What a surprise this was to arrive this afternoon. Saw the brown truck pull up once again and was about to make a crack to the driver about my wife buying more stuff. And out slides a very familiar long box. Oops! Better keep my comments to myself.
I say surprise because this was supposed to ship Monday from my favorite on-line retailer. Their system showed being shipped, but UPS still shows only having the billing info received and insisted as late as this morning they do not have the package. I called the retailer two days ago to see what the holdup was (quite politely, I might add...stuff can happen). I was told point blank that they had scanning problems in their warehouse and that the bass was, in fact, still at their warehouse. If I called back today and the same was the case, they would ship out another 2nd day at no charge. Fair enough, I thought.
So I called this morning and the charming person on the other end checked once again with UPS....no package. I was then told quite matter of factly that nothing could or would be done about this until next Wednesday as UPS has 6 business days to deliver this. I kindly reminded her of the conversation I had with another operator two days ago and that she had both my money and my bass.
Again, "there is nothing we can do until next Wednesday."
"Yes there is" I tell her. "You can kindly get your supervisor on the phone (at this point I hear nice hold music mid sentence and blah blah blah......hmmmm, I must be on hold."
A couple minutes later she returns to inform me that a second bass will be sent out right away this evening and I can return the first one, should it actually show up. Fast forward to the brown truck at my driveway in the last hour.
Ooops!!!!
I may be getting old, but I don't recall the sound being quite this punchy on any other Ricks I've owned. The finish, the inlays, the tone, the whole feel...save for needing a fifth string
it's absolutely perfect in every way.
