silverfoxnik

Sorry to hear that, Chris... Not a surprise though, sadly. The music industry has always had more than it's fair share of a-holes in it's rank. Just have a read of this book about the 90s UK music industry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Your_Friends It paints a pretty black and bleak picture of the 90s a&r scene as it was then..

The celeb/star system perpetuates all this of course, Chris... Same in most situations where there's a power dynamic at play. ☹️😬

Haven't read the whole of this thread but I can concur completely with any of the comments here about what an absolutely obnoxious, hypocritical, loathsome, shit-bag Morrisey is... Back in the early 90s, I was a rep on the Musicians Union North London Committee for a few years. And pretty much every 6-9 months, we'd get a letter from Morrisey's then bass player (Johnny Bridgewood, IIRC) saying that he'd not been paid for recording and touring work that he'd done for Morrisey. So, we'd have to chase up payment for Johnny so he could pay his rent and put food on the table for his family.. Which obviously would take months! One thing that really p*isses me off is when 'successful' musicians treat other musicians like dirt... It's bad enough that the rest of the world treats musicians like second-class citizens, without scumbags like Morrsey doing it too.. As if that wasn't enough to taint my opinion of Morrisey, in 1994, when I was on tour with a band I was in at the time, our then manager ( guy called James Todd, who'd managed Sinead O'Connor, World Party and a whole load of other artists), was taken on by Morrisey to be his manager for 6 months - I remember seeing the signed contract in James' office. On that tour, Morrsey was literally cancelling gigs a day or two before they were supposed to happen, not giving a second thought as to what that did to his fans, the musicians, venues, agents, and of course, his manager. Sadly, James died of a heart attack about 6, 7 months later (he was only 42) and in my mind, I can't help but think that managing Morrsey somehow contributed to the situation. So, just reiterate, my personal opinion is that Morrsey is an absolutely obnoxious, hypocritical, loathsome, shit-bag. Having said all that, I do think The Smiths were an important band of their era, and were very talented writers/musicians. As an aside, one of the band members of The Smyths lives round the corner from me, and you couldn't wish to meet a nicer person. Anyway, just my 2p worth...

No, I didn't sadly.. It was in 1997, so a long time ago. Stolen from me, would you believe, by a bass player in a then, reasonably well known UK indie band!

Me too! 😁 Mine was stolen unfortunately, and it was during a time when I'd stopped playing for about 10 years, so I never got around to replacing it. I still remember it as being an absolutely brilliant pedal though.

Amazing stuff, Paul! Great to see someone flying the flag for proper amplification too... 😁😊👍 And yes, Mike is an absolute Gent and really knows his stuff!

Great looking rig @ped! Can't believe you have a Lovetone Meatball pedal in your set up - I had one of those back in the 90s when they first came out.. Absolutely brilliant bits of kit....

Grest stuff @Merton, Band, and bass/rig sound really good!

+1 to this.. My experience exactly when dealing with Marc... And on that point, I recently bought some DR strings from Marc in what was a super-quick and hassle free transaction. Highly recommend to one and all here on Basschat... 👍 Thanks Marc and here's to the next one! Cheers Nik