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Anybody in a band that covers All Right Now. That's been me since around 1970 folks 😎

NEXT YEAR'S BASH DATE FOR YOUR DIARIES: Sunday October 13th, 2024 Usual place, usual time, usual format. The hall is booked, so BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!! ☺️

Well done for jumping on this topic! I'm considering adding a fretted V2 to my collection and it's good to see someone from Nordstrand reaching out across the pond. We know that you have UK distribution via Bass Direct but, like most distributors, they are just a stock-holding operation rather than a dynamic sales/marketing/promotional organisation. As a prospective customer I need to feel some kind of direct link with the manufacturer.

Pleased to see that the performance of my Ampeg SVT-7 PRO in Sunday's amp shootout appears to have generated at least one enquiry for the one listed FS on here. I've kept revisiting the ad and wondering why on earth it's still there! It was getting to the point where I was considering buying it myself as a back-up. I think these are superb amps.

Most kind and generous but it's all under control, honest 😊. When I get a minute, I'll send a PM to the pre-paid no-shows offering them either a refund or FOC entry for next year. I'm pretty sure the latter will be the majority choice.

Yes, we broke even with enough left over to pay for the customary post-bash Chinese take-away treat for the event team at our house - provided the few pre-paid DNAs don't ask for their money back 😐

Thanks, that's what this is all about.

Fyi, just received a nice email from 'yorks5stringer' Keith's widow, Anna, thanking us for what we've done: "Hi Guys I was just saying to Loren that I hadn't heard from you since Sunday and she let me know that you had emailed us both on her email and she had presumed you had sent it to me too and that I had replied. That is the reason for the late reply. It was very good to hear how it went and just lovely to have a couple of pics and it was very moving to see the t-shirt. Thank you for that. I was thinking of you all, all day. Mickey sent a bass chat link too with all the comments from the Bassists. It sounded like a very successful day for you all including the food. I was surprised to hear that you sold some stuff. It will come in very handy for the things that keep going wrong here and need fixing. So thank you. I have a man here from Totnes, come to see the last of keith's gear. Hopefully he will buy it. Thank you Mike and Gabrielle - it was good to meet you. All good wishes Anna" She also sent me her bank details so I can transfer the £120 we raised from the sale of Keith's stuff. I'll forward them via PM to the couple of Bashers, who told me they had taken items but didn't have cash to pay on the day. Loren is Keith's daughter btw.

Not familiar with this bass so just Googled it to fill the knowledge gap. Among the search results was an amusing FS ad on Reverb from Reverty in Tokyo with the following (forrowing?) headline: Yamaha SBV-500 Electric Bass Guitar Red Frying Samurai Bass. So sad to see that the once noble Samurai are reduced to frying for a living nowadays. Very nice basses btw.

Agreed, especially because we know it will be good, honest value for money when/if it comes.

I can answer for Kate on this one. It was an Eastwood Airline Map Bass, so named because the body outline roughly corresponds to the mapped-out shape of the USA IIRC.

No doubt, nothing goes to waste in our house - just mostly goes to waist 😋

More pic's taken by my buddy Richard, Scrumpette Lorna's other half. S-W Bash of '23 by Richard Robbins

18? I already got her 24 carrots for the coleslaw. If she reads this, I'm dead meat! 🤔

The last time any 'crack' appeared at a Bash was the year you dropped your trolleys and mooned for the group shot ☺️ Sorry you missed such a craic-ing Bash yesterday btw ☹️

Just spotted in the pic of Rich talking to Mojoke that the former has somehow managed to slip 3 basses into his back pocket. If any of you ended up short, you know where they went 😉

Just had a quick look through the pic's and here's my 'best of':

Hey Rich, well said!! As the organiser, I like to avoid getting a bit emotional and mushy about the S-W Bash... but trust me, I could! This really is something special and, like Rich, always leaves me counting my bass-bashing, crumble-crunching blessings - and so chuffed to see that everyone else apparently feels the same ☺️ Mrs Scrumpy is on cloud 9 and likely to remain there for some time.

Well folks, "another one bites the dust"! Just got everything put away and the house and garage back in order 😊. Thanks for all your kind messages, much appreciated. Despite the work involved, we love it too. Sorry that some of the usual suspects didn't make it this year but delighted to meet the S-W Bash newbies. Particularly nice to have the chance to remember and talk about Si ('Norm') and Keith ('yorks5stringer'), thereby ensuring that they were with us in spirit. Once again, special thanks to Stevie and Phil for giving us the benefit of their knowledge, this year in the shape of the amp shoot-out. Watch this space for image from the day. Mike, Mrs Scrumpy and the Scrumpettes

The Scots have never had much love for southerners - and that definitely included the Romans 😊

Just enjoyed the very pleasant experience of buying a mint Fender Rumble 100 combo from Mark. Top bloke, deal with confidence.

Bad luck, the barbarians are already through the gates! This 'various northerner' has been hiding in Somerset for 12 years now 😊