Rich

What A Load Of Bollocks - Oblime Shame

If the 'neck thru' bit was slightly more orange, that'd be Gulf racing colours  very cool

It cannot possibly be a whole year  my GOD, where does the time go. Still much missed. I hope he and @OldGit are having a proper laugh and some good jamming up there.

A Hard Day's Night -- obscure Scouse beat combo

NürburgRing My Bell - Anita Ward

OK, everyone calm the flip down please. If you want to argue, do it via PMs. Not here. Your luscious, pouting mod team would hate to have to lock the thread, but if it descends into acrimony, it's toast.

I don't mind playing for nothing, i.e. losing money, if the charity is close to home. Alzheimer's or some such. Generally though I'd ask for a bit of petrol money, 20 quid is better than nothing. We did a charity gig some time ago and I was expecting just expenses but they gave us a pretty substantial wedge. I stuck some of it in one of the collecting buckets on my way out the door. 

Disco Duck -  Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots

28 minutes ago, Si600 said:

I've been driving that loco for as long as I can remember.  The footpegs had a little set higher up where my sister and I would sit in front of dad at steaming days and eventually we learnt to drive it.  MKMS had no fixed track at the time so it was fete after fete in the summer.  Moving clubs to Northampton SME with their fixed track at Delepre was a joy with monthly running days.  Night running with BBQ in summer.

Do you still have the loco?

Everything I Don't Like Is Rubbish, And That's A FACT.

You say that, but thanks to my 15 quid I bet you turn up at the next bash in a Maserati.  

Come on folks, get that dosh rolling in. It's in all our interests!  

9am (The Comfort Zone) - Londonbeat

34 minutes ago, ezbass said:

 

I shall have to check that out.

Here's an example - 2:23 to 3:15, an absolute masterclass. 

https://youtu.be/hqWdNSDc-uc?si=IIO-yhPChaDf07tc&t=143

Electricity - OMD

15 hours ago, tauzero said:

One featuring the fretless work of either John Giblin or Pino Palladino. I'll go with Fish's Vigil in a wilderness of mirrors with John Giblin

Superb choice, sir. JG's work on that album is utterly glorious. 

3 hours ago, Pea Turgh said:

Welcome to the Hotel South West Bass Bash!

🎶 What a nice surprise, bring your raffle prize 🎶

@scrumpymike, just sent you £15 via previous PayPal address, hope it's still your current one 👍🏻

Folks, I've started a new topic for the 2026 Bash.

Let's continue discussions over there.

Thought it'd be a good idea to start a new thread for this one, as there's more to organise/discuss.

FANTASTIC 

You can have my 15 quid now if you want

12 minutes ago, scrumpymike said:

This will also more than cover the continuous provision of hot drinks

What, even my virtually-intravenous coffee addiction?  

14 minutes ago, scrumpymike said:

Alternatively, the balance could be donated to a pre-agreed charity.

Can I put in a cheeky early bagsy for a dementia/Alzheimers charity? Sadly, a cause that is very close to home.

49 minutes ago, basstone said:

If there is enough interest and willingness to commit to paying the full price of the Cheddon hall hire  maybe we could group together to run the event to take the strain of Mike and his team? It is a great venue which would be hard to beat on price and facilities?

48 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Now I’m back in gainful (and frankly very nice) employment I’d consider it 

Ditto and ditto. Food-wise maybe we could do a bring-&-share? Richard mentioned sandwiches and Geek mentioned a giant Costco cake, and I know Costco also do trays of wraps and things, and I'd be quite happy to make some stuff to bring. Obviously I couldn't hope to make anything as utterly brilliant as The Crumble  

3 hours ago, walshy said:

Yeah I will be there ( Vintage Bass Room )  with @AndyTravis and a plethora of basses and amps/merch. Don't be put off by The Guitar Show, they are contained to downstairs while the cool bass cats have the upstairs to themselves, completely widdle-free! Its a very cool couple of days and plenty of Bass stuff, Bass Direct, Ashdown, Spector, Dingwall... As soon as I have a confirmed list of who's exhibiting I will pop it on here. Come by and say hello if you're coming

Last year I ventured downstairs for a look round, and it's a good job I did because that's where ACG were lurking. I might have missed them completely otherwise. 

I have a busy gig weekend this year alas, so I won't be going.

22 hours ago, scrumpymike said:

Dear Bass-Bash buddies,

 

I'm sorry to start your New Year with unwelcome news, but I'm sad to announce that the 2025 Bash was the last one that we'll be doing.

 

As you know, our Bashes have always been massive value-for-money, largely because Mrs. Scrumpy and I were able to hire our wonderful hall at a much-reduced rate. For various reasons, we have both recently retired as Trustees, meaning that the cost of hiring the hall this year would be the full commercial rate of £232!

 

Thank you all for making this such a joyous event over the years. If anyone else decides to continue with a S-W Bash, you can be sure I'll be there 🙂 

 

Here's wishing you all the very best for 2026 and beyond!

 

Mike, Gabrielle & The Scrumpettes.

😭x1000

And there's me having already sorted out my raffle prize donation for this year.

Seriously though... Mike, I cannot put into words how much I (and I'm sure I speak for all of us here) appreciate all the hard work you and Gabs and the Scrumpettes have put into the BFSWBBes over the years. I've only missed one, and spent the whole of that day feeling like I was missing a limb.

As an aside, I've been looking into hall hire etc round this way, and the cheapest I could find was smaller, less convenient (i.e. closer to houses) and 30 quid more expensive than the full rate for Cheddon would be. The place was perfect.