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

[rwillett]

31 minutes ago, zbd1960 said:

I should be able to make it. I'm just waiting to get the gig dates for the brass band I'll be working with (I will write more about that under my "non rock'n'roll bassist" thread

Hope you can make it even if it's just for the morning. 

[LukeFRC]

On 25/01/2026 at 19:30, 80Hz said:

Yep that's Andy Solloway. Nice guy and has done work on a couple of my guitars in the past. Haven't had the occasion to see him since moving from York though.

that was a wierd 30 min on google... I have an acoustic 6 string that was made by a Yorkshire luthier who then made resonators.... no google search joy but gemini tracked him down, different guy Steve Evans later Beltona resonators.... anyway


I have put the date in the diary and will confer with the other half... tbh last time I came it was sunny and I thought it would be fun to walk up the hill behind the hall too! 

[80Hz]

20 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

I have an acoustic 6 string that was made by a Yorkshire luthier who then made resonators

 

Had no idea there was such a demand for resonators from Yorkshire!!

 

21 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

I thought it would be fun to walk up the hill behind the hall too! 

 

Well worth it, and there's loads of walks in the vicinity if you're not feeling ambitious enough to tackle one of the three peaks.

[ead]

Hey peeps, I'm afraid I'm out. SWMBO gleefully informed me that we are having a long weekend in Iceland, whcih tbh I have been wanting to do for a bit.  So sorry to miss friends this year but hopefully see you all at the next one.  Please do lots of pics.

[rwillett]

So you'd rather go and see volcanos, waterfalls, geysers, drink hyper expensive alcohol, lots of black ash rather than spending a day with a bunch of bassists in a village hall in Yorkshire?

 

Just checking....

[rwillett]

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 - For some reason prefers Iceland (the country) to the Yorkshire Dales

@ossyrocks

@lee650 

@80Hz

@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.

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.