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Originally Posted by rolandk

Couple years ago I went to GC looking for an acoustic bass and decided to go with a Tacoma Chief.

Salesdude is ringing it up and after staring blankly at the computer screen for a bit says "Uhh, we sold the hardshell case that your bass comes with and nobody ordered a new one. If you want we can put one on order and loan you a different brand case until yours comes in."

Me: "OK"

He goes and gets the only hardshell case they have in stock but the Chief is physically bigger than your average acoustic bass and is too big for the case.

Dude: "No problem, I'll get a gig bag"

Again, the Chief is too big for the gig bag.

Dude: "This gig bag just needs to stretch a little, thats all" and proceeds to wrestle it in the bag and yank on the zipper with all his might to get it closed.

Me thinking to myself: "This can't be good."

I get home and take the bass out of the gig bag. It now has a deep gash across the front about 4" long from the zipper.

I call him up and say "You scratched the sh!t out of my bass when you put it in the gig bag!"

Dude: "No problem, just put some lemon oil on the scratch, it'll take it right out."

Not gonna take the advice of a complete idiot so I email Tacoma tech support and told them what happened. They write back "DO NOT PUT LEMON OIL ON YOUR BASS!!! IT WILL DO NOTHING FOR THE SCRATCH AND WILL LEAVE A BIG STAIN THAT YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT!!" The bass has a cedar top, btw.

I ended up taking the bass back and explained what happened to the manager. He just shook his head and gave me a full refund.