Eezee/Basil — are you OK?

[Bruce Coffman]

Just a quick check to see if anyone has heard anything from Basil at Eezee Slider? I placed a new bar order back in November ‘25 and the PayPal charge went through but it’s been “crickets” since then. Sent a couple of emails to check-in but no responses thus far.

I certainly hope he and Pat are both OK.

Cheers,
Bruce

[Daniel Morris]

According to his posts on Facebook, he is no longer making bars.

[Brett Day]

I talked with Basil before Christmas and he is no longer making the Ezzee Slide bars. I got one of the last few bars that he made-this one is black and it is an awesome bar. Basil told me that he had been making bars since 2016-he's been making the bars for nine years, and decided to retire. I now have two bars Basil built-the first one is white, and my newest one is black, both Sneaky Pete size bars, and they are the best bars I've ever used.

[Marco Coblenz]

I purchased one of his awesome bars about a year ago. When I later learned that he planned to cease production, I contacted him to ask whether I could purchase another one as a spare. He confirmed that he would include me in his final production run with tracked and insured shipping. This was early December.

I received and paid a PayPal invoice the following day. Later that day, I received a shipping notification via PayPal, but no tracking information was provided. Shipping to Germany normally takes no longer than two weeks.

In early January, as the item had still not arrived, I asked whether it had been shipped and was advised to be patient due to holiday delays. About a week ago, I requested a tracking ID again but have not received a response. I have since found that the PayPal invoice is no longer accessible and has been withdrawn due to possible fraud. What’s going on?

[Tim Toberer]

His website is down which had treasure trove of documents related to the Tavares brothers including detailed notes of their copedants. I copied some, but wish I had copied all.

[Chris Templeton]

My friend shipped a package from Vermont to Novia Scotia and was sent Dec. 15 and arrived Jan. 15th. It was pretty beat up. Probably due to the holidays and postal strike in Canada. Unless Basil has other issues, hopefully it'll get to you soon.

[Scott Spanbauer]

He appears to be active on the Fender Pedal Steel forum on Facebook as of yesterday, January 17th 2026.

[Bruce Coffman]

My experience has been very similar to Marco’s: placed order 11/24/25, discussed via email that Basil was retiring and that my order would be part of his “last batch”. Received and paid PayPal invoice 11/29/25, also without any tracking info. Since then (and after two emails) I’ve yet to hear anything from Basil. I’m a patient guy and usually quite understanding, but 98€ is 98€ and some communication wouldn’t be inappropriate at this stage.

I’ll check the Fender FB page and see what I can get.

[Bruce Coffman]

I just received a FB link updating that Basil and Pat have completed a “traumatic move” to their new home — and that all orders currently in-house will be completed next week before Basil moves his workshop.

Hope springs eternal…

[Brett Day]

Basil posted on Facebook again today that the last few bars are being shipped out, but he did say he's now wanting somebody younger to take over the company, which I think would be awesome! Ezzee Slide plays a huge part in my life as a steel guitarist because I always wondered how and when I would be able to handle a steel guitar bar that stays in my left hand. If there's one thing I regret as a steel guitarist, it's the fact that I didn't know about Ezzee Slide bars when they started being built in 2016. With cerebral palsy, stainless steel and chrome bars wouldn't work for my left hand, so a polymer bar is the best way to go for me.

[Bruce Coffman]

So six days ago I received an email from Royal Mail with a “tracking number” stating no package had been received to ship but a shipping order had been placed. Today I received notification that my order had made it to ISC Chicago (U.S. Customs) and was “being evaluated” for final shipment to me. Sounds pretty standard.

Strangely enough, six days ago I also received a full payment refund from PayPal b/c apparently “the vendor did not respond” to my request for PayPal to reach out to Basil re: the total lack of communication since last November. Assuming the bar is what I ordered (“long” 12-string 7/8”) I will encourage Basil to resubmit another PayPal invoice for payment — if I’m able to reach him.

Fingers still firmly crossed…