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All the original designs which were going to sell in any significant numbers have been designed

I've been pretty ticked off with the stringing along with false dawn ETAs but the only reason I'm sticking with Andertons is that I'm after the burgundy finish Z7 and it looks like that has been the most popular choice, with Thomann having availability listed as "11-13 weeks" on that finish for weeks now. Any threat to go elsewhere would be a transparent bluff because they won't care - they know they'll have no bother selling the bass I leave behind if I bail. Believe me, the temptation to cancel and order a white one from Thomann (I want the ebony board) was strong. Next week then? For real this time?

*sound of fingers drumming on desk intensifies*

Oh, is that Rod Stewart singing? I thought someone was mixing concrete.

A bit of an odd request, but does anyone in or around Aberdeen (or will have cause to be in Aberdeen any time soon) own an Epiphone Jack Casady? I'm having some bother with mine and as part of my investigations I'd like to A/B it with another JC to see if I can narrow down what's causing me grief. Must be in stock configuration - no pickup swaps or loom changes for it to be a meaningful test. There's deffo a cup of tea in it for you, and even some biscuits! Grateful for any help offered.

Others are available, it was just an example - some others are showing as "Available at short notice (usually 2-5 days)" which I believe means they have them, but they haven't been checked/inspected yet.

Not at the UK prices vs. the US price you won't...

Meanwhile, at Thomann...

Meanwhile, at Thomann...

Rumbled! Yeah, I'm still lurking around in here, in case of gig cancellation. IIRC it was a cancellation that allowed me to attend last year. They say lightning doesn't strike twice, but you tell that to the Empire State Building!

Nothing wrong with Anderton's customer service from a friendliness/initial responsiveness point of view. Their powers of procurement are a worry though. Last year I tried to get a price out of them for some custom shop DiMarzio pickups. By the time I had a response, the pickups were already on their way across from the USA courtesy of an eBay seller who didn't give a monkeys about geographical restrictions. Now this might have been them getting poor service from their distributor, but I got fed up chasing it and took matters into my own hands. Between that and declaring most (but not all) of Scotland north of the central belt to be "remote", I think they're having a bit of a 'mare with some of their internal workings right now.

You can shoot me for harbouring such an opinion, but as far as I'm concerned this is more for placating gear racists than acheiving higher quality.

I think their system is needing an overhaul in general. I had to get a custom quote made up to cancel out the postage charge because at some time in the last year it has decided that Aberdeen is "remote", yet my parents' place in rural Aberdeenshire, 3 miles from the nearest village up a single track road isn't! Bonkers, innit?

I have been making my own enquiries and I was told this afternoon that the shipment has made it to the UK and is now going through customs. So HMRC will be sitting on them for a wee while, I guess.

Hmm, I'll believe it when I see it. Thanks for the info though.

I got an email about 10 minutes ago. I ordered mine on 1st August.

New ETA, 12th Sept. FFS. Not happy.

New ETA - 12th September. FFS. I might die before this effing Z7 arrives

Not yet. Don't worry, I'll update if something shifts today.

I've been on hold for over a month already and had the date changed on me 3 times. If it happens on the day of supposed ETA that's a new low in dangling one's customers on the end of a string, and I will be having words. I'd rather they kept it vague like Thomann instead of this cycle of raising and dashing hopes because they insist upon tieing themselves to specific (and as it turns out, unfeasible) dates.

Can the pedal take a battery? If so, try powering it with battery and see if the noise goes away. Cheap power supplies can be noisy.

It sounds reasonable, but give it time, the Z3 and Z7 have had a complication strewn birth. It had to be reworked twice, once because the Big Poppa got butthurt about someone having the audacity to use a 3+1 headstock arrangement, and once because Internet moaners made a noise loud enough to be heard about the bottom horn. Today, I'm waiting for the sowwy/not sorry email from Andertons, despite today being the day of stock ETA.

If they eff us over tomorrow, I am going to be super unimpressed.

Nine Lives next outing is this Friday, at the Butchers Arms in Inverurie. Probably yelling into the void here, but I suppose it's better than not yelling into the void...

Well, if you don't get in on this tranche you probably won't get anything until December anyway. Xmas pressie?