RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

[quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1431523696' post='2772188'] For the sake of completeness. Response from Thomann: Dear Mr ***** (Stuckinthepod) Thank you for your email. We are very sorry to hear about this. Most of the parcels we send to the UK with DHL / Parcelforce arrive on time and without incident, though of course I realise that this is scant comfort for those customers who, like yourself, find themselves receiving a service that is not of the quality they have every right to expect. Should you wish to order from us again and would prefer not to have the shipment delivered by Parcelforce, we would be able to offer you shipping via UPS for that order. With apologies for any inconvenience you may have suffered. Kind regards Thomas Krarup International Sales [/quote] Thomas from thomann.. Tongue twister

Cool !

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1431435968' post='2771300'] it is active, yes, but the circuit board is nowhere near the jack socket, it's on the upper shoulder (which I think is standard?) so I wouldn't have thought a dodgy connection on the pre-amp would be doing it, is that what you meant? I know turning computers off and on often fixes them, but an analogue pre-amp?! Weird! [/quote] Reason o mentioned it , was that the problem sounds exactly like had with my Washburn status.T he only difference being you haven't received police radio or French radio stations like I did

The grey horse - always been a bit like the qpr defence IMHO , living more on reputation than giving proper support to the bands playing there . Regarding the female drum situation ; if you see. a band with a female drummer, you could ask if she teaches? apart from that and Facebook , I have no idea. Good luck with the search

Yeah, I too am getting the vigin broadband junk mail they've reverted back to the large white envelopes .

[quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1431514445' post='2772032'] Hi all, This is the reply from ParcelForce. I emailed their MD directly. Dear Mr ****** (Stuckinthepod) Thank you for your email to Gary Simpson, our Managing Director, which he has asked me to respond to. I was extremely concerned to read of the actions of our driver in leaving your bass guitar unattended at your address, and genuinely apologise for the clear concern and frustration they have caused as a result of their poor decision when delivering your parcel. Please be assured our Operations Director, who is in overall control of our delivery operation, has contacted our Manchester Depot Operations Manager, who is in charge of our Manchester depot, to personally deal with this incident with our driver who handled your delivery. On our signed for services, upon delivery our drivers are required to ensure the parcel they are delivering is accepted by an occupant at the delivery address and that a record of who accepted the item is kept in the form of a name and signature which is taken from the individual who accepts delivery. The sender has paid for the peace of mind of safe and confirmed delivery to the recipient’s address, and in the unfortunate event something should happen to the parcel, that they are compensated accordingly in line with the Terms and Conditions of Carriage of the service used either by ourselves or our partners abroad their item was sent through as applicable. For the security of mail we carry and safety of the goods we deliver for our customers, Parcelforce Worldwide have a zero tolerance approach when items are not delivered as per our delivery policies. Failure by our drivers not adhering to our delivery policies would always be dealt with under our company’s conduct code by their line Manager and can lead to immediate dismissal. As you mention, we do have multiple delivery options available if the addressee of a parcel is unavailable, such as delivery to a local Post Office, being returned to the local Parcelforce Worldwide depot or for it to be attempted to be delivered to a neighbour within a reasonable distance. I am very sorry our driver made such an extremely poor error in judgment when delivering your item and did not use one of our alternative convenient delivery processes to ensure your item was kept safe. I can advise that our Managers do have individual daily debriefs with our drivers when they return to site and raise with our drivers at weekly meetings any complaints relating to delivery processes to ensure our policies are being adhered to and that any issues are raised with their entire delivery team to ensure they are not repeated, as well as the consequences if they should. Due to Royal Mail Group policy and our employee confidentiality rights I am sorry I cannot discuss the action we have taken against our driver. Please be assured however from the action we have taken there will be no future incidents of this nature with deliveries to your premises. If we receive contact from Thomann we will of course provide our apologies for what has happened and notify them we have taken the relevant action to ensure this does not happen again in your postcode area. Thank you once more for bringing this matter to our attention to ensure we took the necessary action, and again please accept my apologies for the clear concern and frustration we have caused as a result of this regrettable incident. Yours sincerely ______________________________________ David Bowles Managing Director’s Office Parcelforce Worldwide Lytham House, 25 Caldecotte Lake Drive, Caldecotte, Milton Keynes, MK7 8LE  01908 687 249 (Fax: 01908 687 101) [/quote] Homer Simpson should've replied personally. Not good enough IMHO;) Julian richer or Richard Branson would've done

A couple of things crossed my mind; I wouldn't be surprised if thomann sent you a voucher as way of apology(because they have a good rep etc. and by complaining, you have sent alarm bells ringing) Also, regarding the other issues listed ; Traffic is a nightmare in many areas. The drivers are tracked wherever they are.(probably the toilet as well ) . When they return to the depot bringing back undelivered items , the hassle the get from the scatty ar@e licking controllers is way over the top. Then the next day, they have to take more out. Or they give it to the best drivers who have to do more areas than usual because that driver never did it. Basically , it all comes down to greed..and crap controllers who should consider the traffic and the drivers concern. It's only when they join the driver for half day , do they realise..and do nothing.They make a great living pretending to understand the drivers routines , but instead work them to the bone. It wouldn't surprise me if this driver in question did it out of frustration. Greed is good ! Oh, and the country is overpopulated.. With traffic,

My first gig was in front of 200 people in the west end . A. Bit scared at first , after the second song it was good.😀 Since then, I've played in front of big crowds and one man and his deaf dog. I always looked like i was enjoying myself , but one of the reasons I don't miss gigs is because of the very pitiful turnouts you get.seeing that I/ we used to put so much effort into it , whether it's practice or giving your all. I prefer big crowds .

If it's an active guitar , it could be the circuit board. Possibly a wire has broken inside , if it's actove

That's what's good about Facebook . I had a small issue with M&S regarding an order which was not ready . They gave me £10 goodwill vouchers . £20 in total). and we're full of apologies. I hope parcel farce don't fail to deliver a similar response .

I used to have how dare you on cassette many moons ago.i was still at school then used to love that album. Hate dreadlock holiday tho' with a passion. A band with huge talent .

Good for metal

+1

As mentioned above, let's see the model name / no. When trying your speakers, what were you using? ( cd/ iPod/ turntable ). Are the connector leads faulty? The rotel mentioned , would be ok IMHO . I would say , get an amp 40 watts max ( 20 watts per channel). Something like a Cambridge audio perhaps , where you get good quality without spending bundles. I think kiwi has an amp,for sale , which may be ideal. Don't forget to get decent speaker cable .79'strand cable should be sufficient

Shame . The master of the fuller sound.

I had the roadrunner single . Pretty good

[quote name='kendall' timestamp='1431003771' post='2766787'] I saw these supporting Machine Head a few years back. I quite liked them. Lots of energy. [/quote] They sound like so many other bands out there at the moment. I think the bit when the singer throws up in the sink,sums it up really . They are bad, but what confuses me is the lack of hair and the thousands of tattoos to compensate. He looks really young too..

Aaah, ub40 . Swing lo, hate it hate it hate it !