Paul's Custom Series II Mele Aloha

[bassjigga]

Paul, your bass turned out awesome! Congrats!

[mele_aloha]

Thanks davehouck,
 
I give the credit elsewhere but enjoy like you do. It is beautiful.
 
Also Dave, I would like to give you credit for the job that you do in here.
 
Aloha, Paul

[mele_aloha]

Bill Sterling,
 
You are next. You have the most awesome bass. Thanks for you humble and great participation in here. You are a great person. I'm honored to here from you. I'll definately let you know once I crawl out from the crate that it's packed in.
 
Mahalo, Paul

[mele_aloha]

Hey Mark,
 
You know, I am really disapointed because I took the time to write you something nice and it somehow didn't make it here. So here goes again.
 
It takes a real man Mark to spend the time to write the words that you did about my bass.  
 
You have been just that all the way through this process with me and I have learned alot from you because of the time that you spend explaining in detail your theories as well as your knowledge.
 
So I really have learned alot from you and gained knowledge from the things that you have shared in this forum. I am talking about all of the posts, not just in mine and yours.
 
So I would like to take this time to thank you from my heart and wish you all the best in life.
 
You are a good man.
 
Thanks for all your good input and inspiration.
 
Aloha, Paul

[jacko]

Congratulations paul. You're really going to enjoy the next week or so. Just remember to come up for air sometime to post more photos.
 
Graeme

[mele_aloha]

Hey friends,  
 
Here's the latest update for shipping:
 
HONOLULU,
HI,  US  12/21/2007  4:53 A.M.  IN TRANSIT TO  
ONTARIO,
CA,  US  12/21/2007  6:52 A.M.  DEPARTURE SCAN  
 12/21/2007  12:02 A.M.  FORWARDED TO THE FACILITY IN THE DESTINATION CITY  
ONTARIO,
CA,  US  12/20/2007  10:37 P.M.  ARRIVAL SCAN  
OAKLAND,
CA,  US  12/20/2007  9:25 P.M.  DEPARTURE SCAN  
 12/20/2007  8:05 P.M.  ARRIVAL SCAN  
PETALUMA,
CA,  US  12/20/2007  7:30 P.M.  DEPARTURE SCAN  
 12/20/2007  5:44 P.M.  ORIGIN SCAN  
US  12/20/2007  7:12 P.M.  BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED  
 
 
Tracking results provided by UPS:  12/21/2007 2:57 P.M.  ET  
 
This is so awesome. I am hoping that it gets shipped to my island of Hilo today. If it does before 5 I can go pick it up. If not it has to wait until Monday (which is the projected arrival time anyway) but if I can cut a fat hog in the A--, I'm sure going to try.
 
Oh what pain and agony if not, knowing that my bass is a alone in the UPS station at the airport all weekend, all by itself, what a bummer. But unfortunately they don't have Saturday delivery here in Hilo.
 
That's OK, I can wait.
 
Aloha everyone, Paul

[tbrannon]

Paul,
 
Like a kid on Christmas eve huh?  I know the feeling- when Charles shipped the Rogue from Georgia to NZ it seemed like it took W-E-E-K-S to get there.  Then the wait through customs....
 
If you know any of the guys at UPS you might see if you can talk them into letting you swing by the airport on Saturday to nab it.  That approach has worked for me before.
 
Either way- enjoy it when it arrives and don't forget to holler once you finally take a break.  
 
Enjoy~
Toby

[mele_aloha]

Just a follow-up,
 
Mica, thank you very much for sticking to your plans and getting it out by Friday. This is also proof for you that when you ship overnight and it leaves your office late in the afternoon, UPS still means business. Cuz look at the results above.
 
Within 12 hours of leaving your office it already went from Petaluma to Oakland to Ontario and finally on a plane to Honolulu at 4:53 am Hawaii time. That is as Mark would put it Freaking amazing!!!
 
Thanks again, waiting patiently, Paul

[mele_aloha]

Oh ya Toby,
 
You are right. My UPS driver is a pretty good friend of mine and he always does the best favors he can. So you are right. Maybe I should talk to him this afternoon when he's in the area and see. So good on Toby. Nice to here from ya also.
 
Ya Man, this is bringing back that old feeling of when I was a kid. Christmas Eve-----Oh man, waiting and wondering, the adrenaline

[mele_aloha]

I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT!
 
 
And I don't even have it yet.
 
Love, Paul
 
P.S. I tried to find out if it made it to Hilo today but it didn't work. I think it's stuck in Honolulu so I'll get it on Monday. Oh well---
the only thing I can do is try to pick it up Monday morning before it hits the truck. That is, if it makes it to Hilo by Monday.

[lbpesq]

Paul:
 
Couldn't you swim over and pick it up today?  (And don't tell me something along these lines hasn't crossed your mind! lol).  Oh well, you mind as well crank up the stereo with Carly Simon, Tom Petty and The Beatles:
Anticipation  
The Waiting is the Hardest Part
It Won't Be Long (Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea)
 
Bill, tgo

[jtussing]

Congrats Paul!   BEAUTIFUL!  No wonder you haven't responded to my email looking for Hawaiian shirts from your shop!  
 
ENJOY THAT BEAUTY!

[mele_aloha]

Hey Jim,
 
I responded to you above on Wednesday about the e-mail. I hope you see this now. Otherwise I will e-mail you again.
 
Sorry Jim, Paul

[mele_aloha]

Hey Bill,
 
It's funny you said that because I was just tallking to my 4 year old son this morning saying if they had the new superferry (which just started running between Oahu and Maui and Kauai) running between the Big Island here and Oahu, we could have just takin our van or car over on the ferry today and picked it up. So you were close even in you kidding around. Unforetunately the Superferry won't be operating to our island until sometime in 2008 or 2009.
 
Nice to here from ya, Paul
 
P.S. Believe me, this weekend is really gonna go slow because it's just sitting over there in limbo. Probably just sitting on a plane or on some little dummy trailer waiting to load the plane. Actually I don't know how they work it though. I'm not sure if they keep working behind the scenes on Saturday and are flying it over here today. It's just that there office and delivery personel might not be working Saturday. It might already be over here. I could go break in and find out!LOLOLOLOL

[mele_aloha]

In about 38 hours from now I'll be knocking on the door of the UPS station. From there I'll show some ID and start reading off tracking numbers. After that the rest will be history.
 
All because of the ingeniousnous of One Man supported by One Woman.
 
The rest is History
 
Amen