silverfoxnik

Done! I went for supporting music and youth this time though all are worthy causes.. Thanks Colin!

Just bought a Boss BR600 from Simon who, apart from being one of Basschat's finest, is a pleasure to deal with! It's a great piece of kit by the way, Simon - thanks!

If it didn't, it should have done! Wherever the hotel was, me, WalMan and merton couldn't find it for ages and ages and arrived considerably late! It wasn't easy to find (or we were too stupid to find it)... Great road trip though

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1349958601' post='1832696'] For the benefit of the newer members, there were several national Bashes held at a hotel near Northampton, just off the M1. There were excellent turnouts at each one. An afternoon of gear looking at gear and noise making followed by everyone sitting down for a meal. Inspired by these the regions decided to hold their own local Bashes. [/quote] Good point Dave! We took our lead from there really...

Very true Jack; logistically, it's very difficult to do I think. What might be better is to put some sort of 'How to' toolkit together and share it with anyone who wants to run a local Bash?

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1349726982' post='1829799'] What's the secret to organising a decent bass bash then SE BCers? We had one in Birmingham last November, but only 4 of us turned up! I would love to organise a bash of the same sort of caliber as the SE one, so any advice would be much appreciated! [/quote] In my view, more than anything, it's people make events and we're very lucky with the SE Bash that we've had a number of very supportive local Basschatters who formed a sort of virtual committee a few years back to try to work out how to run the events. If one person has to do everything, it's not as likely to succeed because it's a lot of work.. Plus with more people, you have more good ideas, contacts, help on the day etc, etc.. [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1349804023' post='1830773'] There a number of BCers in Nottingham..Shep et al..target them.. Get in some good speakers..arrange some good seminars...lots of Tea/Coffee/cakes - some good raffle prizes, easy to access venue with free parking... Hang on..aren't I just describing the SE Bash??? Seems to be a winning formula though.. [/quote] Seems to good so far and I think the mix of activities has been vital to keeping people's interest going on the day, which is why there's still a strong turnout around 4pm when we do the Raffle.. But it'd be great to add more to the SE Bash next year to keep things interesting; particularly bearing in mind the facilities available at the venue.. perhaps some live performances would be good?

There's no definitive need for a national Basschat Bash, though it'd be nice if it happened again.. The last one was in Northampton and that was just about do-able for me in terms of distance... As Si said, what we have now is the South East Bash and that hopefully, it is meeting the need down here for everyone to get together and have a great day. Probably the best and easiest thing is to have lots a really good regional events happening throughout the year..

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1349540840' post='1827559'] As the SE Bash seems to be the biggest, and we no longer have the National bash, how would the organizers and managemennt feel about the SE bash becoming the National? [/quote] As to a national Basschat Bash, that's down to Ped & Kiwi really...but it's a good idea IMO..Quite how you could do that without locating it somewhere more central, I don't know though? [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1349630614' post='1828467'] You may have singlehandedly pushed up the price of these though - we'll see next time one is for sale on ebay!! [/quote] Si has shares in an online vintage Boss pedals emporium, obviously...

[quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1349277312' post='1824164'] Awesome That's just about everything I need to know about compressors all in one place. [/quote] +1 Fantastic piece of work Si....

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1349094575' post='1821631'] It's not my fault if you were having such fun! Although Nick doesn't seem to have joined the fun in this pic! [/quote] [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1349094837' post='1821638'] he was probably wincing at my drumming! [/quote] That's my horrible 'bassface' I'm afraid - comes of being a miserable old barsteward! And it was my playing I was wincing at tbh... You were really good!

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1349084425' post='1821404'] Thanks mate, sure it'll all be fine after the first 6-12 months... Eude [/quote] The old saying is you that '...you never regain all the sleep you lose during the first 6-12 months of your babies life!' Scary but true!

Cheers Eude.. And 'Congratulations' on the news of the baby - hope all goes well with it!

Sorry not to have seen you mate; looking forward to next year! Thanks for the labels by the way

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Brilliant !

Hi Folks Wow! What a great day.... despite me the traffic chaos around the M25 that caused so many of us to get there very late!! Before anything, I have to thank Hamster & Mrs Hamster (Colin & Sarah) for organising everything so brilliantly despite not having me and Mrs Silverfoxnik (Loraine) there to help set up as intended! Excellent refreshments by the way.. Thanks also to Sibob for an amazing 'foot-tappingly brilliant FX workshop (definitely agree about his bass & rig sounding awesome with and without the FX); 51m0n for yet another Einsteinian like Compressor workshop, Paul for coming along with drums, good humour and good grooves to get the Jam Room moving and also to Urb for getting there in the end after so much hassle on the roads! Can't forget either some other notable contributions on the day; Ped turning up with some Basschat goodies and bits for the Raffle, obbm for manning the For sale area in the Foyer, everyone who donated prizes to the Raffle and Mrs Silverfoxnik for talking loads of photos (which we'll sort through and post up later tonight).. On a personal note, thanks to Chimike for bringing in the two Trace Elliot valve heads - they were amazing! It was brilliant to meet some new Basschatters and to see lots of familiar faces and there were some lovely basses and exciting bits of gear on display! Very quickly; Tom Kent's Fodera stood out, Chris's USA Lakland was lovely and his Thunderfunk 750 amp was very, very nice too.. WalMan's Overwater sounded great in the Jam Room too! Amazingly that Overwater and Chris's Lakland are for sale but no takers, when they're very nice basses indeed. Also couldn't talk about basses without a mention for Sibob's P bass which looks & sounds the business.. Mr Claber's new Barefaced prototype is pretty impressive too, but his 3 way cab (which I'd not seen or heard before) sounded great to my ears! Overall, it's such a chilled-out and nice vibe on the day that it makes it a real highlight of the year for me! Lastly, have to mention those that couldn't be with us yesterday for a variety of reasons: Happy Jack, silddx, Clarky, Bassace, Stingray 5, Merton, johnnylager and Jakenewmanbass.. You were very definitely missed - despite it being a great day - but hopefully, we'll see you next year.. Nik

Sorry to hear that Steve! I'm the same - cold and sore throat since Monday/Tuesday but it's almost gone now thankfully.. Anyway, hope to see you both later on.

[quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1348865544' post='1819413'] Hope you're feeling better soon, Jack [/quote] +1 Good to hear that Paul, MacDaddy and seashell will be there though Si; OK..will bring the MC6 with me..

Sorry to hear that Pete! I have also just heard that Happy Jack can't be with us either, so no drummer for the Jam Room so, we're going to need drum machines or similar maybe to keep a groove going in there... I've definitely got some questions for the FX workshop!

Si, do you want me to bring along my DBX MC6 tomorrow for your talk?