ped

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1337863009' post='1666537'] Well if you listen to LBC of course you are going to hear sh*te like that.[/quote] Yeah, I know it's not EVERYONE but most people portray everyone in the UK as barely able to survive. Anyway, never mind.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1337860593' post='1666494'] Mmm, I don't really see it that way, I'm only stating my opinion mate, strongly phrased though it is I suppose. It wasn't some sort of attack on BC which is why I presume you picked out that line, it's really just that I find the role of the bass is often elevated to supernovae-like proportions on BC quite often. It's the music that's important, so when someone says 'still room for more bass' like the bass is the most important part of the band, to the exclusion of all the other instruments and vocal AND SPACE for which there is theoretically also 'more room', I feel the need to help the poor soul [/quote] It wasn't especially because you mentioned BC but just because I find comments that blanket whole groups of people, 'This country, we are a nation of, etc' actually are part of the problem! I think we talk ourselves into thinking we're a moaning, skint bunch of sods! I was listening to an interesting thing on LBC the other day and it made me think - if you go into Reading shopping centre at the weekend, look at the cars people are driving, look at how much people are buying and how full Nandos is, nobody seems THAT skint! Sorry, going slightly off topic and not directed at you personally Nige. Just made me remember that point.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1337858671' post='1666436'] With respect, this is the sort of attitude BC is full of, and it's one I can't stand. [/quote] Come on Nige, you're coming across as a bit 'judge, jury and executioner' of late!! 'This country' etc... there's room for everyone's opinion and nothing is more subjective than music.

I love her new album and think it grooves hard but found it a bit more difficult to listen to on the TV because some of the arrangements felt a bit rushed. 'Radio Song' was a fair bit faster than the album version which ruined it's feel, for me. She's pretty cool though. Drummer is very cool too.

Well we do technically prefer to be asked.

That's just a bit of harmless moonlighting Actually my [url="http://Lasagnereview.tumblr.com"]http://Lasagnereview.tumblr.com[/url] T shirt arrived today (shameless plug)

Basschat and proud!

As long as the buyer is careful you'll be OK. Lots of members find us because they are looking for somewhere to sell gear. As others have said, having posted a few times on the forum is no gaurantee as to the seller's credentials. All deals should be entered into with the same level of dilligence and I would recommend everyone to read the marketplace guidelines before buying ANYTHING from ANYONE on ANY forum, weather they are 10,000 posts in or 10. Cheers ped

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1337759019' post='1664880'] So lets get this right, can't reply to a thread but can converse with ped. Hmm... [/quote] Actually Nick asked me to do that around the same time he last posted here but I just forgot about it until now!! Cheers

Alright chaps, Nick has asked that I remove the separate iBass magazine forum subsection so the threads will be distributed into the parent forum just in case you're wondering where they are. This thread will still be there and your subscriptions tot he thread(s) will still work. This is also because normally sponsors pay for these separate forums and as iBass haven't renewed at the moment it's only fair to remove it anyway. Cheers ped

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1337699567' post='1664153'] I'd love to be able to make this! I'm in the UK in June, hope they have more shows then. Going to be some serious low end and crunchy jangly guitar. Any idea who's on drums? [/quote] I'll see if I can find out. Good question!

Good luck!

Updated with offer of free tickets, see original post!

[font=Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial][size=2][b]Friday, May 25, 2012. Village Underground - 54 Holywell Lane, London, United Kingdom EC 2A 3PQ • 020 7422 7505 • [color=#0000FF][u][url="http://villageunderground.co.uk/"]http://villageunderground.co.uk[/url][/u][/color] For the first time in nearly 30 years, influential bassist Jah Wobble and the archly avant-garde guitarist Keith Levene will re-unite. The former Public Image members have come together for a series of special gigs in unusual places. Village Underground in Shoreditch has been chosen to be the first venue to be rocked by their dub interpretation of the genre defining post-punk album Metal Box. Tickets are just £15.00 and you can purchase them Here - [color=#0000FF][u][url="http://bit.ly/Hw90ae"]http://bit.ly/Hw90ae[/url][/u][/color][/b][/size][/font] OR win tickets with BC! We have two tickets up for grabs for one lucky winner - Just answer the following question: [i]Q: What is the name of Jah Wobble's 2009 autobiography?[/i] Please email answers to [email protected] using 'BASSCHAT METAL BOX COMPETITION' as the subject line. Winners will be added to the guest list and notified by email. Cheers ped

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337347894' post='1658610'] It was at this point I became [i]really [/i]worried and got out! [/quote] I was going to advise that everyone fills a jerry-can with Basschat

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1337343895' post='1658486'] To bfirsh, the rest of us are just mouth pieces. [/quote] Speak for yourself son I've been called a ringpiece too

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1337337261' post='1658308'] Thanks for all your hard work to get Basschat up and running. It might be worth letting the paranoid of us know what malware we were potentially exposed to and what it was supposed to do. [/quote] It didn't manage to do anything because we're zipped up tight and everything is secure, luckily. I don't know what it's intended mission was but it certainly wasn't to access anyones information or muck around with any settings which is a stroke of luck. Ben will be able to tell us more.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337331245' post='1658119'] Ah..! A victim of your own success, then. [/quote] Well we would have been OK but there was a microscopic fault in the software which was exploited and used to create the problems... I have no idea how or why they do this type of thing but us bass players are made of stronger stuff so a patch is being developed for the hole right now. Then we SHOULD be super safe. (Famous last words)

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337329741' post='1658074'] You're back, you're back, you're back, you're back - as a matter of fact you're back. Well done everyone! But why on Earth would you hack a bass forum?? [/quote] We weren't targeted because we're us, but because we're a sizeable vehicle for their malware, apparently.

[quote name='Al Heeley' timestamp='1337326592' post='1658000'] still getting warning page and no access on my mac at home via safari. INstalled firefox and tried that but also an issue. TRied emptying cache and still getting warning. Will try again later today. [/quote] Try clearing your Cache memory. Last I heard we had submitted a report to Google to remove the threat status now everything's clear. Cheers

Thanks guys we'll look into it. I don't think it's anything to worry about.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1336825569' post='1651596'] Remember:[i]bag it, before you HTML tag it.[/i] Surf safe, people. [/quote]

I tend to use 'View new content'. Then on the left have the fields 'content I have not read' and 'topics I have participated in' OR 'just items I follow' highlighted.

Too many bass players caused the last earthquake, didn't it?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1335257720' post='1627919'] I would agree. If iBass Magazine aren't going to use this forum to interact with their (potential) readers then why are they here? Ped, did they ask specifically for this sub-forum or was this something that Basschat offered to them? [/quote] I can't remember to be honest but when the mag first launched we did a banner and the sub-forum at the same time; I wanted to let Nick post updates here and take any ideas, discuss articles from the mag etc to sort of tie the two in a little bit. We even discussed having little 'Discuss this article on BC' buttons at the end of magazine articles that woudl take you to this forum, and I think they are still going to feature. So, I think it has big potential. However, and this is a big one. I have offered sponsored forums before, usually to new companies we would like to help out. We haven't ever charged for one because we hoped that they would either allow our members to give feedback about a certain product (Innovation strings is a good example of this) or have access to exclusive offers/updates from shops (GAK used to have one...) The problem is that as much as some of these companies like the idea, they often don't update them enough or take the bull by the horns. Maybe it's because some shops just don't understand the community or because they don't value it, I don't know. Innovation did things pretty well by asking a BC member to post on their behalf which has been useful and worked well. Talking to Jason How at Rotosound the other week I know some company owners/employees are also unsure about how to approach a community as large as BC because they don't want to come across as advertising or taking advantage. This is partly my fault for not being clear about how companies/employees should conduct themselves. I'm adressing this at the moment. I've just heard from Nick who is catching up with this thread so hopefully he'll update us soon. I think I speak for all of us when I say we all hope iBass is a success and hopefully Nick will either appoint someone to maintain the iBass forum or check it on a regular basis as I would assume that most of his potential readership is already on Basschat. Cheers ped EDIT: Nick posted whilst I was typing!