Midlands Bass Bash: Nottingham, 22 April 2023 👍

[Frank Blank]

[Andyjr1515]

43 minutes ago, petecarlton said:

 

 

 

This is the bit where Andyjr1515 is telling everybody that to raise a nut slot, you can pop some bicarb into the slot and add a drop of CA....

 

What Andyjr1515 MEANT to say was, "To raise a nut slot, you can pop a small amount of BAKING POWDER into the slot, then add a teeny drop of thin CA and it will set solid, allowing you to then recut down to the desired depth."

 

Apologies if anyone rushed home, used bicarb instead of baking powder and then saw their bass reach a greater height than Elon Musk's latest rocket launch 🚀   

[Andyjr1515]

And then repeated it three times!

Apols it didn't seem to have posted...  

Admins - feel free to delete the duplicate posts!!! 

[Owen]

Andyjr1515 is nothing if not thorough

 

[Andyjr1515]

1 minute ago, Owen said:

Andyjr1515 is nothing if not thorough

 

I think maybe you ought to repeat that a few times!  

[Frank Blank]

31 minutes ago, Owen said:

Andyjr1515 is nothing if not thorough

 But not in the field of baking.

[Richard R]

Sorry again, was that baking powder or bicarb I should use if my nuts dropped too low?

[Stub Mandrel]

44 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said:

And then repeated it three times!

Apols it didn't seem to have posted...  

Admins - feel free to delete the duplicate posts!!! 

 

Was that the bit where Andyjr1515 is telling everybody that to raise a nut slot, you can pop some bicarb into the slot and add a drop of CA....

[Andyjr1515]

Yes - Bicarb for your burps; baking powder for your nut; Tineafax for your nuts

 

 

[Frank Blank]

A marvellous Bash in a lovely central venue, loads of room, loads of beautiful basses, lots of gorgeous Basschatters. I finally got to try a Warwick Thumb, I've always wanted to try one since they came out, now I know I want one badly. I shall have to consult Warwick specialists about which years were the best for a four string thumb. I also played a Kramer, finally, thanks to @floFC, I thought it would be heavier than a tungsten Jupiter but it wasn't quite that heavy, really lovely bass. Other than that I sat in a very comfy chair quietly guffing and playing my bass whilst occasionally plotting with @Owen around how to send @Jabba_the_gut home with less basses than he arrived with. I ate eight mini pork pies which, I think, was a whole packet plus two more and I also managed not to shout fiddle! every time a raffle winner's name was called. I may have eaten my own weight in Jaffa Cakes.

 

For a confirmed misanthrope events like this are often difficult, I would argue this isn't my fault and it's more of a genuine and appropriate response to the vast amount of people who are, invariably, horrible. Bass Bashes are a refreshing corrective to this because bass players, it turns out, are, on the whole, splendid.

 

As @Andyjr1515 was checking the setup of chatter's basses I thought it might be an interesting act of destabilisation to get Andy to check the setup of two of my @Jabba_the_gut basses hoping he'd find it wanting whereupon I would inform @Jabba_the_gut and we could have had them settle the issue in the car park in a gladiatorial scrap to the death. Unfortunately the setup was spot on and I was unable to deliver the Caliguaesque thumbs down from my chaise longue whilst being fed grapes by a minion.

 

So, great Bash, thanks to the organisers and the participants. Next time can we make togas compulsory?

Edited April 23, 2023 by Frank Blank

[NickA]

37 minutes ago, Richard R said:

my nuts dropped too low?

Well, when I was at primary school (some time ago) a nice lady came and stuck her hand down my pants to check mine out.  She never mentioned bicarb or baking powder 😂.

[Richard R]

10 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

A marvellous Bash in a lovely central venue, loads of room, loads of beautiful basses, lots of gorgeous Basschatters. I finally got to try a Warwick Thumb, I've always wanted to try one since they came out, now I know I want one badly. I shall have to consult Warwick specialists about which years were the best for a four string thumb. I also played a Kramer, finally, thanks to @floFC, I thought it would be heavier than a tungsten Jupiter but it wasn't quite that heavy, really lovely bass. Other than that I sat in a very comfy chair quietly guffing and playing my bass whilst occasionally plotting with @Owen around how to send @Jabba_the_gut home with less basses than he arrived with. I ate eight mini pork pies which, I think, was a whole packet plus two more and I also managed not to shout fiddle! every time a raffle winner's name was called. I may have eaten my own weight in Jaffa Cakes.

 

For a confirmed misanthrope events like this are often difficult, I would argue this isn't my fault and it's more of a genuine and appropriate response to the vast amount of people who are, invariably, horrible. Bass Bashes are a refreshing corrective to this because bass players, it turns out, are, on the whole, splendid.

 

As @Andyjr1515 was checking the setup of chatter's basses I thought it might be an interesting act of destabilisation to get Andy to check the setup of two of my @Jabba_the_gut basses hoping he'd find it wanting whereupon I would inform @Jabba_the_gut and we could have had them settle the issue in the car park in a gladiatorial scrap to the death. Unfortunately the setup was spot on and I was unable to deliver the Caliguaesque thumbs down from my chaise longue whilst being fed grapes by a minion.

 

So, great Bash, thanks to the organisers and the participants. Next time can we make togas compulsory?

 

Careful @Frank Blank, you'll end up enjoying yourself! 😉

@Owen - did you get the bass? I forgot to ask.

[Frank Blank]

57 minutes ago, Richard R said:

Sorry again, was that baking powder or bicarb I should use if my nuts dropped too low?

A bolt cropper.

[Marillionred]

12 hours ago, Richard R said:

 

I really should have had a proper look at that.  @Marillionred - is that a standard thumb size? The reason for asking is that the Westfield is for sale, and I've stated it is smaller than a thumb. But compared to yours it is almost exactly the same size, so I need to correct the advertisement. 

Yes its a standard Thumb shape for a year 2000 5 string bolt-on.

[Owen]

22 minutes ago, Richard R said:

 

Careful @Frank Blank, you'll end up enjoying yourself! 😉

@Owen - did you get the bass? I forgot to ask.

I did not get the bass. I got the basses. It was a good day.

[tauzero]

On 23/04/2023 at 07:57, Andyjr1515 said:

Pretty sure that will have been @Marillionred's beautiful 5 string Thumb.  We compared my 4 string SWAPAAWTBWADS (same woods and proportions as a warwick thumb but, wisely, a different shape) side by side with it too

 

It's a long time ago, but IIRC I brought one of my 4-string Thumbs to a previous bash in Derby so you could compare proportions to your Thumb unclone and make sure you'd got it right.

[Andyjr1515]

2 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

It's a long time ago, but IIRC I brought one of my 4-string Thumbs to a previous bash in Derby so you could compare proportions to your Thumb unclone and make sure you'd got it right.

Yes - you're right!       Blimey, that is a long time ago!

[Owen]

For the next one, could there be a section where people could put items for sale?

[tauzero]

16 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

A marvellous Bash in a lovely central venue, loads of room, loads of beautiful basses, lots of gorgeous Basschatters. I finally got to try a Warwick Thumb, I've always wanted to try one since they came out, now I know I want one badly. I shall have to consult Warwick specialists about which years were the best for a four string thumb.

 

That depends on what sort of neck you like. The late 80s and (I think) early 90s had lovely slim shallow necks that had me spending five times what I'd ever spent before on a JD Thumb. Later ones had great thick club-like necks (my 2000 one was like that before I had it reprofiled to be the same as the JD). I think Warwick later went back to a thinner neck profile.

[tauzero]

16 hours ago, NickA said:

Well, when I was at primary school (some time ago) a nice lady came and stuck her hand down my pants to check mine out.  She never mentioned bicarb or baking powder 😂.

 

Everybody should have a hobby.

[Richard R]

Are we happy to use the same venue for next year?

[stevie]

It must have been good if you're thinking about next year already.☺️

[Frank Blank]

19 minutes ago, Richard R said:

Are we happy to use the same venue for next year?

 

I thought it was a great venue.

[Andyjr1515]

5 hours ago, Richard R said:

Are we happy to use the same venue for next year?

Yes - great venue.  Spot on!

[ped]

Congrats on what looks like a brilliant bash!