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    Enjoy your fully-fitted Christmas! 🙂
  3. scrumpymike started following The Big Fat South-West Bass Bash 2026 -- Sunday 11th October 2026 (hopefully)
  4. scrumpymike
    OK folks, looks like we're back up and running on the following basis: The hall is booked for 11 October at a cost of £232; I will need to have received pre-payment of £15 from AT LEAST 16 Bass-Bashers to cover our costs; As payment for the hall is now due, immediate payment by anyone willing and able is encouraged so we don't have to cover the full £232 ourselves; If we don't have the attendance numbers we need by the end of July, we can still cancel the hall booking and get a full refund; I will do the pre-event organisation as usual; Mrs S and Scrumpette Janey are more than happy to do teas & coffees; Everyone will bring their own food and preferably cup/mug so that the only washing-up at the end will be a limited number of hall cups/mugs; Everyone will take their own rubbish home with them; We will need at least 4 'early bird' attendees to set the hall up (tables, chairs, power grid) for the day; There will be a raffle as usual; Any cash surplus will either be refunded to attendees or donated to charity - TBC. Provided the above is acceptable to at least 16 of you guys, then the South-West Bass Bash is back in business 🙂
  5. scrumpymike
    It's Sunday the 11th of October.
  6. scrumpymike
    OK, so let's see if we can make this work on the basis that everyone pays more and brings their own food. Just checked that the hall is still available on Sunday 11 October and put a provisional hold on it. However, we will need at least 20 Basschatters to commit by paying £15 a head well in advance. This will also more than cover the continuous provision of hot drinks. If the attendance is higher on the day then we can just divide the cash surplus and give everyone a cash refund before close of play. Alternatively, the balance could be donated to a pre-agreed charity. Over to you 🙂
  7. scrumpymike
    A third of the full price but the increase isn't the only reason, just the one that has pushed things past the tipping point. It's always been a big ask of Mrs S and the Scrumpettes and it felt an awful lot easier when we started in 2017.
  8. scrumpymike
    Dear Bass-Bash buddies, I'm sorry to start your New Year with unwelcome news, but I'm sad to announce that the 2025 Bash was the last one that we'll be doing. As you know, our Bashes have always been massive value-for-money, largely because Mrs. Scrumpy and I were able to hire our wonderful hall at a much-reduced rate. For various reasons, we have both recently retired as Trustees, meaning that the cost of hiring the hall this year would be the full commercial rate of £232! Thank you all for making this such a joyous event over the years. If anyone else decides to continue with a S-W Bash, you can be sure I'll be there 🙂 Here's wishing you all the very best for 2026 and beyond! Mike, Gabrielle & The Scrumpettes.
  9. scrumpymike
    You're right about the savings on imported goods being minimal. That was my experience when I recently bought an Aguilar pickup set from Sweetwater in the USA - and that was only because I was able to get a really cheap international delivery with a US delivery broker called PirateShip. I ordered and paid for the set online, had it delivered to a friend in California and she dropped it off at her local Post Office. As you say, doing this is really a last-resort way of getting something that's not available in the UK/EU - like the Aguilar pickups and the made-for-Japan Mustang. You're also right about the warranty. Danny at Bass Japan Direct confirms that there would be no warranty, which is why he inspects and sets up all basses before he exports them. The price he quoted includes his £70 service charge.
  10. scrumpymike
    £721 quoted by Danny at Bass Japan Direct which I assume includes everything except 20% UK VAT. Although I have a feeling it would be worth it in absolute terms, can't help thinking about what else could I buy for £865.
  11. scrumpymike
    I recently did an Aguilar upgrade on my Cali ll SL TM 4 SHORT and am really happy with the result.
  12. scrumpymike
    Did anybody else watch the Jools Holland Hootenanny on NYE? A pretty turgid event as usual but I was interested to see and hear The Kooks' bass player laying down some neat bass lines with a pick on a Hofner Club bass.
  13. scrumpymike
    All the prices in the range I posted included delivery. Thinking about it, I guess some of the sellers are exporting direct to the end customer (who then has to pay the import charges and VAT before the goods are delivered) while others must be exporting to an associate company in the UK or EU and factoring the import charges plus VAT into the price paid by the end customer.
  14. scrumpymike
    Just fired a message at Danny 🙂
  15. scrumpymike
    Had a quick look yesterday and there appear to be half a dozen sellers all giving the location as Japan. What I don't understand is the massive difference in price from £700 to £1k including delivery. Any ideas what's going on anybody?
  16. scrumpymike
    My sentiments exactly! I don't know what the Fender marketing guys have got for brains. They don't seem to understand that they are trading in a global market with a world-wide shop window. Any attempt to segment the market in a way that appears to disadvantage certain countries (in this case the UK, EU and USA!!) will pi$$ many customers off to the point where brand loyalty is eroded - or even turns into 'brand hostility' over time. And that's really bad news for Fender given that their competitors are routinely matching or beating them in terms of quality and value for money nowadays.
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