silverfoxnik

Just about awake now!! What a day that was... Got to say huge thanks to Mert & WalMan for helping to plan it and make it happen on the day!! A lot of people said to me they thought the venue was really good and that's all down to Merton for getting it sorted, so well done Mert! Really must thank the Holiday Inn as well because the two rooms were excellent and the hire fee was 'minimal' considering the quality of the rooms and that's because our event was for charity! Big, big thanks to Adrian Ashton, Joe White, Alex Claber, John East (with Michael on bass) and Bernie Goodfellow (with Russ & Deborah) for giving us their time and expertise - everybody was superb! Can't forget OBBM for helping to get John East & Adrian on board and also JohnnyLager for doing the same with Bernie and also for helping get the rooms set-up in the morning, so thanks guys! I didn't see anywhere near enough gear because of running around like a headless chicken most of the day but there was some really fantastic stuff in the room!!! Dougal's collection of basses were lovely, as was CK's pre Ernie Ball Stingray and Mert's Status and WalMan's Wal and G&L.. Best of all was everybody turning up and making it happen.. Nice photos by the way CK and thanks for appointing Sylas as honorary photographer on the day (he did a good job too). As the guys did at the Yorkshire Bash in summer, we decided on the day to run the Jazz Bass raffle here on the Forum for another week as we feel we could raise a bit more that way.. And when I've worked out all the maths, I'll let everyone know what has been raised. Thanks to everybody for their donation of prizes and for buying the raffle tickets.. See you at the next one! Nik

Just bought some 'squelchy goodness' from Steve via a Boss FT-2, which is a great little pedal... He's a great person to deal with and everything went really well! Thanks Steve

Looks like this is the final list for tomorrow: 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, Wal Pro2e, plus I'll be bringing a small rig including my SWR Triad 02. Hamster: Stingray, Line6 Lowdown 110 & pedal board 03. OBBM: a couple of basses and perhaps the Orangtino if anyone is interested. 04. NowVertical: GB Rumour 5, KSD 60's Proto-J 5, Mongrel 62 Fender P (now fretless with a J added), Acoustic Image Contra II 05. 06. Zach: spector rebop 07. Ped: with my usual babies (pair of Vigier Passions as I am sure you are sick of by now) 08. s_u_y: Fender Precision '74, my EBS MicroBass II DI and if my custom portable poweramp being made by Alien (Andy) is finished, I'll bring that too! 09. nig: SB-8 Chapman Stick 10. 11. Coasterbass: Lefty MM Stingray IV, Lefty Warwick Thumb V, Lefty Fender Jazz American Deluxe, Lefty Fender Jazz Hotrodded, Ampeg SVP-Pro, Eden WP100 Preamp and Schroeder 1210R 12. johnnylager: KSD 704 Proto-J with EBS inside, EBS MultiComp, Russian BassBalls, SansAmp ParaDriver, Aural Xciter, J-Lo fuzz 13. Gamble: Ampeg SVP Pro pre-amp with Harma and Philips valves, Samson S1 compressor, QSC power amp, SWR Goliath Snr 6X10 14. Merton: Status Retroactive, Groove 5 and Groove 4 fretless 15. Higgie: Lakland DJ4 & DJ5, Musicman Stingray 3EQ, Original Mutron III, Akai Deep Impact, Akai Headrush, Demeter Compulator, Digitech WH-1 Whammy, Custom Modded Big Muff, Way Huge Aqua Puss clone, EA iAmp 600 16. Alexclaber: will bring some of my new cabs with me! 17. phil_the_bassist: Hartke stack (HA5500& VX215+VX410) and my MM SR5 3eq 18. Mikey D: Ibanez GWB35 19. 20. WalMan: Wal Pro1/Custom conversion, G&L L2500 (4+1 style), Markbass CMD121H combo, Possibly the BOD xT Pro & FSB, Marshall Superbass 100 head 21. peted: BFM Omni 10, Hartke 3500, Aphex Bass Xciter, Line6 Lowdown Studio, Warwick Thumb BO 4, custom butchered Japanese Squire Precision 22. onehappybunny: Fender Mustang (1976), DeArmond Jet Star, Warwick Katana, Mark Bass Jeff Berlin Combo, DHA1-EQ 23. andyonbass: a couple of ACG's 24. sixshooter: bringing a number of interesting basses and an interesting amp! 25. Nick Thomas: CS Jazz, L2500, and Eggle 26. Barneyg42: Jaydee Roadie Fretless 27. craigonbass: custom 100 Watt Harry Joyce (Hiwatt) head 28. stingrayfan: G&L Tribute L2000, Yamaha BB614, Stingray 4 w/Status neck, Trace Elliot 715 300w combo, Aphex Punch Factory pedal. 29. Old Horse Murphy (if free): Shuker P5 and maybe a 2008 Fender P Bass 30. Dougal: GW #23, Carvin XB75P, F-Bass Studio 31. Kraken: his kit 32. Kiwi: Smith 5, Trace V8, GB Shuttle 6, EBS Neo212 cab, (maybe Smith 5 fretless, 2 other basses by request from other members) 33. urb: a Sei 34. Bloodaxe: - Aria TSB-400 with Kahler Trem, Aria SB-900 & probably a small trolley with an Epifani UL-110 & an Ashdown Superfly Plus Adrian Ashton, Joe white, John East and Bernie Goodfellow.. See you tomorrow!

[quote name='barneyg42' post='293119' date='Sep 26 2008, 09:54 PM']Just checking, is the bash open to non BCers too, got a friend who plays a bit wanting to come along.[/quote] No problem as far as I'm concerned; a good opportunity to recruit more players to the Basschat cause.. Anyone else got any objections?

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='293106' date='Sep 26 2008, 09:31 PM']I'll bring one, if anyone would like to borrow it let me know. [/quote] Thanks CK!

[quote name='Merton' post='293077' date='Sep 26 2008, 08:26 PM']I have the spotlights ready, plus the Pearl and Dean theme [/quote] Thanks for the offer of help guys.. Possible there I think.. But let's ask John when he arrives what he is happy to use.. Hopefully, Bernie will have come up trumps and it will not be an issue! The BFM vs Claber fight should be good.. Sorry to hear Clauster & G-77 can't make it..Hope everything works out with the card clone thing Nick (F****** B*******!). By the way, if anyone has a decent digital camera to take some photos with tomorrow, it'd be a real help.. I stupidly left mine in Shoreham this afternoon and haven't time to go collect it before tomorrow.. Thanks and see you all tomorrow. Nik

Guys, John East needs to use a really transparent rig to demonstrate his pre-amps tomorrow and I have asked Bernie Goodfellow if he can bring an EBS combo for that, which he said was cool. But if for any reason Bernie can't make it, gets delayed or some other problem occurs, is there anyone coming who has a rig that John could use for his talk between 1pm and 2pm? I would offer my Peavey T-Max and SWR Triad to John but it just isn't transparent really... Any offers? Thanks.... Cheers Nik

[quote name='peted' post='292484' date='Sep 26 2008, 09:42 AM']Probably a good idea to edit the original post on page 1 to include this change too![/quote] Thanks.. All done now!

1 day (and a bit) to go BUMP!!

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='289854' date='Sep 23 2008, 12:15 PM']I didn't know Steve, but I'm really sorry to hear that. Sincere condolences to Polly. Rather puts things in perspective, doesn't it?[/quote] +1 Only just heard this and am very saddened by it.. As ever, fantastic to see the support on this Forum for members and their families...

[quote name='Merton' post='291270' date='Sep 24 2008, 09:34 PM']Excellent news![/quote] +1

3 days to go BUMP!

[b]URGENT NEWS:-[/b] For some reason, [b]the rooms where the Bash is happening on Saturday have changed[/b] and we will now be in: [b]Onslow Suite 1 & 2[/b] The Onslow Suite(s) are located in the [b]Academy[/b] area of the Holiday Inn site and The Academy has it's own car park on the left hand side as you drive into the Holiday Inn (if you're coming by car that is). Once parked, you go into the lobby of the Academy and the Onslow Suites will be to your left. Access is apparently very easy! There is a [b]bar[/b] and [b]restaurant[/b] close by to the Onslow Suites and also, a lounge area if you need a bit of quiet time or want to have a chat etc! Here's a link to the Holiday Inn web page which has more info: [url="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/925/en/hotel/guisu?&countryId=0925&cm_mmc=mdpr%2d%5f%2dgooglemaps%2d%5f%2dhi%2d%5f%2dguisu"]http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/925/en...ps-_-hi-_-guisu[/url] Nik

Just updated the RIGs thread at long last [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26736&st=40&start=40"]here.[/url]