2025 SE Bass Basheroo! Sunday 9/11/25 *CONFIRMED*

[NancyJohnson]

Good evening.

Big edit on the OP here, so please read this and treat as pinned content.

 

The honourable member for the Bracknell @prowla (aka Paul) and myself (also Paul...blame Mr McCartney) are happy to announce that the SE Bass Basheroo is confirmed for Sunday 9th November 2025 from 11.30am.  I'm hoping that the hall will have ample plugs/electricity to cope with the rumbling; if not, please respect others and share.  [EDIT]  As we have 40+ people looking to attend, I've taken the option on the second room at the Hall, so the whole place is ours for the day.]

 

There's two rooms in the hall, a little stage, decent parking, good connections M3/M4.  Closest rail connection is Crowthorne Station (which is on the Guildford > Reading branch line).  I'm more that happy to pick up and drop off. 

 

The location will be St Sebastian's Memorial Hall, Crowthorne, Berkshire:

 

 

Map below.

 

 

We're proposing the usual £10.00 entry per person, obviously there'll need to be a raffle (so please find some stuff you're prepared to let go for the raffle table) and a sale table (please mark your sale kit up with a swing tag of some kind with name/price).  Please note (as usual), this is a private event open to Basschat members and guest(s), and we will categorically not be letting any local oiks in.

 

As we're a bit new to this, we'd be grateful for any input insofar as guest speakers goes and any ideas for input; I've emailed Lee Voss, Barry at The Bass Centre, Alex at Barefaced and D'Addario.  While I'm uncertain at this juncture whether he'll attend, I am in contact with the wonderful Colin Moulding of XTC to see whether he'll attend.  I'm a bit of a fanboy, so it would be superb if he could.  (*As of 22/7/25, he's declined, but the inference is that maybe I'll hit him up nearer the date.)  As of 22/8/25 I've not heard a toot from Lee, Barry, Alex or D'Addario, so if anyone has any influence, please lean on them.

 

I'm sure @cetera and I can entertain you with another enthralling round of Name That Bass (although I'll need to work on Gary to pay something different to Carry On, Wayward Son, which is still etched on my brain to this day).  If you read through this thread you'll see there's a few names been mentioned, so as soon as we have a full list, we'll write up an agenda and once we're all bored senseless we can do a bit of tag-team wrestling in the car park.

 

@prowla and I did have a little discussion about where to donate any proceeds and we seemed OK with the nominated charity being COATs (Crowthorne Old Age & Teens) of Crowthorne, where I volunteer weekly.  COATs have a well run shop, a day centre on the edge of the village and run a couple of mini-buses to get the oldsters to hospital and for day trips.  The whole place is volunteer run, even the top line people.  It's a great cause.

 

In the meantime, add your name to the list.

 

Cheers

Paul/NJ

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by NancyJohnson

[NancyJohnson]

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

[prowla]

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

Edited July 11 by prowla

[Merton]

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

[Wombat]

Me please!

[Wolverinebass]

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

[stevie]

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie

Edited July 11 by stevie

[Lozz196]

Providing nothing else arranged for the day

 

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie
#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

[neepheid]

As long as I've not got a gig on...

 

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie
#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

#8 - Matt @neepheid

[bassace97]

Count me in! I'm only just down the road!

[Wombat]

It's Matt the Wombat for the next person who knows how to post in the list....

[bass_dinger]

Robert @bass_dinger

 

I have bought a new car, and more basses, and retired from work, all to make my attendance more possible.  It was a sacrifice that I was willing to make....

 

 

Is there a table for people selling their bass gear? Or will that be a separate thread?

 

Edited July 11 by bass_dinger

[chyc]

  

37 minutes ago, Wombat said:

It's Matt the Wombat for the next person who knows how to post in the list....

 

 

Because I'm so nice:

 

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - Matt @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie
#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

#8 - Matt @neepheid

#9 - @bassace97

#10 - Robert @bass_dinger

#11 - Christopher @chyc

 

Edited July 11 by chyc
Remove duplicate @wombat s

[Geek99]

51 minutes ago, bass_dinger said:

Robert @bass_dinger

 

I have bought a new car, and more basses, and retired from work, all to make my attendance more possible.  It was a sacrifice that I was willing to make....

 

 

Is there a table for people selling their bass gear? Or will that be a separate thread?

 

Just put a hang tag on it so 

[Geek99]

21 minutes ago, chyc said:

  

 

 

Because I'm so nice:

 

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - Matt @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie
#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

#8 - Matt @neepheid

#9 - @bassace97

#10 - Robert @bass_dinger

#11 - Christopher @chyc

#12 - jaco @Geek99 **

 

[chyc]

If it's of interest, what I do is I click the [Quote] button of the previous commenter, select all text, copy it to the clipboard, then delete everything and paste, adding my name. It's not slick, but for something you only do once a year it's good enough.

 

If you leave it within a Quote then it's unquotable, so bear that in mind.

 

 

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - Matt @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie
#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

#8 - Matt @neepheid

#9 - @bassace97

#10 - Robert @bass_dinger

#11 - Christopher @chyc

#12 - jaco @Geek99 **

Edited July 11 by chyc

[SpondonBassed]

3 minutes ago, chyc said:

If you leave it within a Quote then it's unquotable, so bear that in mind.

 

I may quote you on that later...

[WalMan]

Interested subject to dates 😁
 

 

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - Matt @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie
#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

#8 - Matt @neepheid

#9 - @bassace97

#10 - Robert @bass_dinger

#11 - Christopher @chyc

#12 - jaco @Geek99 **

#13 - Alan @WalMan

[police squad]

I'm interested depending on whether gigging or not

[TrevorR]

I’m in. Sure that we could get Barry along to tell anecdotes about his time at Wapping and Farringdon. He has lots of stories! With Lol and Guy he timed out at the last bash!
 

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - Matt @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie
#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

#8 - Matt @neepheid

#9 - @bassace97

#10 - Robert @bass_dinger

#11 - Christopher @chyc

#12 - jaco @Geek99 **

#13 - Alan @WalMan

#14 - Trevor @TrevorR

 

I also have a couple of non-Basschat “vouch-forable“ bass chums who might also want to come if they are free on whatever date. 

Edited July 13 by TrevorR
Inventing vocabulary

[ped]

I’d like to come if it coincides with me being in that neck of the woods. Don’t add me yet but I’ll follow and see when dates are announced. Well done for organising @prowla and @NancyJohnson 🤩

[NancyJohnson]

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson 

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - Matt @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie
#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

#8 - Matt @neepheid

#9 - @bassace97

#10 - Robert @bass_dinger

#11 - Christopher @chyc

#12 - jaco @Geek99 **

#13 - Alan @WalMan

#14 - Trevor @TrevorR

#15 - John @jonno1981

[cetera]

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson 

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - Matt @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie
#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

#8 - Matt @neepheid

#9 - @bassace97

#10 - Robert @bass_dinger

#11 - Christopher @chyc

#12 - jaco @Geek99 **

#13 - Alan @WalMan

#14 - Trevor @TrevorR

#15 - John @jonno1981

#16 - Gary @cetera

Edited July 13 by cetera

[MacDaddy]

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson 

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - Matt @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie

#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

#8 - Matt @neepheid

#9 - @bassace97

#10 - Robert @bass_dinger

#11 - Christopher @chyc

#12 - jaco @Geek99 **

#13 - Alan @WalMan

#14 - Trevor @TrevorR

#15 - John @jonno1981

#16 - Gary @cetera

#17 - @MacDaddy

[Geek99]

13 hours ago, TrevorR said:

I’m in. Sure that we could get Barry along to tell anecdotes about his time at Wapping and Farringdon. He has lots of stories! With Lol and Guy he timed out at the last bash!
 

#1 - Paul @NancyJohnson

#2 - Paul #2 @prowla

#3 - Martin @Merton

#4 - Matt @Wombat

#5 - Andy @Wolverinebass

#6 - Stevie @stevie
#7 - Lozz @Lozz196

#8 - Matt @neepheid

#9 - @bassace97

#10 - Robert @bass_dinger

#11 - Christopher @chyc

#12 - jaco @Geek99 **

#13 - Alan @WalMan

#14 - Trevor @TrevorR

 

I also have a couple of non-Basschat “vouch-forable“ bass chums who might also want to come if they are free on whatever date. 

I hope they aren’t guitards who “ can play a bit of bass but only with a pick”