Amazon Marketplace = bad.

Yes. It's been ridiculously long since my last post. A month is far too long for someone like me (someone awesome that is :D ) not to post on his super-cool, absolutely amazing blog. But it happened, for a mixture of reasons which I will explain.

Reason one: Also the biggest reason. I've been waiting for my damned guitar to arrive. Yes, it STILL ISN'T HERE. If I were anyone else I'd be laughing at myself right now, but I'm not someone else, I am myself. Therefore, I am not laughing. I am the exact opposite - a very angry little sod who is on the verge of going psycho and smashing household objects. I mean, come on. Guitar one that I was going to buy - from Amazon Marketplace - was an Epiphone Les Paul Standard, trans-blue flame-top finish. Very good looking guitar, and I was really looking forward to having it. Unfortunately, the knobhead who was the seller (remember this is Marketplace, essentially a less hectic version of eBay) decided to be a complete dick and not send my guitar. That's right, he didn't even POST it until my mum made around three e-mail complaints. Then, when it finally arrived approximately two weeks late, my mum decided to send it back again. I later found the action to be completely logical because the seller had a lot of recent feedback about items being faulty, but at the time I was so excited I was about to finally get my mitts on the LP, only to have it whisked away from less than five metres away. I went into rage mode when my mum came into the living room without the guitar in her arms and the words "I sent it back" coming out of her mouth. I was... angry. Afterwards, we decided in a change of guitar (again, yes) from the Epi LP standard, to the Epiphone Les Paul Lt. Edition w/ Bigsby tremolo. One of the reasons for the change was the tremolo - I'm just getting really interested in Satriani's technique, though I'll always prefer a Les Paul over something else. Satch uses a lot of tremolo in his guitar pieces, so I knew the Bigsby would be a great choice. However, today we received a note saying "The Epiphone model is currently not in stock, so you will have to wait a bit longer to receive your item. Thank you for your understanding and remember to leave good feedback on my Amazon account!" Yeah right. Why post something as for sale if you don't have it? That's essentially fraud.

Anyway.

Reason 2: Completely forgot it whilst typing reason 1.

Goodbye.