Muzz Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Thank Gawd for that - no-one's had a clue about various items of oriental cheapo for months on here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Gentlemen - I genuinely do not know what to say. I am honestly deeply touched by this welcome - I guess it's hard to appreciate sometimes how meaningful friendships developed online can become. Thank you all. I don't want to talk too much about where I was in my life at the time I "disappeared" but a short explanation is deserved. Those who know more about me than the obsession with Oriental Offal will know I'd been dealing with some huge & emotionally debilitating family issues since October 2006. Those came to a head around mid-2011, when I effectively lost every battle I'd been fighting & had to come to terms with the reality that the most important relationship in my life (my daughter Anya) was over, with absolutely no going back. My instinct was to withdraw from everything - music, work, friendships, my "online life" and try to come to terms & heal. Looking back I think I can only thank my partner Karen for the fact I'm alive now - I don't think I'd have got through it, and arrived at the place I am now without her. Anyway, life is about looking forward and bugger the burned bridges. The last couple of years haven't all been sh*t - I have been quite motivated to indulge myself to cheer myself up on a regular basis and while I've had no bass GAS (up til now) I've spent too much money on other toys. I hope my new bike will amuse you when I get around to revealing it. And no, it ain't JapCrap. I'm still writing & recording, very occasionally gigging - and I have to say I'm delighted with the new music. I like to think it's what Todd Rundgren called "The Ever-Popular Tortured Artist Effect". The downside is that I'm finding myself less & less tolerant of mediocrity and that gives me concerns about the future of my band and the friendships therein. Oh well. I think I might have forgotten a thing or two about JapCrap over the last couple of years so do feel free to point & laugh. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1382710214' post='2255757'] Looking back I think I can only thank my partner Karen for the fact I'm alive now - I don't think I'd have got through it, and arrived at the place I am now without her. [/quote] Please thank Karen from us (or atleast me) for looking after you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Hurrah!! A legend returns! It's great to see you back!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Thanks to Karen, you have re-joined the fold. It seems that already there are many here glad of your return and I'm sure many more will chip in. I am wondering if you would consider being taking up a new position on here as Captain Jap and leaving behind Captain Jap Crap? I, for one, have a few high quality Japanese instruments, from the Classic period, as do many others on here and as your knowledge extended into that area, it would seem more appropriate to drop the [i]crap! [/i] You, I'm sure, will still cover all that is Plywood and Plastic but there are also all that is great, from Japan. Whadayathink?? Another thing. . . . Note to all of us on here - perhaps not bombard Jon with all the questions we have been dying to ask. . . . . all at once. Yeah? Now, where's my list. . . . Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Welcome back mate, you've been missed round these parts. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I have no idea who you are, but as your return appears to be being heralded as the second coming of christ I look forward to some of your posts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Please tell me it's not a Harley ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Great to see you back on Basschat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Welcome back, Jon! And in view of the way that manufacturing has moved around Asia in the last few years, you were appointed Captain Oriental in your absence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1382720958' post='2255982'] you were appointed Captain Oriental in your absence. [/quote] [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1382718468' post='2255924'] I have no idea who you are... [/quote] Me neither... J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Good to see you back and on the mend Jon. Your input and knowledge has been missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenochrome Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamPodmore Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Glad to see that things are getting back on track for you Jon, and obviously to see your (virtual) face around here again. Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlonBass Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 It'll be a pleasure having meaningful discourse with you again, mate. You've been a real miss round these here parts. Onwards and Upwards and welcome back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Great to see you back Jon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Thank you to everyone who's chipped in since my last response - your good wishes, welcomes and concern for my wellbeing are most sincerely appreciated - do you still get that :notworthy: smiley? It's interesting - after the sh!tstorm of the last few years, I can honestly say that I'm in a better place than I can remember being in many years. I'm here to tell you that the secret to a contented, positive and optimistic existence is an uncomplicated life. Anyway a couple of responses. Eric - I've never considered "JapCrap" to be a pejorative term, it's a leftover from a youth spent tear-arsing around on Suzukis and Yamahas and playing Aria Pros, Washburns & Ibanezes, and unfortunately it continues to amuse me! They weren't crap in the 80s and even many of the early plywood horrors are oddly collectable now. I'd have trouble dropping the nomenclature from my language - along with YankW@nk, KoreaDiarrhoea and of course BritSh!t. Speaking of which... pete.young - no, it most certainly isn't! My profile pic might be a bit of a giveaway, however, and I strongly suspect I might have attracted less derision with an All-American Clown Bike! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1382710788' post='2255770'] A legend returns! [/quote] Indeed, and a welcome return it is too. Edited October 28, 2013 by ezbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Ok so whats wrong with Harley's then ? "all American clown bike" whats all that about ? I ride & love my Harley,i used to ride sports bikes like a lunatic until one near fatality too many,i still like sports bikes i just don't want to ride one ever again. So it really pisses me off when "fast" bikers slag of anything that isn't built for speed. But its ok you are just joking eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 [quote name='artisan' timestamp='1382974293' post='2258636'] Ok so whats wrong with Harley's then ? "all American clown bike" whats all that about ? I ride & love my Harley,i used to ride sports bikes like a lunatic until one near fatality too many,i still like sports bikes i just don't want to ride one ever again. So it really pisses me off when "fast" bikers slag of anything that isn't built for speed. But its ok you are just joking eh [/quote] Wow. That's a whole load of assumptions about me right there. Apart from the joking bit. Aside from the agonising oversensitivity and defensiveness of their riders, I don't have anything against Harleys in particular or [s]clown bikes[/s] sorry, cruisers in general. Don't think I'd ever own a Harley but I like some of them - the XR was a serious lump of metal & some of the V Rods can look pretty cool if they're not overdone. Never ridden one though so I don't claim to have an informed opinion. I've had quite a few bikes but never had - or wanted - a "proper" sports bike, my current bike's a 955i Speed Triple. Theoretically it's pretty quick but the reality is that the wind blast over 80 mph conspires to either rip your arms out of their sockets or just blow you off the back. It does quite like bends though. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Alright alright, less BikeChat and more BassChat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1382994251' post='2258983'] Alright alright, less BikeChat and more BassChat. [/quote] OK, OK - or go [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/17518-so-who-rides-motorbikes-then/page__view__findpost__p__2258991"]here[/url] and rip as hard as you want! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I didn't notice you'd gone. . Welcome kcab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1383059529' post='2259641'] I didn't notice you'd gone. [/quote] Frankly I'm amazed anyone did! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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