The NW and Scotland Bass Bash and Petting Zoo 2026 - Saturday April 25th Confirmed

[ossyrocks]

If @lee650 can wangle time off work, I think he might be coming with me from Morecambe.

 

Rob

[ead]

It would be great to see @lee650 as I've not seen him for what feels like an age.

[zbd1960]

I've put it in the diary. The only potential spanner is I am taking on the conducting role for a band and until next week I don't know what their gig diary looks like. Hopefully not a clash.

[Stub Mandrel]

Seriously considering....

[neepheid]

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Seriously considering....

 

Even with the knowledge that I will be attending?

 

[Frank Blank]

@rwillett have we reached a point where we can start an attendee/gear list?

[rwillett]

I was just about to do an initial roll call😄

[rwillett]

If @Stub Mandrel comes, then we can legitimately change the title to the "The NW, Scotland and South Wales Bass Bash and Petting Zoo 2026". We're very inclusive here. 

 

So far (I think) we have attending.

 

Attendees

 

@rwillett - A couple of 3d printed basses or guitars, this will encourage me to finish my next two off. A couple of 8" Basschat cabinets. Might be interesting to try these with other peoples amps. One is quite loud, not quite finished the other one so not sure quite how loud they go. Since I'm about 100m away, I might bring anything or everything. Might even bring and setup a 3d printer if people are interested.  If there is any interest and you need something thats more than a few hours to print, let me know well in advance.

@neepheid

@Frank Blank

@Stub Mandrel - TBC

@zbd1960 - TBC

@ead - TBC

@ossyrocks 

@lee650 - TBC

@80Hz - TBC

@peterjam - TBC

 

Lots of TBC's so hopefully we can firm up on numbers. So as you confirm, please add any equipment you might be bringing and update this.

I'm also going to add in a list of "would like to...." so people might be encouraged to bring things...

 

Would like to

 

@rwillett Love to play some older basses to see what they are really like preferably with some old school valve amp heads. Would also love to play around with some amp modellers (I already have a Mod Dwarf and a ToneX) to see how they sound in comparison. 

[Stub Mandrel]

4 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Even with the knowledge that I will be attending?

 

 

Ah... that's put me right off 🤣🤣🤣

[rwillett]

19 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Ah... that's put me right off 🤣🤣🤣

And me now I think about it 🙄

[ossyrocks]

2 hours ago, rwillett said:

If @Stub Mandrel comes, then we can legitimately change the title to the "The NW, Scotland and South Wales Bass Bash and Petting Zoo 2026". We're very inclusive here. 

 

So far (I think) we have attending.

 

Attendees

 

@rwillett - A couple of 3d printed basses or guitars, this will encourage me to finish my next two off. A couple of 8" Basschat cabinets. Might be interesting to try these with other peoples amps. One is quite loud, not quite finished the other one so not sure quite how loud they go. Since I'm about 100m away, I might bring anything or everything. Might even bring and setup a 3d printer if people are interested.  If there is any interest and you need something thats more than a few hours to print, let me know well in advance.

@neepheid

@Frank Blank

@Stub Mandrel - TBC

@zbd1960 - TBC

@ead - TBC

@ossyrocks 

@lee650 - TBC

@80Hz - TBC

@peterjam - TBC

 

Lots of TBC's so hopefully we can firm up on numbers. So as you confirm, please add any equipment you might be bringing and update this.

I'm also going to add in a list of "would like to...." so people might be encouraged to bring things...

 

Would like to

 

@rwillett Love to play some older basses to see what they are really like preferably with some old school valve amp heads. Would also love to play around with some amp modellers (I already have a Mod Dwarf and a ToneX) to see how they sound in comparison. 

 

Ok, I'm going to bring the current  "vintage collection". Precisions - '70, '73, '73, Jazzes, '73 and '73. I'm not sure if I had the second '73 Jazz last year, it's custom colour black, and I definitely haven't brought latest '73 Precision before. They're not to everyone's taste as the are ALL strung with La Bella flats!

 

Re vintage valve amps, I'll bring the vintage 70's Fender Bassman 50 with matching 1x15 JBL D140 cabinet.

 

Rob

[neepheid]

2 hours ago, rwillett said:

@rwillett Love to play some older basses to see what they are really like preferably with some old school valve amp heads. Would also love to play around with some amp modellers (I already have a Mod Dwarf and a ToneX) to see how they sound in comparison. 

 

How old is "older"?