounds in the background!