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Delivery drivers won't wait 10 minutes, not a chance in hell. I'd actually blame the way their company pays them as opposed to the drivers as often they get paid in relation to the amount of parcels they have 'attempted' to deliver, so asking them to wait 10 minutes is asking them to take a pay cut that day. Absolutely no excuses for those drivers that just drive up to a house to make their tracking SatNav show they were at the property, and then drive off again without actually leaving the van. I've had that twice with DHL. The pay structure of delivery companies has a lot to answer for.

@dyerseve - The email address for the UK CEO of UPS is: [email protected] Send them an email, you'll end up with a response from the 'executive office' and not the actual CEO, but it'll hopefully get the matter escalated.

Yeah, gone a while back! I have a cheap double kick pedal (not free though!) if that's of any interest.

I might stand a chance this year... Our first child is due in 3 weeks so I probably shouldn't be buying any more basses/amps anyway!

Got to love the hyperbole of this forum sometimes! I never said I was sure it was a Satellite, to quote myself directly, I said 'more likely'. Not sure how that constitutes as 'being sure' unless you are purposefully being obtuse? I don't frankly care what it is. It's not a Fender. If it's a Hondo, great, it's a Hondo. If it's something else, equally great and equally non-inpactual to me. I'm happy to draw a line firmly under this by unfollowing this thread.

I shall choose to look past your slightly passive aggressive 'tone'. This is the model I had: And this is THE actual bass I had:

The guy has changed the title to remove 'Fender' so fair play to him. Might actually be a genuine case of ignorance over malicious intent.

I had one that did have that exact bridge. A Google safety check also shows some with that bridge. In any event, we can agree that it definitely isn't a Fender!

More likely a Satellite bass. Hondo 830 basses have a different shape headstock. I had a Satellite a while ago, it was more or less identical except the crudely painted headstock. The bridge is a giveaway. I'm guessing the guy painted the headstock so he could sell it as a 'maybe Fender'. Definitely a con.

I suppose the title of the thread is slightly misleading - really I'm not specific after a carbon fibre Bass, I'm looking for the lightest possible 6 string bass. Basslabs might be an option, but I'm not really a fan of their aesthetics. But they are open to a lot of customisation, so I may well get in contact!

I thought I'd not really bought that much this year - after closer inspection, I was wrong... 😬 Including other musical instruments, I'm at +9. 😔 Below is what came in/out: Peavey TL6 Clarissa Roundback Acoustic Mapex Storm Drumkit Trickfish Bullhead 1K Technics Keyboard Squier Strat Yamaha BB425 - **GONE** Epiphone Dot 335 - **GONE** Thomann Digital Piano - **GONE** ACG Harlot 6 - **GONE** ACG Salace E-Type 6 GR Bass Dual 1400 - **GONE** Markbass Multiamp Mono - **GONE** Crafter 5 String Acoustic Bass- **GONE** Crafter Nylon Classical - **GONE** Crafter Fretless Acoustic Bass - **GONE** Tanglewood Acoustic - **GONE** Peavey Valveking Halfstack - **GONE** Fender Sonaran Mini (not pictured) Washburn Classical Acoustic (not pictured)

Agreed. It actually makes the body and neck feel off-angle of each other. The upper bout is too weak and where your forearm would rest seems too shallow a curve.

Not my cup of tea, they're bitsa basses 'assembled' in the USA. They look like a weak version of an old skool MM Stingray and they don't do 6 string basses, so no dice on Klös I'm afraid!

Gus also have a website that is entirely impossible to navigate on a mobile phone, so any potential customers can't even have a browse of the website.