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

[Wolverinebass]

2 hours ago, Rich said:

IMO anyone who hasn't yet seen/played that glorious black Epiphone LP of yours really needs to. One of my favourite basses at the SWBB.

I can second that. It was a fantastic bass. Not just to look at, but to play as well. 

[neepheid]

Right, I have managed to narrow down my bass list from 15 to 10 based upon which ones didn't get much love at the SWBB.  I've got a few definites, but I'd still like to chop 2-4 more.  So here are the ones in the remaining 10 which I'm considering leaving behind - tell me if there are any you'd really like to see from these four:

 

Epiphone Jack Casady (20th Anniversary) - everyone knows what these are, right?

G&L CLF L-1000 - because of G&L's demise being fresh in people's minds, is it just morbid curiosity now?

Yamaha BB1200 - OG neck thru BB Yammy goodness - but maybe just too dependable to be interesting?

Epiphone Thunderbird Classic IV Pro - take two Epiphone Thunderbirds into the shower bash?

 

Register your exception to any of these being left behind (or don't) below...

What is definitely coming:

Epiphone Les Paul Standard bass (Paul 1)
Burny (Fernandes) LSB-80 (Paul 2)

Greco LPB-700 (Paul 3)

Epiphone Thunderbird '64 (purple sparkle)

DeArmond Jet Star Spel (with added Peavey T-40 pickup)

Neep One

[Geek99]

Youre a martyr and a true inspiration to all who aspire to personal purity 
 

quite like the idea of the neep one and the les Paul (bass obviously, not the weedy kind) 🤮

Edited Wednesday at 15:29 by Geek99

[NancyJohnson]

If at all possible, if anyone has a 12-string bass they're prepared to bring along, I'd love to see how my XB Driver handles it.

[tauzero]

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

Epiphone Thunderbird '64 (purple sparkle)

 

Purpaul sparkle, surely?

[Wolverinebass]

2 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

If at all possible, if anyone has a 12-string bass they're prepared to bring along, I'd love to see how my XB Driver handles it.

I could always bring my Hamer.

[NancyJohnson]

2 hours ago, Wolverinebass said:

I could always bring my Hamer.

 

Ooh!

[NancyJohnson]

The organising committee.

 

Might be windy tonight.

 

[Sean]

On 13/10/2025 at 14:15, MacDaddy said:

Will there be someone doing setups?

 

What do you need setting up? What needs doing exactly? 

I was going to do set ups at the SW Bash but there was very little interest. 

 

[SimonK]

1 hour ago, Sean said:

What do you need setting up? What needs doing exactly? 

I was going to do set ups at the SW Bash but there was very little interest. 

 

 

I've got a Warwick which needs the intonation adjusting but am scared of German reverse screw threads if you fancy having a look?

[Wombat]

1 hour ago, Sean said:

What do you need setting up? What needs doing exactly? 

I was going to do set ups at the SW Bash but there was very little interest. 

 

I have an aging Manson fretless where the action was too high and the truss rod adjusted about as much as it could be (in my limited knowledge). A suggestion was to put low tension strings on, which was a great idea, but now I can’t seem to get any relief at the 5th fret - really buzzy.

[NancyJohnson]

6 minutes ago, SimonK said:

 

I've got a Warwick which needs the intonation adjusting but am scared of German reverse screw threads if you fancy having a look?

 

Basic set-ups are very easy (by basic, I'm saying truss rod adjustment, intonation etc ) and a small amount of tickling only takes a few minutes.

 

Assuming the above actions go without any problem, you may be opening yourself up to additional problems.

[MacDaddy]

2 hours ago, Sean said:

What do you need setting up? What needs doing exactly? 

I was going to do set ups at the SW Bash but there was very little interest. 

 

 

I've recently bought a Stagg EUB, which has recently fallen over. One of the tuners is now a tad askew, but it could also do with a tweak to make it easier to play.

 

[Sean]

56 minutes ago, SimonK said:

 

I've got a Warwick which needs the intonation adjusting but am scared of German reverse screw threads if you fancy having a look?

Bring it along. 

I'll have one of the best guitar techs in the UK with me on the day, so it'll be in safe hands. 

[cetera]

The 2 x Paul's (@NancyJohnson & @prowla) and I convened for a lovely curry last night..... and, as Nancy says... it was indeed a windy night

 

Just had confirmation that Chris Childs (Thunder etc) will be a special guest and will do a Q&A, short career chat and demo at around 2pm on the day. We're also working on another guest or two (subject to their availability) as well as some fun stuff...

 

[Sean]

17 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

If at all possible, if anyone has a 12-string bass they're prepared to bring along, I'd love to see how my XB Driver handles it.

I'm on standby to bring mine too.

[Sean]

15 minutes ago, cetera said:

The 2 x Paul's (@NancyJohnson & @prowla) and I convened for a lovely curry last night..... and, as Nancy says... it was indeed a windy night

 

Just had confirmation that Chris Childs (Thunder etc) will be a special guest and will do a Q&A, short career chat and demo at around 2pm on the day. We're also working on another guest or two (subject to their availability) as well as some fun stuff...

 

I've just PM'd the three of you about Matt Gleeson's slot.  😉

[prowla]

3 hours ago, cetera said:

The 2 x Paul's (@NancyJohnson & @prowla) and I convened for a lovely curry last night..... and, as Nancy says... it was indeed a windy night

 

Just had confirmation that Chris Childs (Thunder etc) will be a special guest and will do a Q&A, short career chat and demo at around 2pm on the day. We're also working on another guest or two (subject to their availability) as well as some fun stuff...

 

That's brilliant: I had the pleasure of meeting him at a bass show a while back and it'll be a privilege to have him come and talk to us!

[ezbass]

3 hours ago, cetera said:

Just had confirmation that Chris Childs (Thunder etc) will be a special guest and will do a Q&A, short career chat and demo at around 2pm on the day.

Chris is a top bloke and a very tasty player. I’ve seen him with Thunder, but mostly I saw him with local legends (when I lived down south), Bad Influence, when I making the jump from the 6 string thing, to the righteous instrument. I count him as an influence because of this timing. He also has a great singing voice too. Very much the complete package - so when I say top bloke, I mean utter, utter bastard . Seriously, those attending are in for a treat.

[TrevorR]

17 hours ago, Sean said:

What do you need setting up? What needs doing exactly? 

I was going to do set ups at the SW Bash but there was very little interest. 

 

I’ve not had my Sandberg tweaked since I got it in January so a set up for it would be great. I’ll bring some new strings for it.

 

@NancyJohnson also happy for it to go in the blind shoot out.

Edited Thursday at 23:30 by TrevorR

[basexperience]

Anyone else plotting to bring an Ibanez Ashula SRAS7 with? It's a weird one...

[Phil Starr]

I'll be coming along to repeat the blind cab shootout from the South West Bass Bash, and to meet up with quite a few of you who I've chatted with over the years. I see a few faces from the SW will be there too, no giving the game away

 

#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

#18 - Steve @Stingray5

#19 - Russ @Russ

#20 - Happy Jack @Happy Jack

#21 - Silvia Bluejay @Silvia Bluejay

#22 - Mike @mikelawrencecalleja

#23 - @admiralchew

#24 - Martin @police squad

#25 - @Sean

#26 - @silverfoxnik

#27 - @SimonK

#28 - @hen barn

#29 - Andy W @basexperience

#30 - @stevie
#31 - @Mudpup

#32 - @BillyBass

#33 - Kebabkid

#34  - Phil Starr 

+potentially @Shockwave, @Wombat & @Mike Brooks