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I hope they eventually delivered your Thomann order. Mine arrived today undamaged, which is not bad at exactly 5 working days since I ordered it. Unfortunately, the main part of the order, which was a Guild B-240EF fretless acoustic bass had clearly not been through proper quality control. The nut and bridge were cut much too low. The first string was practically touching the fretboard immediately after the nut and it rattled horribly. The fourth string wasn't much better. It had quite a noticeable bow in the neck. I think that, rather than send it back for a new nut, the factory QC just slackened the truss rod a bit to make it almost playable. If I had tightened the rod to get less of a bow, the top string would have been touching all the way up. I am not sure if it is because of this but plugged in the middle two strings were much louder than the 1st and 4th.

I have started a return/replacement request but assuming it is collected on Friday, I am probably not going to see the replacement for another two weeks. This is the second time I have had to return a faulty guitar to Thomann. I suspect they just take the boxes out of the warehouse and post them without more than a perfunctory check. The battery was still in its plastic wrapper, so clearly it had not been plugged in before being posted and how anybody could think the setup was acceptable, I don't know. It is irritating but then I have had similar experiences with Andertons. It seems quality control is not a priority for the volume box shifters.

Hell! That must be bloody annoying! At least it isn’t saying delivered…. to the wrong house. I have had that a couple of times with boxes of wine ordered from Virgin. I guess it is hard to say no, if somebody offers you a box of booze for nothing!

I hope they deliver it soon!

For what it might be worth; I emailed Thomann about the tracking number not working and I got a response within about 10 minutes: "the tracking details are only recognised once the package clears customs and arrives in the UK which normally takes 3 working days from dispatch. 

Delivery to the UK takes approximately 4-7 working days so we would kindly ask that you refer to the tracking details for further updates". 

I suspect New Year holidays have delayed your shipment getting through customs and I understand that new Brexit customs procedures came in force as of the New Year, so that is likely to cause a backlog. However, if you are worried about it, I would drop them an email: as I just found out, you get a very quick response.

Hmm, that doesn’t sound great but I imagine New Year holidays will have caused delays both sides.

Yes, I'm currently wondering the same. Their tracking doesn't seem to work. I am kind of relieved that I am not the only person effected by this but at the same time it is annoying. The website says 4-7 days for UK Mail deliveries but it doesn't say whether this is elapsed time or working days.

Anybody got any experience of how long it is taking post-Brexit?

Rats! I live about 20 miles from Lynn. Mind you I am selling at the moment rather than buying.

Well ping me up if you go for the 3rd One10. I am contemplating replacing one of mine with a 12”. The one I would sell has only had studio use. I ordered it just before lockdown: typical!

I know the feeling but it is not reserved just for amps; basses and guitars too. For a while after my second divorce I gave into it and have recently being selling off some of the product. I now have a partner who doesn’t mind but it is still a restraining influence!

There are some combined TonePrints in the TonePrint Bass Amps library and I guess if you use the editor you can make your own (I haven’t tried). There is a straight forward SpectraComp TonePrint that I think behaves like the pedal with one knob adjustment. TonePrint transmission  with a mobile doesn’t work that well with active basses; if you can put it in passive mode it works better, or use a passive instrument to set it up.
 

I don’t use effects that much, so I haven’t tried changing them on the fly during a gig. Drive and no chorus is enough for me. Personally I don’t think it is a very practical proposition to be getting your mobile out at a gig and messing around with your bass. I barely get enough time to check my tuning between numbers.
 

The tuner on my BH550 does B to C with LEDs for B to G (C is a combo of  the D & G LEDs). There are 2 green LEDs to indicate flat/sharp and in tune (both lights simultaneously). it’s OK for live situations but not as accurate as a pedal like a Peterson. It doesn’t help with alternative tunings, like one of the bands I play in tunes down half a tone to help the vocalists. We’re getting on 😏

The current price Andertons are offering the BH550 and 800 at is really tweaking my nose, as I paid nearer list for mine a few years ago. You get a lot of amp for your money at that price and IMO it’s a good amp for the money. It has quite a warm sound with the 4 band EQ at unity, which I like and there is quite a lot of headroom, obviously more on the 800. It’s relatively compact and light, so at the current street price, it might make a good back up amp for folks with more up-market main amps. It does as a main amp for me, when I need a bit of volume.