The Big Fat South-West Bass Bash 2022 - Sunday 9th October

[Frank Blank]

24 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

May not be there until after 10:30, so @Frank BlankB lan k I'll be relying on you to keep discipline.

 

If by 'discipline' you mean sitting in a corner giggling at my own farts then you can count on it.

 

[Jabba_the_gut]

I’ve got an old Axl guitar amp I’ll stick in the raffle or give away. I was going to repurpose it as a guitar speaker cab  but didn’t get round to it!! 
 

My Line 6 Studio 110 amp I’m bringing will be up for sale if anyone is interested.

 

I’ve also got a Harley Benton Shorty for sale that I’ll bring along.

 

Looking forward to it - see you all tomorrow. 

[SamIAm]

9 minutes ago, Jabba_the_gut said:

 

I’ve also got a Harley Benton Shorty for sale that I’ll bring along.

Oooooo ... I'm a confirmed lover of short scales, and have managed to salvage an EMG Geezer Butler passive P pickup from my fire that sounded amazing in my first bass, a Greg Bennett Corsair MC-1 short scale (Which the fire ate!)

 

S'manth xx

[Frank Blank]

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Edited October 9, 2022 by Frank Blank

[Rich]

Hope you all have a great time today. Missing yez.

[sbrag]

Hope you all have a great day. family stuff means I cant make it in the end. Have a good one.

[stewblack]

Such a great turnout 

Mike you are a star. Thank you.

[Woodinblack]

 

Setup time

 

 

Plenty on the raffle table!

 

 

First announcements

 

 

Lunch time

 

 

Still lunch

[wrinkleygit]

Big thank you to Mrs Scrumpy and the Scrumpets for feeding us and to Mike for organising another brilliant day out, so much stuff to try out, highlight for me was the 8” cab @Phil Starr, beginning to regret not trying to take that one home !!!

[GrahamT]

The SW Bass Bash just gets better and better!

 

Many thanks to ScrumpyMike, Mrs Scrumpy and their supporting team of family and friends for putting on another superb Bash. It was great - great venue, great food, great bassists, great basses, great cheese (scones).

 

Nice to meet old and new faces, try out some exotic gear and exchange stories. 

I’m already looking forward to the next one!

[Stub Mandrel]

Absolutely,  excellent organisation,  scrumptious nosh  great company. Even the non-bassy Ms. Stubette enjoyed the bash 😁

 

Some random pics, one is my Elf being tested!

 

 

[fiatcoupe432]

Thank you all for a beautiful day . 

Was a pleasure to meet you all .

 Thank you Mike for organising it all and please say thank you to all the wonderful ladies who kept us fed and for they hard work . Love it guys 

[sprocketflup]

Yes indeed, that was a most pleasant way to spend a Sunday. I hope I can make another one  Good to meet old and new faces alike

[BreadBin]

40 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

 

What a handsome couple of fellas! 😁

 

Great to see you all, I think that's the busiest I've ever seen it.

I can only echo the sentiment - biggest thanks to the team for putting it on and providing the food that makes it so great.

[stevie]

What a fantastic day! Great organisation by @scrumpymike and excellent lunch that everyone has come to expect. I enoyed listening to @fiatcoupe432 on the six string bass and @TheRev on double bass. Thanks to @Phil Starr for a fascinating cab shootout and @Chienmortbb for his free amp measuring service. The lovely atmosphere at these SW bashes makes them a pleasure to attend. The high spot for me was when @Pea Turgh's son - who has been playing bass for six months by borrowing his dad's bass - won the P.Bass in the raffle.

[Jabba_the_gut]

Thanks again to @scrumpymikefor organising this event. Always nice to catch up with folk again and meet some new ones too. Nice turnout and lots of really interesting basses and amps. See you next time!!

[Phil Starr]

Thanks so much for a lovely, lovely day. So many friends I didn't get a chance to talk to and so many I did. My apologies to both Special thanks to Mike for organising things and his wife (who must have a name other than Mrs Scrumpy) for the wonderful food.

[fiatcoupe432]

And left the bash with some GASSING for some gear

@steviecabs absolutely stunning . Great sounding cabs ! And of course one of @Jabba_the_gut even if thinking to commission a 6 string short scale . TRIED SOME AWESOME GEAR . 

Thank you all 

[basstone]

Another great Bash and great to see so many there. A big thank you to @scrumpymikeand family and all the others who helped make the day a success and so enjoyable.

[BassBod]

Great way to enjoy a day.  Fretless Pedulla, Overwater, a Jack C semi acoustic…plenty of micro amps and fantastic cabs.  Then there’s the catering!!😎

 

Thanks to all….so nice to see it can still happen 🙏🏻🤓😜

[scrumpymike]

Just gathered ourselves up off the sofa and jumped (OK, crawled!!) onto the Bash topic. Thanks for your kind words. We had an absolute blast as always. They're always really enjoyable but on a subjective level this Bash was the best so far. Brilliant to see the regulars back plus some new faces and the usual array of superb gear. My highlights were playing Stewie's Reverends (tempted), Keith's Acinonyx, the cab shoot-out, learning from Stevie that my choice of 'best shoot-out cab' was actually the cheaper one he makes 🙂 - and seeing PeaTurgh draw the raffle ticket that won his son a bass 👏.  Mrs. Scrumpy (aka Gabrielle) wants you to know that she is so grateful for the appreciative comments received both at the hall and on here.

 

Back to the sofa - we feel we've earned it. Janey's pics will follow tomorrow.

[JohnDaBass]

Thank you @scrumpymike , Mrs Scrumpy, daughter Scrumpy and all the Scrumplettes for their hard work in creating such fantastic day out. The luncheon was stupendous and the Apple crumble was unbelievably delicious.

Thank you all very,very much.

[scrumpymike]

Oops! Two more highlights I missed: listening to Dave 'Revving' the DB, and talking to Knighty about the classic motorbikes he and his dad own - but that's a whole other story ☺️

[SamIAm]

1 hour ago, stevie said:

What a fantastic day! Great organisation by @scrumpymike and excellent lunch that everyone has come to expect. I enoyed listening to @fiatcoupe432 on the six string bass and @TheRev on double bass. Thanks to @Phil Starr for a fascinating cab shootout and @Chienmortbb for his free amp measuring service. The lovely atmosphere at these SW bashes makes them a pleasure to attend. The high spot for me was when @Pea Turgh's son - who has been playing bass for six months by borrowing his dad's bass - won the P.Bass in the raffle.

I thought that was so delightful too!

 

S'manth x

[Andyjr1515]

Just got back and had a cup of tea!

 

Great, great day.  Excellent to catch up with old friends and make new ones.  @scrumpymike , MrsScrumpy and the Scrumpettes are all beyond legend for the organisation, the endless teas and coffees and, without question, the best lunch in the South West.