06/09/2026
Happy Sunday everyone! π
Hope youβre all having a good weekend. Iβve spent the day catching up on admin and will be jumping straight into Ableton to finish another track once this post is up.
Booking update:
All November slots are now fully booked. There are still a handful of spaces left in December: once those go, Iβm fully booked for the rest of 2026.
Important reminder:
Once youβve chosen a booking slot and paid the deposit, please complete the booking information form as soon as possible. The instructions on the website are very straightforward, yet Iβm still receiving bookings where the form hasnβt been filled in. This step is essential, please donβt skip it!
Important change from January 2027:
I will no longer be offering APC courier collection or return delivery from January.
Iβve organised courier collection and return since day one, but the number of issues has become unsustainable. Over the years Iβve received turntables in poor packaging, tatty original boxes, bin bags (yes bin bags!) , flight cases with no protection for tonearms, counterweights, 45 adapters or power cables.
I later restricted APC collection to customers using Pimp My Decks or MasterSounds purpose-made boxes in the hope this would solve the problem. Unfortunately it didnβt. I continued to receive decks where the foam had been removed or cut, cables were routed incorrectly, and again nothing secured correctly.
Recently a customer told me they would be using the correct purpose-made packaging, then sent their decks in unlocked, rusty flight cases with no internal protection. Both arrived damaged, followed by the usual claim that they βwerenβt like that when they left.β. This also left me with a hub fine by the couriers due to packaging weights which the customer refused to accept or pay.
Iβve tried hard over the years to make courier logistics easier for all UK customers, but too many people either ignore the packaging instructions or simply donβt follow them properly. Enough is enough.
From January Iβll only be accepting drop-off / collection by arrangement unless those booking wish to organise their own courier collection and return delivery.
Full details will be updated on the website closer to the time.
Thanks for understanding, you cant say I didn't try!
Cheers,
Jay