Richard R

With the DB? I was sat listening to you playing - sounded fabulous 👌.

Looks great. Shame I can't make that bash.

That would be embarrassing! I thought it might be @Phil Starr's 😳

Whose little battery powered amp was this? I ought to remember but my brain's gone blank! @Mottlefeeder's acoustic Ibanez 5 string sounded lovely through it. A perfect pair for backing up an otherwise acoustic set.

Welcome aboard! Nice looking bass. Never played a Sire but heard lots of good things about them.

Thanks Pete. 👍 That looks like a great space! Easy to navigate to as well, which is a big plus, and very easy load in/out which is essential. If you remember to take more photos then please do. Hopefully the other group will sort their 2023 calendar out soon, so we have the date options.

@petecarlton I don't think were going to compete with the SW bash on the catering, but we have a standard to aim for otherwise 😁 Any update on the venue availability in April/May?

A thoroughly fab day, lots of great basses and amps. The Jabba semi-hollow fretless was fantastic, shame my fretless accuracy isn't. @fiatcoupe432's Passini with the picolo strings was fun too. However it's the people that make the event worthwhile. Talking to friends from previous events, making new ones, that's the fun. The basses are just an excuse. Many thanks to @scrumpymike and family for the organisation!

At this rate those of us getting there roughly on time will be accused of being tardy latecomers with no commitment. Especially by Frank and Stubbs, nasty pair when they get together and gang up on you. Good job they were never in the same year at school. Or the same school for that matter. Time to do an LF test then, assuming all is well, put some fuel in the car.

I no longer have my Basschat lanyard. It's heroic sacrifice is documented here: I don't have the time today to print off a cool badge. I will be wearing my profile picture though 😊

Is Ruby an Austin/BL Mini, or a BMW MINI? If it's the former then you are the next Dr. Who and I claim my £5!

I have managed to miss this entire fight story, and therefore the drug reference. 😅 So clomifene might have a use among middle-aged bassists after all.

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From Wikipedia: "Clomifene, also known as clomiphene, is a medication used to treat infertility in women who do not ovulate, including those with polycystic ovary syndrome. Use results in a greater chance of twins.It is taken by mouth once a day, with a course of treatment that usually lasts for 5 days." Unless it also enhances rhythm and groove in middle-aged bassists I don't think it's something we're likely to encounter on Sunday 😉 I'll stick to asking folks to weigh their basses and starting a BC-wide database.

This is the first draft Bass Weights spreadsheet. The first sheet is for input, the other tabs have a couple of example graphs. I've not included too many data fields but enough to provide some stats. Not quite sure how the best way to do this is, but Mike's suggestion is that we set it up in the small room and periodically have weigh-ins. Hopefully there will be something interesting in the data - I was tempted to include "weight of owner" as a column to see if there is a correlation. Bass Weights.xlsm

Better still give the big foam rubber hands to the person doing the slapping 👐

Absolutely superb result! Like it a lot. I would send the pix to the contact you made at Xotic, thanking them for their help and that this bass had nice wood under the finish. I would also create a Word document of all the steps you did (pretty much this thread!), print it out, and keep it with the bass. Then when you sell it on there is a) provenance that it really is a refinished Xotic and not a neck on a random body and b) a neat record for the next owner.

Three in a row here! 😁

So many 5ers on my bucket list in one place!!

Are you staying over on the Saturday night, or speeding along the M4 at silly o'clock in the morning?

Thanks @scrumpymike. It's about 2½ hours for me, so I am unlikely to be there before 09:30.

Dumb question: what time can we arrive? I've read through the thread but can't see it anywhere. Apologies if it's on every page and I can't see for looking!

I always liked the Riley Elf. https://www.carandclassic.com/list/37/riley+elf/ Not much space for basses though.