New bass on route from Thomann. Current EU border delays?

[DocTrucker]

What sort of drlivery time are folks seeing frim EU / Thomann at the moment? Last time I ordered it was seven days, was hoping for a little quicker to tty and get settled on the new bass before rehearsal on Sunday!

 

Finally pulled the trigger last Friday on my five string Harley Benton MJ-5MN. Alas my original budget of <£400 was slashed by circumstance and another hobby nibbling a little off the side too. I appreciate it's heavy, but reports seem to suggest it is in the same ball park as my previous Squier VM 4 string at 4.7kg or 10lbs 5oz.

 

Certainly looking forward to it. If not settled on the tone it will be a tough call between replacing one of the pots with a stacked pot inorder to enable the mid control (on the preamp, just not wired/fitted) or go straight to a three band Artec preamp unit.

Edited September 4, 2024 by DocTrucker

[spyder]

7 to 10 days on my last few orders.

 

[DocTrucker]

2 minutes ago, spyder said:

7 to 10 days on my last few orders.

 

 

Balls! the 3-4 working days or 5-6 total currently listed on their website appears to be aspirational!

 

With the way the UK side tracking only starts after DHL/UKMail pick up from our side of the boarder it would be very easy for DHL to pick up parcels in bulk without scanning them, and then scan in a day or so later when they are ready to send the parcel on.

[MichaelDean]

Last time I placed an order, I ordered on the Monday evening and it got delivered on the Friday. There was no tracking until the Thursday evening which was a bit excruciating as I was excited and I'm impatient!

[BigRedX]

My experience both before and after the UK left the EU, is that no matter what you order or when you place it, so long as they are in stock, the items arrive on Wednesday or Thursday of the following week.

[DocTrucker]

1 hour ago, MichaelDean said:

...which was a bit excruciating as I was excited and I'm impatient!

 

Snap!

 

WANNA PLAY WITH NEW TOY!

 

😄

[spongebob]

Bought a new MB cab in June, took just over a week. 
 

Hadn’t used them for a few years, service was as good as ever. The packaging was amazing! 🤘

[DocTrucker]

Typical. Made it through customs at ~2330 last night. Today being the only day this week I couldn't work from anywhere! Redirected to pickup point, so looks like it'll be tomorrow now.

 

 

[DocTrucker]

Tried my luck and won out. just drove over to the local DHL depot and said it was out for delivery tomorrow and would lile to pick it up now.

 

I can't fault it with just tuning. Leaving it be in my house for a while before looking at checking intonation or any further setup checks. Playable out of the box. Think my fingerstyle needs a little neatening as I seem to whack the string on the pickup from time to time, which needless to say doesn't sound great!

 

Oh, and the talk of this girl's weight is not understated. At 5.6kg more a shot putter than marathon runner!

 

[DocTrucker]

I realise this bass is almost a carbon copy of a discontinued Sandberg but I'm guessing Sandberg hasn't made much fuss about being copied, or did they need to get alsorts of licences from Fender?

 

 

My old Squire Jazz Vintage Modified against the Harley Benton MJ-5MP

Edited September 8, 2024 by DocTrucker