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Third same issue with DPD through EuroSender. And @ped, the discount is no more 10%, but 5% ! Here are the messages sent to EuroSender's Customer Support, in backwards order : "Hello Angelika, It looks like you didn’t understand what I wrote ! The address is the one and only official address and has been the same for over 50 Years. The house is at least 400 years old ! But the worse is that the DPD driver came the day before to deliver two very big parcels (150 x 50 x 15 cm) and suddenly my address is becoming wrong or incomplete : it’s the stupidest explanation ever. DPD drivers are dumber than dumb, it’s a known fact. It’s the third time they are doing this to me, even if they are coming here VERY OFTEN for deliveries ! Furthermore, the pickup time range is simply delirious : from 9:00 to 18:00 !!! Do you think I will take a day off each time there is a pickup or delivery by DPD when the other companies give a one hour time range. It’s too late, as I also wrote, the parcel HAD TO LEAVE yesterday, so I went to the GLS depot which is 4 kilometres away and it’s now gone to the recipient. Each time I phone the DPD call center for such a problem, which is very often, the answer is the same : « We have big issues with the Bettembourg (Luxembourg) depot, they need to do something or they’ll lose their clients. » My phone number is always given, as well as my email address : Is it so hard to give a phone call if they are lost ? And I realyy don’t give a stinky poo about using a GPS for coming here, it’s the medieval part of village with short but large streets crossing each other, so very easy to find the place as the house numbers clearly visible, because it’s mandatory in Belgium. Explain me why did DPD deliver me two parcels the day before and could not come to the exact same and only OFFICIAL address the following day ? You want the answer : lazy driver not doing his job and not knowing that he can be dismissed for serious misconduct (or negligence, if you prefer) and being a liar ! Now, I’m awaiting the full refund as you (DPD, in fact) broke the contract by non respecting it ! Period. It’s also a shame that I have to write in English as you don’t understand French. Best regards, Tony BERTRAND De : Eurosender customer support Envoyé le :samedi 16 mai 2020 11:18 À : [email protected] Objet :Re: Commande no. 822791-20 : CHAUFFEUR JAMAIS PASSE Hello, We thank you for the message and we apologize for this dissatisfaction the service has caused you. We have been informed by the courier company that the pick-up of your shipment was unfortunately not successful due to a wrong or incomplete address. As we would like to schedule another collection for you, we kindly ask you to provide us with the updated pick-up address. Please reply to this email with the following information: • Contact person and his/her phone number (the person who will hand out the package) • The name on the doorbell (if it isn’t the same as the contact person's name) • The name of the company/hotel/student dormitory (if the pick-up address is not a private residence) • Street name and number, as well as apartment/floor number • Post (ZIP) code and the city The address should be easily located via Google maps. We regret to inform you that your order was already processed and confirmed. This means that, according to our Terms and Conditions, a refund is no longer possible. After an order is placed, Eurosender is authorised to order transportation services with one of the partner courier companies. The customer expressly agrees to waive the right to cancel the Agreement with Eurosender once the order details are submitted to the selected courier services provider and confirmed for the chosen pick-up date. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. Please let us know if any further assistance is needed. Angelika Customer Support Supervisor Eurosender SARL Disclaimer: The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation to the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. On Fri, 15 May at 6:49 PM , Tony BERTRAND <[email protected]> wrote: Bonjour, Hier jeudi, je reçois deux (2) grands colis livrés par DPD et aujourd’hui, j’attends toute la journée pour un enlèvement, et AUCUN chauffeur ne s’est présenté. Je regarde à 18 heures sur le suivi en ligne qui fonctionne très approximativement, et je vois que le colis n’a pas pu être enlevé en prétextant une adresse incorrecte, à 14 heures 44’, alors que j’ai été livré hier à cette seule et unique adresse qui est la mienne et qui existe depuis plus de 50 ans, la maison ayant, elle, plus de 400 ans !!! Cette absence de service est une véritable honte ! J’ai autre chose à faire que d’attendre 9 heures l’hypothétique passage d’un éventuel chauffeur qui se souviendrait qu’il a une mission à remplir : faire son travail ! J’en ai assez de ces chauffeurs trop fainéants pour faire un travail d’une facilité déconcertante. De plus, j’ai droit à 10% de réduction avec le code BASSCHAT10, étant membre très actif de BassChat et cette réduction n’est JAMAIS de 10% ! Voici la preuve : https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/361241-basschat-offers-exclusive-discount-for-eu-shipping/ La publicité que je vais vous faire va, elle, être totalement gratuite pour la piètre qualité des services de transport que vous employez, et votre absence totale de respect de vos clients ! Merci de me rembourser immédiatement ma commande et je ne passerai PLUS JAMAIS par vos services déplorables, car ce n’est pas le première fois que cela arrive !!! Le dépôt de GLS est à 4 kilomètres et je peux y déposer mon colis qui part immédiatement, sans le moindre problème !!! Voici le pseudo suivi de DPD : https://tracking.dpd.de/status/en_BE/parcel/05396000045413 REMBOURSEMENT IMMEDIAT, LE COLIS DOIT PARTIR ABSOLUMENT AUJOURD’HUI, DONC PAR VOTRE NEGLIGENCE, VOUS ME FORCEZ A UTILISER UN CONCURRENT. Bien à vous, un client plus que fâché, Tony BERTRAND How would you rate your overall satisfaction for the resolution provided by the agent? Extremely satisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Extremely dissatisfied " 453749:1229237

Enough fun. 🤐 One pickup is way more than enough for a fretless and no controls at all. That's the way you'll save useless weight, as it's the purpose of this build. A chambered body with an "eaten by the fungi" top will save a lot of weight too.

No pickups. Better for the ears. 🤣

School Days was another very often slaughtered one back in the day. Papa was a rolling stone bass part for the 7 minutes of the record perfectly palm muted, then telling the poor guy : "Not this bass, it's lacking treble".

Teen Town, the way most people play it : never in tune.

Traded my Noguera Trinity 8 for my old Aries Bajadera 6 and some billions of Monopoly money. As always fast, smooth and easy transaction with Russ. I think it's deal number 64.433.676, Russ : you forgot the used lollipop one. Which will be next ? Who knows ? A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Glad to hear that they are working fine.

You can't be humble, Russ. What drugs are you on today ? 🤣

Newtone, Kalium and Labella will make you anything you want or need.

Aren't Lovely and Antigua an antinomy...

I had dozens of TRB's and BB's and the pickups are built this way, so two split coils side by side (or up and down according to the way you see it) : It can also be a stacked humbucker, the lower coil being a kind of dummy coil, but not the way a real dummy coil circuit is designed. You can check this using an EMG (or another brand) magnetic paper. Yamaha simply call it another way, exactly like Noguera does. A dummy coil will imply a specific circuit to cancel the hum and 3 identical coils for perfect hum-cancelling, the way Alembic or Leduc are doing it and the dummy coil is often visible in between the pickups. Never trust marketing wording...

Nice and complete reply, but there's no such thing as a dummy coil on Yamaha basses. The pickups are just humbuckers. That said your idea of putting the high end preamp in all basses would simply mean the end of the high end segment of Yamaha basses. And you're completely right : upgrading the preamp on a TRB means playing with a router. 😉

Check the logos first when there is one, then the lining, then the tolex, then the hardware. It's a tough job, I know, but it's musical archeology.

Check this, it's a very good starting point : http://www.guitarhq.com/fender.html#cases

@BadlandsGuitars : How can you advertised as original a bass on which the fingerboard and truss rod have been changed for absolutely non period correct parts ? And all I stated is correct. I wrote a mémoire about vintage instruments and know what I'm talking about as I've been helping people buying the right bass at the right price and also making expertise for insurance companies. The link you mention comes from a place where they often forget to mention important details. Somebody I know send them back a "vintage" bass after my expertise, because it wasn't what was described at all. Here is the Blue Book quote (a highly regarded and well-known quoting that you are using too, but not taking the correct grade into account) for a 1966 Fender Precision Bass. Yours is, according to its condition, around 30% grade, so my quote is definitely correct : Now, if you don't know how to accurately quote a vintage instrument, simply ask experts, but don't advertise it the way you do, or you'll lose all credibility. This may seem harsh and direct, but I'm simply fed up by those ads, and especially when it comes from a store as your part of the job is to make sure what you're selling is what you're advertising. And, when selling vintage instruments, you have to "dismantle" it to photograph each and every part attesting the authenticity. I know, it's a full time job. Below is the Blue Book grading system explained :

Here is my selling ad, with two videos of Bruno Ramos (the original purchaser) and loads of informations and photos too :

Difficult choice. TheCort has a neckthrough and is a single cut with real Hipshot Ultralite tuners (no neck diving) with Bartolini MkI pickups and preamp. The Yamaha has a bolt-on neck, Gotoh tuners with Yamaha pickups and preamp. Weight is the same, just as the price, except if you opt for the fingermarks magnet gloss black finish. Soundwise, the Cort is a bit fatter when the Yamaha will be a bit more precise. Necks are different too, a bit more round on the Cort and a bit faster on the Yamaha. It's only a question of personal taste. Can't you try them, it would be easier ?

Low F# to high F. Easy to play the standard way, no problem at all. The neck is designed for this.

Funny to see the reactions here, when it was in "Basses For Sale" section...

Yes, 20mm strings spacing.

Ok, here we go, apart from the refinish : the truss rod has been changed (hex screw here), the fretboard too and is ebony, when it was ordinary rosewood in 1966, the overhanging being the proof, and no clay dots, the pots are contemporary Japanese ones as is the capacitor, the ashtray is brand new. The pickups, bridge and saddles are not photographed... This is worth £1000 to £1500, not more, in this non original at all condition. Avoid this !!!

I would change the strings first and have a perfect set up including pickups height. Strings and set up can dramatically change the sound of your bass for a little money. That said, the Entwistle pickups will almost cost you the same as a decent set of strings...