Not impossible, though.
Although this guy would likely get a lot more volume if he were plugged into an amp.
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Heh heh ā¦ heh
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Horizontal? You play bass in bed?
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From above.
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Iām late to the party, as usual 
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Back in my day, we had to wait years just to have two nickels we could clack together and thatās how we made music.
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After buying the bass Iām waiting on, I donāt have two nickels left to clack together.
Thatās why I want it now. Dammit.
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Yeah this is me too. Itās the key to doing well on the used market, as well. Patience pays off. Iāve turned a profit on multiple basses, including my TRBX604 (which was my main bass for three years!). Just need patience for the right deals.
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I just got a text that my EBMM Cutlass landed in LA from New Zealand tonight.
Mileage varies, but, for me, waiting sucks. But tracking updates rock. 
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Unfortunately, my bass is in a black hole. Thereās been no tracking update since late Friday night. From the little info online, the bass is probably held in Customs in LA.
The consensus is that Customs is a shitshow: understaffed in the aftermath of Covid and buried under mountains of international packages and mail.
The seller shipped the bass using NZPost, and the corresponding shipper over here is USPS. Yeah, that USPS.
Crap.
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Yea canāt expect much from anything local, state, or federally run.
I hate dealing with USPS. Guaranteed headache and unpleasant experience every time, at least at my local Post Office.
Hope you get it soon!
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Thanks!
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Donāt lose hope. Iāve noticed USPS have been lax at updating progress lately. No update, no update, to delivered
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Thanks, man. Iāve got nothing but hope right now. I know itās over-insured, but thatās hollow consolation.
According to their site, the typical time it takes for Customs to release a package seems to be 24-72 hours. Weāll see. 
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This is accurate. I got something over a week ago from USPS. Itās been framed and up in my music room for over a week but if I look at tracking itās still in transit somewhere. 
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I donāt know, the military seems to function pretty well
Where you in it? Cause it was a cluster fook when I was in.
When I ETSāed they put the wrong year on the paperwork and they told me I owed them a yearās worth of salary. Took me a year and a half to get it straighten out.
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I feel you bratha! I wish I can just pick it up for you and send it on your way.
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Yes I was. And sure, itās a complete clusterfuck, but itās a clusterfuck that gets things done.
The amount of bullshit that goes down to make sure stuff happens on time is pretty incredible.
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