US: West 2018 Emeral City Bass Convention - September 9th

#83
Jonny5bass said:
Oh man, I had no idea it was such a losing proposition for you. I’d happily buy tickets if it helps at all.

Once a year some of the pedal breeders hold an auction for an epilepsy research charity and it’s all run off people donating pedals. Maybe we could donate some small gear things or swag to be auctioned off to help pay for it? Last year was the first time I got to go and it was a blast. Hope there’s a way to make it work again.
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That sounds like a great idea! Or perhaps if people paid $20 (for example) to get in, and then automatically got a raffle-like ticket for donated items?

I definitely want to make a point of going to the next one, if it's at all possible. By then I'll have at least a couple more one-off basses for show-&-tell.
 
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silky smoove said:
Really? That's so bizarre to me. I'll happily pay for entrance and for food... and for beer! :smug:
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Yep. Given how much it cost me to do the hotel thing and everything else, that stuff is drop in the the bucket and well worth it. I'm just weighing up how to handle this for the next GTG I host out here, which is likely to be in October I think.
 
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S-Bigbottom said:
Man! I wish my building in Oregon (a bit southwest of Portland) was safe enough to host something like this. But it being a brick with plaster walls built in 1932, the bass will make it come crumbling down. Plus my ballroom is hollow and few power outlets. :(
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I think @Passinwind has a place he usually uses for a PDX-area GTG. I welcome everyone, of course, but I think there's great benefit to having one in Seattle-area and another in PDX-area.
 
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#91
Selta said:
I think @Passinwind has a place he usually uses for a PDX-area GTG. I welcome everyone, of course, but I think there's great benefit to having one in Seattle-area and another in PDX-area.
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The place I used the last couple of times has become super busy and may not be available this time around. Load in was bit of a hassle but the sound is really great in that room. There's a newer venue in Hood River that would be good if I can negotiate the right deal, and they have 40+ in-house bass students as a built in sweetener. But I'd really like to see one closer to Portland proper and I have a few connections there that might be able to help me find something workable. I just posted a poll for date preferences and it's all fluid at this point. We've had attendees from Seattle in the past, as well as central Oregon and even Boise. I'm not looking to compete in any way, just want to keep things going they way they have been for quite a few years now. It was so much easier when I was sound deWd and could just name a date and the club I worked in would always be down.
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Passinwind said:
Yep. Given how much it cost me to do the hotel thing and everything else, that stuff is drop in the the bucket and well worth it. I'm just weighing up how to handle this for the next GTG I host out here, which is likely to be in October I think.
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I'll make that drive, and I'm happy to check out potential venues or bug people in the Portland area.
 
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