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

[42Hz]

🙂 Have fun!

[Richard R]

So how did it go guys and gals?

Was it as much fun as I had at a Rememberance Parade service followed by an afternoon painting walls?

[knirirr]

It was a fun day out; I've not been to one before so haven't yet had a chance to put faces to names. 

Nice to discuss EUBs, DBs etc. with the chaps there who were into that sort of thing, and to have a look at the variety of interesting bass guitars on show. 

I meant to take some books to get rid of but forgot, took some pedals to get rid of but forgot to get them out the car, and came away with an additional book (donation made to CRC). 

[jonno1981]

Home now, it’s great to only live ten minutes from the venue! 
 

Thanks Paul & co for organising, I think the venue worked really well with the two rooms. 
 

Lots of great gear on display and friendly folks who allowed me to badly try it. I LOVED Mike’s satin finish sunburst Fender MIJ Jazz bass. 
 

The talks worked really well, lots of interesting stuff from the chap from Monty’s, the 60s Jazz pickup set sounded killer. The cab demo was an eye opener, you really don’t need a big cab to get a good tone. Chris Child’s interview had great stories and experiences to share. Thanks to Mike Brooks for facilitating. 
 

Overall that was a lot of fun! 

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[basexperience]

As a noob, can I say

 

THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS! That was just lovely. I managed to miss the guitar shows this year, and that really did feel like a little show!

 

everyone I spoke to, everyone I didn’t - please connect. I love this organisation! Also: Costco chocolate cake rules. 
 

@jonno1981 - lucky you! I used to live in crowthorne, these days I’m out near Hungerford!

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[jonno1981]

Ah I can’t say I live in Crowthorne, I’m just down the road in Sandhurst past wellington college. It’s a nice part of the world, I hear Hungerford's not so bad! 

[Wombat]

Yes, great fun! Thanks to the organisers for all the work! 

[MacDaddy]

A couple of snaps from EUB corner...

 

 

[NancyJohnson]

Evening kids!

 

Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone who attended.  @prowla and I sorted out the fundamentals and after settling out our expenses for hall hire/food, we made a £75.00 profit, which I'll pay into COATs charity when I'm there on Tuesday.

 

Disappointingly, we overran on the presentations, so round two of 'What's That Bass?' was shelved.  Next year maybe.  As there was a low amount of donations for the raffle, this was parked too.  We did see a Behringer pedal got left behind (this was a raffle donation), so if it's OK Paul (@prowla) will pop that up in the classifieds here.

 

All in all, a fun day.  Home now.  Glass of red incoming!

 

Until 2026, best to all!

Paul

[WalMan]

Home at last and a beer cracked 🍻

 

Fun as ever and good to catch up with everyone.

[ezbass]

I hope you all had a great time.
 

Now, I’ve got the popcorn and the liquid refreshment to hand and I’ve cleaned my spectacles - bring on the photos!  

[Sean]

I got home 40m ago.  

What a fabulous day out.

I'll post some proper comments tomorrow but for now, a huge thanks to Paul, Paul and Gary for pulling it together and also to everyone who went and made it such a great experience. 

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[prowla]

That was a fun day out!

Very enjoyable speaking by the speakers (and about the speakers!).

I got to meet some great folks and play some rather nice basses. 
 

 

 

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and stooee the dog

 

[silverfoxnik]

Had a fab time at the Bash today and thanks very much to @NancyJohnsonand @prowla for organising! 

 

It was great to see some longstanding Basschat friends, and to meet some new ones too!

 

And on that point, hey @Mike Brooks - great to finally meet you in person! 👍😊

 

As per usual, the Basschat 'chat' was brilliant..  As was some of the gear on display...

 

Thanks to @stevie for demoing his incredible cabs - they really are a little bit special, aren't they... 😁

 

And thanks also to @police squad for allowing me to check out his Harry White Ricky 4003, which was very cool indeed. 👍

 

Perhaps the most amazing thing for me though was hearing and watching Andy, aka @Wolverinebass play his 8-string and 12- string basses - they're so, so different and Andy's playing style is so innovative.. 👏👏

 

Not that I needed another bass, but somehow, an Ibanez Roadster bass, in need of some TLC, found it's way into my car for the journey home.. I'm looking forward to spending a bit of time with that.. Cheers, Paul! 🙏

 

Anyway, as said, a great event and here's to next year! 😎

[Mike Brooks]

Cheers Nik! - and everyone else who came and said 'hi'!

 

Fab to meet so many of you who I've known of and spoken to on here over the past 18 years.

 

Well done to all the organisers, it felt like a smaller intimate version of The London Bass Show.... highlighted by the fact there wasn't enough time to speak to everyone. A very cool hang.... well done, folks!

[Wolverinebass]

A great day and so many thanks to be given. Both the Paul's and Gary for organising, @nikon F for very kindly giving me a lift.

 

Lastly, many thanks to @silverfoxnik for his more than generous comments on my playing.

 

It was great to catch up with peeps, try new basses and meeting new people as these bashes always are.