NW & Scotland Bass Bash and Petting Zoo 2025 - Sat 10/5/25 - LA2 8DZ

[bagsieblue]

Oooh - put me down for a maybe

[rwillett]

@rwillett

@bigthumb

@neepheid

@ead

@80Hz

@GreeneKing

@stevie

@nekomatic

@ossyrocks

@peterjam

@doomkeeper

@Frank Blank

@zbd1960

@bagsieblue <-- TBC

 

Also nobody has stated any food requirements, such as vegetarian, allergies or similar. Sadly Chateaubriand is not a requirement

 

Thanks

Rob

[ossyrocks]

1 hour ago, rwillett said:

@rwillett

@bigthumb

@neepheid

@ead

@80Hz

@GreeneKing

@stevie

@nekomatic

@ossyrocks

@peterjam

@doomkeeper

@Frank Blank

@zbd1960

@bagsieblue <-- TBC

 

Also nobody has stated any food requirements, such as vegetarian, allergies or similar. Sadly Chateaubriand is not a requirement

 

Thanks

Rob

Beyond the pizza, which you are already generously providing and for which I shall make a donation, I just need access to tea, preferably continuously, otherwise I might expire.

 

Rob

[rwillett]

I'll double the number of tea bags to 300 and mark them for your use only. 

[GreeneKing]

Vegetarian is me  Thank you. 

[bagsieblue]

Vegetarian me too….

[peterjam]

On 23/04/2025 at 10:46, rwillett said:

@rwillett

@bigthumb

@neepheid

@ead

@80Hz

@GreeneKing

@stevie

@nekomatic

@ossyrocks

@peterjam

@doomkeeper

@Frank Blank

@zbd1960

@bagsieblue <-- TBC

 

Also nobody has stated any food requirements, such as vegetarian, allergies or similar. Sadly Chateaubriand is not a requirement

 

Thanks

Rob

Eats anything .. fond of children.

[Mottlefeeder]

Have you got room for one more body?

 

I can bring -

5-string acoustic Ibanez EW205WNE

5-string fanned fret headless Ibanez EHB1265MS

5-string Hohner active cricket bat

Home brew Eminence neo 10" in cab *2

Home brew briefcase combo

Battery powered amps (and batteries)

Vong variable HPF,LPF & DI

 

David

 

Edited April 28 by Mottlefeeder
Added bass model numbers

[rwillett]

David

 

You are very welcome, especially if you being your amps and cabs. Very interested in those.

 

Rob

[rwillett]

So far we have 15 people and the following dietary preferences...

 

@rwillett

@bigthumb

@neepheid

@ead

@80Hz

@GreeneKing <-- Vegetarian

@stevie

@nekomatic

@ossyrocks <-- Endless tea

@peterjam <-- Eats anything, likes small children.

@doomkeeper

@Frank Blank

@zbd1960

@bagsieblue <-- Vegetarian

@Mottlefeeder <-- Vegetarian

 

Thanks

Rob

Edited April 27 by rwillett

[LukeFRC]

I just refund this thread, got slightly excited and then looked at our calendar.

Next year, might see if @jimbobothy wants to join me! 
Though to be fair going up Ingleborough would be fun too! 

[rwillett]

I'll lend you a dog or two for the walk, just keep throwing sticks for him and he'll be fine. I can probably get you a pack of Labs to pull you up if you get tired...

[Mottlefeeder]

1 hour ago, rwillett said:

David

 

You are very welcome, especially if you being your amps and cabs. Very interested in those.

 

Rob

Great, count me in please.

 

I'm vegetarian too.

 

David

[zbd1960]

Generally I eat most things - guitars are probably safe and cables a bit too chewy

[rwillett]

Try the low fibre cables, they're far easier on the teeth...

[neepheid]

Yay, a week to go!  Today is planning day - do I have enough stands?

 

EDIT - EEK, I do not!  Glad I checked!

Edited Saturday at 11:53 by neepheid

[rwillett]

I have a few you can use if by some quirk of space-time physics you can't put 479 guitars in a Mitsubishi colt.

[neepheid]

13 minutes ago, rwillett said:

I have a few you can use if by some quirk of space-time physics you can't put 479 guitars in a Mitsubishi colt.

 

Thanks man, but I found a source of the Rotosound stands I like for a fiver cheaper than most places, and they have ALL the colours, so the order has been placed.

[rwillett]

14 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

Thanks man, but I found a source of the Rotosound stands I like for a fiver cheaper than most places, and they have ALL the colours, so the order has been placed.

Where is this source?

[neepheid]

7 minutes ago, rwillett said:

Where is this source?

 

Alegree - a good "odds and sods" guitar bits kind of place 

 

https://www.alegree.co.uk/products/red-guitar-stand?_pos=13&_sid=e145bc26a&_ss=r

 

[bigthumb]

I'll be having my foot operation on the Wednesday before the bash. I'm having the metal plates/wires or whatever removed from when I had my accident. I'm not sure how immobile I'll be so my poor downtrodden Mrs said she'll drive me up there if needed. I'm hoping (and most probably hopping) it won't be too bad and I'll be able to stand on my own two feet but I might need to be seated and have basses handed to me on request to drool over. I'll still be bring my gear along.

 

Also. If anybody wants a good (Bass Direct) shipping box please let me know as I have a couple here that are taking up space. 

 

Also, also. We are both veggies.

 

Can't wait!!! 

[rwillett]

16 minutes ago, bigthumb said:

I'll be having my foot operation on the Wednesday before the bash. I'm having the metal plates/wires or whatever removed from when I had my accident. I'm not sure how immobile I'll be so my poor downtrodden Mrs said she'll drive me up there if needed. I'm hoping (and most probably hopping) it won't be too bad and I'll be able to stand on my own two feet but I might need to be seated and have basses handed to me on request to drool over. I'll still be bring my gear along.

 

Also. If anybody wants a good (Bass Direct) shipping box please let me know as I have a couple here that are taking up space. 

 

Also, also. We are both veggies.

 

Can't wait!!! 

 

That's nice of your Missus. Is she going to stay with you or wants to do something for herself? 

 

Clapham is a vast metropolis full of wonder and variety, nah, thats not it at all. 

 

If she likes walking, then it's great. We have fabulous walks literally on our door step. Also mountain biking is big here and you can easily spend eight hours just taking the trails within a few miles of us. If she likes studying sheep, then we are the centre of the UK for sheep. We have so many sheep, she'll fall asleep counting them. That just about exhausts Claphams attractions. Settle is 15 mins down the road and is lovely but small, Kirkby Lonsdale is 15 mins back up the A65 and is quite delightful but not much bigger. Clapham village hall has free GB wifi with B4RN so she can stay connected. If she wanst to do something specific, PM me and I'll help advise. Dogs are exceptionally welcome here, all the pubs welcome them otherwise they would have no business, a fair few restaurants, shops and cafes do as well. My dog will pop into the village hall at various times during the day.

 

The village hall has a vast quantity of chairs and tables, I suggest we put you in the middle so we can rally to your calls of "Boy, that bass over there to me and quick now" as fast as we can. Sadly as it's GCSE and A level time, both my daughters are revising so they can't wait on you hand and foot. I'd suggest you bring your own cushions.

 

Will she want food, zero issues if she does?

 

Rob

[bigthumb]

@rwillett I'm not sure what she'll do but we might bring one of the mutts along as I'm sure she'd like to have a walk around the lovely countryside. I'm sure she'd like a slice of pizza but I did promise her a Greggs veggi sausage roll from the service station en route! 

 

It's a shame that I have this operation and I'll probably won't be able to drive. Otherwise I'd bring the campervan up and make a weekend of it. Sadly, it's something my wife won't drive due to its size. 

 

 

[ossyrocks]

I could use two extra stands if anyone has any spare and can throw them in their car.

[rwillett]

We're down to our last few days, so I think we have 15 bass players plus one very significant other who may or may not join us for lunch (though she is very welcome) and may or may not bring mutt (that's the dog, not @bigthumb)

 

@rwillett

@bigthumb+ 1 <-- Vegetarian

@neepheid

@ead

@80Hz

@GreeneKing <-- Vegetarian

@stevie

@nekomatic

@ossyrocks <-- Endless tea

@peterjam <-- Eats anything, likes small children.

@doomkeeper

@Frank Blank

@zbd1960

@bagsieblue <-- Vegetarian

@Mottlefeeder <-- Vegetarian

 

I count five vegetarians so that leaves 10-11 non vegetarians. Thankfully we have less than twenty otherwise I run out of toes.

 

I'll ensure we have a collection of circa. 30% vegetarian pizzas and the rest a range of fairly mild pizzas up to quite spicy ones. As I have no sense of smell, though I can taste but its reduced,  I tend to go for the spicier one. I do not judge people here I'll also get some salads, 300 tea bags for @ossyrocks, 4 gallons of milk for @ossyrocks (do you want sugar as well?).

 

We'll have the village hall from when I drag myself out of bed, say 07:30 to around 16:45 or so on Saturday afternoon.

 

We can park on the road outside the village hall. Can I ask that people unload and then move their cars please onto the main road please and not park behind the village hall as it is in use for other things and I have to live with the neighbours for another year.

 

There is power in the hall but you might want extension leads. We have loads of tables and chairs.

 

Any questions please ask.

Rob