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I don't think any of the cabs had tweeters, @Stub Mandrel

Did I say "noisy"? Of course, I mean loud. 😀

Yes, you played through a Monza, Rob.

At the end of the day when everybody had gone home, the cleaner arrived with a bucket and mop to clean up the mess.😀

These are the cabs from Phil's demo (next to a headless @Chienmortbb)

The big reveal! @Phil Starr always puts on an interesting demo at the SW Bash. This year, he played a short bass track through all of these cabs - hidden behind an acoustically transparent screen - asking us to figure out what they were. Like everyone else, I didn't have a clue. I knew which one I preferred and which ones I didn't, but that was as far as it went. After the reveal, it turned out we had been listening to a range of cabs containing drivers extending from 6" to 15" - and nobody twigged. Amazing! Which, to cut a long story short, goes to prove something that most of us probably knew anyway: that size doesn't matter. 😀 My personal preference, which I think quite a number agreed with, was for the 8" cab. It sounded cleaner and better balanced to me because it was the only one with any decent high frequency extension. I think Phil is toying with attending the SE Bash. If so, someone should persuade him to do something similar there.

These photos would not be complete without a view of the three LFSys cabs I took to the Bash. From left to right, the Silverstone II, Monza and Monaco. That's my Classic Vibe Precision in the front and a Trace TE1200 providing the oomph.

Nomen ist omen, as the old Romans used say. I found this amusing.

Well, waddaya know - another LFSys Monza! Partnered by a Bugera Veyron - an excellent combination. Note the tiny but pokey homemade cab in the background. @Pea Turgh's, I believe.

This is a rubbish picture of a great bass. I had the chance to play @rwillett's printed headless wonder and it sounded awesome! Who needs tonewoods?

@Sean's awesome Lany valve amp dwarfing his LFSys Monaco. I think that's @Wolverinebass's very noisy Explorer on the right.

You've seen pictures of the lovely food. Here are the lovely ladies that prepared and served it throughout the day. Thank you!

You can't beat a home made cab. There were a number of self-built cabs to be seen. Here's one.

I spotted a fair few LFSys cabs at the Bash. Here's a Monza flanked a Jazz and an Explorer

Rob having a sit down.

Here's Woody standing by his BC112 cab, which looks like it's done a fair few gigs. You can just see his Rickenbacker, which I heard and was very impressed by. I'd forgotten how good they were.

There was also a very full table of goodies for the raffle - including, as we've heard, an actual bass guitar. Shame I didn't win a thing. 🤑

Here are a few more pics of the Bash. The first one shows how busy it was. This was definitely the busiest SW Bash I've been to. Most of the familiar faces were present, with a few welcome new ones.

LFSys will indeed be there, as usual. I'm currently trying desparately to get orders out and build some demo cabinets for the Bash. It looks like I'll be bringing a Monaco, a Monza and a Silverstone II. Together with a Classic Vibe P-bass and a Trace TE1200.

The corners fitted to LFSys cabs are the same as used by other manufacturers. They act as corners and feet, and help lock the top cabinet onto the bottom cab of a stack. They're very hard wearing, but are easily replaced should they wear out or become damaged. I'm not sure what's going on with @tubbybloke68's Monzas, but I'll be seeing Jeff at the SE Bash and will take a look then. There's should be no problem fitting feet to the bottom of the cabs as long as you use the right screws. I fit them at no extra charge when asked, although it's only ever happened once. I can also rotate the horn and the grille badge if a customer wants to use the cab horizontally, which is what you can see in @NHM's Monaco above.

The lesson to take from this is to monitor what's happening to your parcel. If the package is time-sensitive, you need to be proactive if there's a delay. If your parcel hasn't left the Post Office, it should be obvious almost immediately from the tracking info. Also, the Chorley depot has a phone number you can use. I once sent a cabinet off to a customer who wanted it for a gig on the Saturday. It was supposed to be delivered on the Friday but wasn't. So, I called the depot and persuaded them to deliver that day rather than waiting until Monday. It think it might well have been the Chorley depot.

The problems I'm currently having are with La Poste in Paris. The litany of cretinous actions is really hard to believe. So, I guess this could be a large city problem, as you say. Edit: I take that back. Royal Mail has 25% single star reviews on Trustpilot. La Post has 92% single star reviews, many of them complaining about the same things I'm currently having to go through.

I've used Royal Mail a fair bit and the service has been perfectly acceptable - fingers crossed. Sometimes the next-day delivery takes two days, but otherwise no problems. If you think Royal Mail is bad, you should experience La Poste. Unbelievably awful. I've never heard of a British postie trying to scam you for cash and refusing to deliver unless you pay up. And that's the tip of the iceberg.

That's an interesting question. If the small boutique builder insists on using custom components, your'e up you know what without a paddle. I'm pretty sure Vanderkley didn't use custom drivers, however, and crossover parts are easily obtainable. Anyone needing to replace a component should first open the box up to identify the faulty part. I'm guessing the tweeter is a bog standard P.Audio unit, which is available from many sources for not much money. Assuming Vanderkley hasn't removed the label, it should be easily identifiable.

Hot Covers are based in Carluke, Scotland. Not only are their products very high quality, their service is impeccable. I had an urgent need for four custom covers for the LFSys Monaco. Ordered on Monday - and they were here on Tuesday. So, definitely not made in China. As others have said, it's good to support what little UK-based manufacturing industry we have left.