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We're only jealous! 🤢

Just to get the taste-buds going, here's Mrs. Scrumpy's menu. Mrs Scrumpys menu.pdf

Only half an hour down the road from me too 😮

As a retired marketing guy and Mesa fan, here's my tuppence-worth. There's an old marketing adage that says the 'right' price for any product is the highest price each market will pay for it. While that may at first sound glib, there's a lot in there when you start digging. I once went to a marketing seminar presented by the UK Marketing Director of BMW cars. His opening remark was: "People often tell me my cars are expensive. That's not true - they are EXTREMELY expensive!" Needless to say, he delivered these remarks with a self-satisfied smile and a wink. Everybody in the audience got it. So, the only question that Mesa need to ask themselves is: Is our UK pricing policy reducing our sales to an unacceptably low level? If the answer is 'no', they've got it right. If the answer is 'yes', they've got it wrong.

Great for dunking - but you have to be quick 😋

OMG!! Didn't spot that, what ARE they thinking of?

Thanks Graham, will send PM.

Megathread on Talkbass, megadeath on here. Somebody's taking the p*ss with UK pricing! Shame as Mesa make such good stuff 🙁

Short-scale Sterling by MM Stingray also announced! That looks very nice but likely to be around £2k - which is the price a near-new personal import is up for on here. Don't forget the various Maruszczyk s-s basses that have been on offer for a while btw!

That body looks like it's been sculpted out of solid marble!!

Best small amp head I've tried (and owned for a couple of years now) is the Eden WTX264. No longer available new but there's been one hanging around on here for a while (may be gone now). For me the tones thru my BF One 10 are sublime, and I speak as one who gigged nothing but TE stuff for most of my playing life.

This is what I'm currently gigging, 800+ is switchable down to 2ohms btw. You would have to be careful running it through a single 4ohm Two 10 though.

Done

OK, so we finally know why the Neanderthals looked like that and it was called 'the stone age': rock-'n'-roll lifestyle and too much dope 😁

I like this! Anybody know about pricing?

Correct.

Does this adjustable Tonepump stuff apply to my Bantam? It has a couple of EMG 35DC pups and BTS EQ (allegedly 🙂).

She's got a decent bass groove going there. Only really know her first 2 albums but that that muddy, semi-acoustic, old-school bass tone works really well on those.

Yes, same one. Thanks!

Cripes, my 'pay up front' appeal has already generated £30! If money keeps coming in at that rate between now and April 5, I'll be sunning myself somewhere in the Caribbean while you lot are standing outside our village hall 😎

As in previous years, just a call for willing parties to pay up front so we have some money in the kitty to cover hall hire and other advance expenditure. (If you do this then can't attend, your money will be refunded after the event.) Just PM me and I'll send payment details. THANKS!

On your head be it mate - don't forget there's no security at the Bash!