Doctor J Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 I feel your pain. I have a TRB somewhere in Athens airmail centre, last update was 29th of July 😕 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) I’m going to have to go out at some point tomorrow as I’ve run out of chocolate biscuits, so I’m probably only waiting in for the delivery for a fourth day if the tracking updates to specifically say ‘out for delivery.’ I could easily jump in the car & drive to the depot to pick it up if UPS is incapable of providing the service they have been paid to provide, but I can’t get through to a human person on the phone to ask about arranging this and I know it’ll be a wasted journey if I just turn up. Edited August 17, 2020 by Jean-Luc Pickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 At this stage I believe UPS are waiting for you to leave the house, even for just 5 minutes, so they can swoop in and push a 'Sorry we missed you' card through the letter box. Chances are the delivery guy has been waiting in the bushes since Friday just waiting for you to leave. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 I honestly believe that the only sensible thing to do now would be to have yourself cloned, have your clone leave the house and go to the shop to buy chocolate biscuits while the real you cunningly sit in wait for the UPS driver to try and post his evil card. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Clones always end up being evil. The truth is @Jean-Luc Pickguard probably had himself cloned years ago, the clone then used a Men In Black style memory eraser to erase Jean-Luc Pickgaurd's memory of having created the clone. Now the clone is free to intercept all of his parcels and use them for nefarious means. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Of course! God it’s so blindingly obvious when you lay it out clearly like that. @Jean-Luc Pickguard you are clearly not the real @Jean-Luc Pickguard and I claim my five pounds. Edited August 18, 2020 by SICbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicVibes Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 You jinxed yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Well, I took the risk of going out for forty minutes and I now have a small supply of choccy biccies. I have been reliably informed that no monkey-sh!t-brown vans were seen in the area whilst I was gone, and the tracking page still says the same as before - my package is scheduled for delivery today but it doesn't say that it is actually on a vehicle for delivery. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Maybe 'NBD' should stand for 'new biscuits day' 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezz55 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: Well, I took the risk of going out for forty minutes and I now have a small supply of choccy biccies. I have been reliably informed that no monkey-sh!t-brown vans were seen in the area whilst I was gone, and the tracking page still says the same as before - my package is scheduled for delivery today but it doesn't say that it is actually on a vehicle for delivery. If only they were Plain Chocolate Oaties ................................ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Damn - I didn't notice that they're milk choc In other news - guess what has just been delivered 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Mate you proper nearly got the 'sorry we missed you note'! If the timings of your posts are anything to go by you got home with MINUTES to spare! I would have laughed and pointed for a good hour if that happened! 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 If I'd been 20 minutes later I probably would have missed it desite having a lookout (who I suspect took a nap as soon as I went out) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: If I'd been 20 minutes later I probably would have missed it desite having a lookout (who I suspect took a nap as soon as I went out) You asked the cat? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: You asked the cat? 😂 That might have been a better idea Ok - I've managed to get the case out of the cardboard box - looks to be intact 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 And here it is... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) big case... Edited August 18, 2020 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 1 minute ago, PaulThePlug said: big case... Nah - its a small rug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Looks crap. Send it back, post more biscuit pictures, that's why we're here. Biscuit porn. None of these 4 string things... (Looks lully, my guitarist has a Guild, beautifully made things!) Edited August 18, 2020 by binky_bass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Thst is proper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Niiiiiiiiice 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Thank you to everyone who shared this journey with me. I have just taken off the stock roundwounds and put on the status hotwire flatwounds - wow its like a time machine to the 60s! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Nice bass, hope it's worth the wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 That was a nice reveal. I'm glad it finally landed safely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 I’ll have to order some more of the medium scale flats from status to keep as spares while they’re still in stock as they sound great on the starfire and picato aren’t manufacturing them any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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