silverfoxnik

Thanks Ped, Wishing you and all the Mods here a fab Xmas and very Best Wishes for 2025! 😊🎄🤶🍾 Basschat is very much like home, or a second home, as others have said here and I sometimes have to remind myself just how fortunate we all are to have such a safe, welcoming and inclusive place to share our passion for all things bass! Many's the time I wished that there was something like the Basschat community around when I first started playing bass in the 1970s... But hey, it's been a blast this last 18, 19 years or so ( has it really been that long! 😮) and I'm sure all of us here wouldn't have it any other way... Thank you 🙏 Enjoy your Xmas folks! 😊

This pretty much describes my recent experience with @vmaxblues, aka Stuart, when buying his Warwick Gnome amp last week... ... which arrived safe and sound yesterday, just in time for Xmas. 😁 A long-standing Basschatter, Stuart's reputation on here is second to none and he's always been a pleasure to deal with. Highly recommend, as said above! Thanks again Stuart - a very Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to you, and best wishes for 2025! 🙏🎄🎅✨😊 Nik

Thanks Ed, "... the family brand." That really made me chuckle.. 😁

Had the pleasure of meeting @ratman, aka Alex, yesterday and after about an hour of brilliant music and all things bass conversation, I came away with a very good sounding and very tidy Eden 112 cab. One of the great things about meeting fellow Basschaters is that you never know what you might learn or discover, but you can be certain there'll always be something over and above just buying /selling bass gear. And yesterday was no exception to that. .. So, I discovered that.. A CIJ Fender Mustang is a thing of beauty, Helix pedals are pretty awesome things and that both Alex and I have a Adam and The Ants connection through our musical networks... Small basses, small FX pedals, and small world it would seem, Alex! 😁 Also found out that Alex is North London's unofficial Dog Whisperer - I had Millie, our 7 year old Cockerpoo with me, and she and Alex are now 'besties', for sure. So, deal with Alex in complete confidence Folks - he really knows his stuff, is a great bloke and a real credit to this forum. Thanks again, Alex, and here's to the next time! 👍😊 Nik P. S. Hope you had a good gig last night...

Just bought an excellent Protection Racket case from @edpirie, aka Ed, in what was a very straightforward transaction. Excellent Basschatter - deal with in absolute confidence! Many thanks, Ed.... And thanks for the case.. 👍😊 Nik

I get that Chris and its not that diss tracks, or their earlier equivalents, are wrong per se, I'm just saying that I personally don't like all that stuff... My use of the word 'wrong' was in a different context, i.e., I think it's wrong that artists are more interested in spending their time squabbling with each other so publicly, instead of doing something more productive with the leverage / public platform they both have...for example, taking on Spotify who are ripping off so many musicians and content creators. Just my idealistic 2p worth...

Hi Chris, I don't know about the legal ramifications of this and it's potential long-term impact on the music business, but the very fact that there's such a thing as 'diss tracks' in this world makes me despair at the state we're in. Compare and contrast The Beatles and Brian Wilson spurring each other on to make even greater music back in the 60s, to this pair of overrated, under-talented (if there is such a word) ego-fuelled twats! Instead of arguing about how big their reproductive organs are, they should be working together to take on monolithic record companies and Spotify to get fairer deals for all music creators. This sums up just about everything that's wrong with today's music industry and some of the artists that exist in it....

I definitely 'hat' him and his music, Chris.. 😁 Just when I thought 2024 couldn't get any worse.... 🤦🤦 Horses for courses, and all that.....

Hi Folks, Just a quick update to say the the ticket was bought by a certain @Beedster of this parish and the relevant donation was made on the Just Giving page. Thanks, as ever, for your generosity Chris! 🙏😊

Just giving this a quick BUMP before tomorrow... 👍😊

That's a very generous offer, Chris! Thanks.. 👍😊

Thanks mate! And yes, I'm OK all things considered, Tbh, I felt crap for the first 24/36 hours, but am relatively OK now. Just a tad peed off I have to miss this gig and family occasion... Hope things are going well for you now in terms of getting the Travis home environment right for your daughter and her needs.. 🙏

Cheers Clarky, At least they now don't have to have undergo that 'Uncool Dad' moment at the gig when I would have started yelling at Meshell to do a 20 minute slap bass solo! 🤣

Hi Folks, I was due to go and see the amazing Meshell Ndegeocello live at The KoKo in London's trendy Camden Town this Friday, 15th November, with my son and daughter, but I've come down with Covid, so now can't go. As gutted as I am to be missing out on seeing an amazing musician & singer/songwriter, I'm even more gutted not to be able share the experience with my kids - one of whom lives in Sweden - so these opportunities for family time don't come up too often for us.. Which led me to thinking about family, and the recent Basschat Fundraiser in aid of @AndyTravis and his family. So with that in mind, would anyone here like to buy my ticket for the gig on Friday for say, £25...? But instead of paying me, just make a donation to the Just Giving page here (link below) to help Andy and his family: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/mark-clark-3 I reaise it's very short notice between now and Friday and, Mods, I'm not sure if this kind of post is even allowed.. But I figured it be a crying shame to waste my £45+ ticket to see one of the world's most innovative bass players, whilst there's a plethora of London-based bass players - with very generous hearts - right here in this Basschat family! Right? Right.... 😁 More info here about the gig: https://koko.co.uk/events/meshell-ndegeocello And Meshell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello And here's half a screenshot of the QR code from my e-ticket, which I will forward onto whoever is interested and able to on Friday, and who'd like to make a donation to a very worthy cause. Ticket will be 'sold' on a first come, first served basis. Thanks for reading and for being the wonderful Basschat Community/family that you are... 😊 Cheers Nik