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Ampupdate!
Bass player scored a bargain Gallien Grueger on the bay. Paid £140 for one of the proper american made MB150E combos. It has a intermitent fault apparently but it just sounds like a faulty relay or switch so we figured for that money we'll just get it repaired. It's currently working and sounding great though.
My ZT Lunchbox acoustic plan has gone a bit off the rails though. Ordered it over the phone with a little shop in Derby on Sat afternoon, they told me they'd post it Monday. They rang yesterday to tell me my card was declined. I gave them another one, that too was declined. Rang the bank they assured me they were both approved and I had in fact paid for the amp twice now. Shop insisted I hadn't and got a bit huffy with me. Turns out the shop had just got my address wrong and the payments had been approved but stopped for security reasons. They told me to just order it online and they'd post it but I was reluctant to pay for the thing three times, if only temporarily, and by the time all this had been hashed out I'd missed the deadline to get it posted in time for my next gig.
Then with immaculate timing my boss told me my secondment to a senior role had ended and the accomanying 10% payrise was no more, effective of three weeks ago. Thanks for that.
Given that my missus was less than pleased when I told her I'd ordered it in the first place, I'm now totally conflicted as to what to do. I ordered it in the heady post-gig adrenaline rush of "I refuse to to be denied the tools I need to pursure my art!". But now in the cold light of day, having had words about spunking nigh on £400 right before Christmas, having had a pay-cut and not being able to get it in time for my one remaining gig of the year... things seems somewhat different. Damn you financial reality.