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Surely they still need to check that the paperwork is in order and verify that they have, indeed been prepaid? Agreed that this no tracking until it passes into the UK part of the journey does suck.

Update - I just got an email from Thomann - they have declared the package lost. Got offered a refund or a replacement. Have opted for the replacement, on the basis that I'm willing to test my luck and the bass is £160 dearer at Andertons right now.

I think I might have been refunded by Thomann. Haven't got an email about it yet, but something suggesting store credit being paid to my card has come up in my order history, even though it looks like a new bass order, which confused me greatly. I await official news...

Well, that's 2 weeks since it was dispatched from Thomann, still not heard a peep on the tracking since then I've continued to bug Thomann about it - noised them up on Monday, they got back to me on Tuesday to say they'll investigate from their end to see what's going on. HMRC - give me my bloody bass!

Sorry, but unless there is actual liquid gold dripping off this bass, it is figuratively dripping in gold. I cannot abide how people use "literally" to mean "very".

Of course, it doesn't help when customs get involved and kidnap your stuff for as many days as they feel like, regardless of the direction of travel...

By Internet logic, that automatically means that all Squier 40th Anniversary models blow all Fender CS models out of the water, because reasons!

In case you hadn't noticed, it's the same five of us having cyclic arguments about the P bass being the one true bass or not...

You fscking liar!

I can't stand that song. I have no idea why it's so popular, it's a drudge to play and the only reason its in the set is for the audience. Oh well, smile and give the people what they want...

Yes, but all I want is to be heard, while sounding good in a band context, and I'm the one who defines "good" as the chosen subject specialist for the evening. I will have given zero thought to, nor sought the opinion of the audience - and that is because the vast majority of them don't have one.

That's an impressively tall horse you're sitting on.

They're all basses and I claim my five pounds.

I'm not even going to dignify this with a view.

You want me to be... patient? You know that's not how GAS works, right? Unhappy to report I'm already there, and it makes me sad every time I see it.

Yes, it was. How "convenient"

I'm not even sure this bass player cares...

I can check with Squier if you want, but I'm pretty sure you're allowed to have one even if you're not in a band...

It's not fun getting squarer when the holes are getting forever rounder

I've played with the same drummer since 2009. We've done some practices together just the two of us when we want to figure something out about a song that's bothering us and it's always been beneficial. Did it work? Well, we haven't killed each other yet, so I guess it did! But in all seriousness, I would definitely say it helped foster a "rhythm section as a coherent unit" mentality. Maybe time alone did that, who knows? Hints? Keep it light hearted, but have a purpose - like working on a song or portion thereof in particular. I'd say going into it entirely rudderless will amount to playing 2 songs then spending the rest of the time drinking tea and talking bollox.

I've had to wear glasses to do anything above and beyond avoiding bumping into things since I was 8.

Yeah, I know, but waiting for shiny things to arrive is rubbish. I guess my main annoyance is the inconsistency - another bass gets dispatched DE>UK on the same day from same company using same courier and sails through.

I believe the parcel gets handed off to UK Mail/DHL. Trouble is, the tracking doesn't come alive until the package clears customs. I don't know how Thomann get their goods from themselves to the customs. I know of the site you linked, and you're right - sometimes they seem to be able to glean more than the official tracking does! No joy in this case though - nada info. Because it's most likely stuck in customs limbo land...

Been sooked in by all the Sire chatter of rolled fingerboard edges, roasty toasty necks and general niceness for the money, and always been vaguely curious about a '51/'54 P so thought I'd give the D5 a go. Thought being the operative word at the moment...

Nah, paid by card. Always had good service from Thomann in the past so I'm not concerned about some of the interesting tales recently reported regarding returning goods. This is a different situation anyway - it's not a return, I've never received it in the first place! Besides, I have little doubt that this is a UK Customs snafu.