yorks5stringer

Thanks for your response!

Point taken!

Thanks to all for their valuable feedback: I'm glad that some of you felt you were able to comment without being thought "uncharitable"! I really don't want to appear as if I'm defending my original message against any of the subsequent points raised but it may be worth noting: 1. The basses, cases and amp were all donated, mostly by fellow Basschatters. I don't think I could have gone back and said "Could you not donate your Fender/ MM/Warwick/SX instead"? 2. I've felt as if all I've been doing for the last 2 weeks is constantly bumping these items to give them a higher profile: it seems not everyone must visit the For Sale sections! 3. All the Charities nominated were actually ones suggested by Basschatters on this Board! The winning bidder/ticket holder gets to chose which Charity the proceeds of their draw goes to. 4. The proceeds of the Yorkshire Bassbash Raffle will be going to Basschat itself, a registered charity. 5. Yes, the Moderators were asked in the first instance if the Raffles/Auction were OK Just to repeat, I'm not having a go at anyone, either respondee above or just reading: I just wonder if the points mentioned above had been clearer then the response would have been greater? Anyway, need to put on my Dinner Suit, the Grand Draw starts in 15 minutes...cue drums!

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='236566' date='Jul 10 2008, 02:40 PM']the comments you talk about are probably 1. from me amongst others and 2. related to the bigger, SA450 bag only because that has holes at BOTH ends and so there is no need for the rain to bounce ;-) [/quote] Can't believe that! As above, have seen it mentioned for the smaller LMII bag where it is not an issue either!

You may have noticed the Yorkshire Bass Bash decided to put 3 items donated for the Raffle up for National Raffle/Auction. A North West member then donated a Practice Amp too. All these items finish tonight, Saturday 12th July between 8.00 and 8.30 pm. The winning bidders have an opportunity to nominate to which musically related charity the money raised in that Auction/Raffle goes.(See opening thread in each Raffle/Auction for details) Given the traffic on this site, less than 60 people out of the entire Basschatters Community (3500?) have pledged money on the Raffle (£3.50/£5.00 ticket) with 3 currently bidding for the lovely Tanglewood Bass. At the risk of being flamed, I'm really surprised there has not been a bigger response from members: remember it is possible to contribute to these worthy charities even if you don't wish to keep the item, just give instructions for that to happen when you Paypal. Whilst I'm sure some of you do contribute to Charities by offering your own/band's services free, I thought we would get more involved than currently pledged...... Unless there is a late rush in Sales ( could I have done this differently and better? P.S. It's not too late to enter the Raffles or the Auction!