hikari (etc) ๐ใฉใฃใกใฉใฃใกใใใ
currently feeling like โก is closest to on-brand, โฃ a close second, โ is stealing an oomf's swag too much (โฃ has a little of that problem too), and โข is honestly the coolest but would hikari_no_yume really buy a guitar without the woodgrain showing through. would she really
secret fifth and most likely option (โฃ๐
ฑ๏ธ): the rosewood fretboard with white pearloid inlays version of โฃ. as much as we like how black block inlays on maple necks look, the roasted maple necks on โก and โฃ in some photos look so dark that the inlays look bad instead
look at this cute little 4-frame looping animationโฆ thank you DHL
the last tracking update on this package was โDie Auslandssendung wurde an DHL รผbergeben und wird fรผr den Weitertransport in das Zielland/Zielgebiet vorbereitetโ, and it was well over 48 hours ago. that's unusual. no indication it was processed for export or is on its way yet huh
either they already processed it for export and sent it on its way to sweden and somehow didn't provide the usual tracking update for this, in which case we may get it friday (i.e. within ~42h) assuming postnord get it today, or it's stuck in the warehouse and it'll take a week
sorry i'm sleep deprived and have package tracking autism
ooh!! as of twelve minutes ago, โDie Auslandssendung wurde an DHL รผbergeben und wird fรผr den Weitertransport in das Zielland/Zielgebiet vorbereitet.โ again, but now in Regensburg instead of Kitzingen. maybe things will speed up now
DHL is still having a normal one, what is even going on down there. it's been more than 90 hours since they got the package and it still hasn't been processed. in normal circumstances it'd have arrived by now
!! 1.5h ago it was processed for export in Hamburg and is now on its way to Sweden yayyy
okay well normally when the last tracking update is โDie Sendung wird ins Zielland/Zielgebiet transportiert und dort an die Zustellorganisation รผbergeben.โ the shipment shows up in the destination country within like 24 hours or one working day. but now it's Tuesday. sighhh
PostNord got it half an hour ago, it arrives tomorrow, phew
carrying this box up the steps I was surprised by how light it felt. 7.68kg (lots of packaging material?) isn't that much when distributed over such a large area and gripped by two hands apparently. I'm sure the instrument itself will not feel so light though
Thomann are serious about packaging, this is double-boxed (inner box is Sire's) and the outer Thomann box has half-centimetre-thick cardboard with those huge metal staples
ooh I like the design of the Sire box, it can be opened non-destructively by cutting a single piece of tape, and the top cups the whole circumference of the bottom part, so on one of the axes it's effectively triple-boxed
SILICA GEL
DESSICANT
THROW AWAY
ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY
TOP DRY ๐๐ฎ๐ตยฎ
GEL DE SILICE
No Manges Pas
DESSICANT
SILICA GEL
Jangan Dimakan
Serap Lembab
Niet Om te eten
actually for the real silica gel sickos out there there's this huge one packed in with the bass itself. mm. i wonder if this is Om Te eten. i wonder if i should Manger
and finally (after removing both the outer plastic bag and inner polystyrene wrapping), the instrument itself. so shinyโฆ
torturing our kitchen scale suggests the following weights:
guitar: ~3.4kg
bass: ~4.4kg
will need to try a potentially more reliable measuring device later (wii balance board)
both of these bodies look more vibrant to this camera than they actually are, but this may give you an idea. the back of the bass is so dark, almost black, but if you're close to it you can see this redness to it that, because it's so dark, comes across as very rich
anyway gosh satin neck with fret finishing that puts our main guitar to shame, this would get 5/5 on the sock test I am certain
โso hikari, as a guitarist, how are you adjusting to bassโ
wdym adjust
just in case: that was a joke.
you can play rhythm guitar on bass but dear god you need skull-crushing fingers for that even without trying barre chords, and you also will have the lower strings droning and causing trouble (in this case, the edge of our hoodie is muting them)
Nina Kalinina@hikari thanks for the clarification, I almost had a heart attack