The Equivalent of Leaving Home with the Gas On

[hammer]

I'm writing this post from Coimbatore India in Tamil Nadu State where I'll be for the next several weeks working on a research project for the University of Minnesota.  As I left home several days ago (It took 2.5 days to get here: Minneapolis to Chicago; Chicago to Abu Dhabi UAE; UAE to Bangalore; and finally Bangalore to Coimabatore), I had this sinking feeling that I forgot to do something.  It was in the back of my mind the entire series of fights.  Last night I was finally able to connect with my spouse who was at the airport heading to visit her family in New Hampshire for the next 2-weeks and she asked me what the large box was that was sitting in our kitchen with an Alembic address on it. That was enough to remind me that I had boxed, labeled and done everything necessary to ship my recently acquired Series I back to the mothership for a refurbish, except...deliver it to UPS as intended [/size] on my way to the airport [/size]so that it could begin its journey. The original idea was that since I was having such a hard time parting with the bass, was to keep its time away from home while I was present at a minimum. A good idea, but because of  poor execution I've now got it sitting in my house all set to go and no way to start it on its journey....Aargh!!!   In addition to the regular refurbish I'm going to have the neck re-carved, and some other minor work done.  Since the bass has yet to give me a problems interference wise, I'm going to wait to hear from Mica as to whether I've have a bass on which they could do an "easy" versus a "hard" electronic upgrade before deciding on whether I'd like that done at this time.

[edwardofhuncote]

Oh wow Brian, that's gotta' be a bad feeling, but not as bad as I thought originally. When first reading your post, I thought it was left on the porch or something. (it's okay..  I'm on my second cup now) I did that one time. Came in one night totally brain-tired, and left my old Gibson A-model mandolin on a rocking chair on the porch. Luckily, I live in a very remote/rural setting so other than the elements of nature it was perfectly safe. Kicked myself pretty good for that one.

I'm excited to see how your old Series I turns out after the trip home.

[bigredbass]

Doing better than me:  I'd have gotten to the Great Indian Middle of Nowhere only to find . . . . . . that axe, having addressed it THERE instead of NorCal !!

Joey

[hankster]

Hey, that's a funny story. I'm with the "could have been worse" group - could have left it on the porch, could have sent it with no address, could have sent it with wrong address - and, for good measure, could have left home with the gas on!  Think of it this way - all that packaging is one less thing to do when you get home.

Tell the story and laugh about it - that's what life is about!

Safe travels! 
R.