BassTractor Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) Strictly speaking this is Off Topic, but I put it here because it's a response to a thread within General Discussion. In the thread about the most musically talented musician of all time, I wrote a post that I now believe must have been way more hard hitting than I imagined when I wrote it, and Bassman7755 especially was (or seemed) its target. I have read and re-read the offending post, and now believe that it was an ugly thing to write. I therefore apologise to Bassman7755, and of course all others who may have felt they were its target, for that post's general tone and the aspects of it that put down other people. What I should've said was that the most talented person likely is not a person we tend to know. What I said instead was that people who mention McCartney have no clue about this stuff. I'm very sorry, and wish Bassman7755 and others all the best. Bert Edited December 15, 2017 by BassTractor 12 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebassmusic Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I have not read the original thread so can't comment on it. However I applaud your ability to acknowledge that you may have offended someone and are willing to apologise for it. This is especially relevant on the internet where it seems that so many people are happy to troll etc. Good on ya 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 No idea what you're referring to to, but I'm sure the apology will be accepted in the spirit it was intended. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbassman Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 This is possibly one of the most intelligent, polite, helpful and well meaning forums I've ever come across, and Bass Tractors post just proves this. Long may it remain this way! By the way, best wishes to all for 2018, wherever you are and whatever you're planning/hoping to do. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 5 hours ago, Cato said: No idea what you're referring to to, but I'm sure the apology will be accepted in the spirit it was intended. Ditto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 It's so easy to dodge the responsibility for what's been said on the Internet. I applaud your honesty and for accepting responsibility about what was said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) McCartney, whether we like it or not is in a league of his own Still kicking butt at 75. Blue Edited December 15, 2017 by Bluewine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Well done Bass Tractor! (What a nice picture of the young Macca btw - even if it doesn't belong in this topic ) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPrawn Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Top man. I wouldn’t be to hard on yourself. It’s ok to have an opinion and voice. One of the reasons bass players are so intelligent, and this forum is so great 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Paging @bassman7755 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 38 minutes ago, charic said: Paging @bassman7755 Ah! Whilst you posted that, I was writing a PM to Bassman7755. So synchronicity was true after all. Yup, one can always depend on Jung. Thanks, Rik. (I was aware of the new function, but forgot to use it in this thread. Hard to teach a dead dog a new trick.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I'm so impressed by this post. Says a lot for someone who acknowledges he may have mis-worded something. We've probably all done it at some point. Well done BassTractor and wish you a very Merry Xmas and Guid New Year. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 @BassTractor Good work Bert, not the easiest of things to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Quality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 1 hour ago, BassTractor said: Ah! Whilst you posted that, I was writing a PM to Bassman7755. So synchronicity was true after all. Yup, one can always depend on Jung. Thanks, Rik. (I was aware of the new function, but forgot to use it in this thread. Hard to teach a dead dog a new trick.) No worries mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Group Hug , hope it all works out 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Just fishing for Watts I bet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 18 hours ago, Bluewine said: McCartney, whether we like it or not is in a league of his own Most talented musician ever. Not enough people say that. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 (edited) 15 hours ago, Bolo said: Just fishing for Watts I bet! , but that is actually what worries me most about this thread, and it had felt better to me as a Norse Dutchman, if this group hug / top man thing had been less prominent. But I knew there was a considerable risk that that would happen on a British forum, and I felt I had to accept that before even starting to write. Writing this OP was more important than avoiding these likely consequences. At the same time, and at several levels, it's also very heartwarming and highly appreciated, so this really is a mixed bag to me. To compensate though, I stand by my views in several of that "talented" topic's elements, and as such am still the condescending tw*t that some people always have known that I am. I'm not sorry for having a strong opinion about Bassman7755's stance in the matter, but I'm sorry for having invoked the Dunning-Krueger effect about people whom I know little about, and who are not part in the "treating talents badly" thing I wrote about in a later post. Edited December 17, 2017 by BassTractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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