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The 6 pointed star things (torx bolts) are usually found inside cars. I used to install car A/V & alarms some 10 years ago & this wee tub was always getting used (& still does). Edited to keep this in topic..... http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/386137_303234506362156_100000268266350_1181411_1185867691_n.jpg Poor quality iPhone photo & can't get it to post properly (it's on facebook).

I see you've got one of those blue rubber things. Best £4 I've spent! Never thought I'd use Torx bits so often.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1321985053' post='1445199'] Thats quite a shift IMO from a grand budget to a Dingwall, even the Mayones are 25% over the budget! I liked the Laklands I tried all within a bag of sand ps- Obviously a used Stingray is the correct answer anyway [/quote] 2nd hand should fit his budget though.

I'd go for this.... [url="http://www.barnyarns.co.uk/Daylight-Ultimate-Floorstanding-Lamp-pr-24013.html"]Stagelight![/url] Transferrable between basses (& other instruments) too!

[quote name='CaioBM' timestamp='1321977231' post='1445048'] But what other basses on that mark would you recommend? [/quote] I'd get my butt to somewhere like Bass Direct & try some Dingwalls (I tried one about 7 years ago in Vegas & wanted one then) & also Mayones & Shuker look like top contenders in the £1000-1500 bracket. Edited to say, How can I forget about the top end Ibanez basses! If you can find a good SR, give it a try.

Well, it's good to know these things.

Those links above should give you a good insight. Simply put, it's mainly down to how well the cab is tuned for the driver as different drivers require differently tuned cabs (port size, internal dimentions, etc) & then there's what kind of material the cab is made of & so on.

Clauster has a good point. I prefer the Corvette's shape to any of the Fenders, but all have good (but different) sounds. I personally wouldn't go for any, as I think there are many better basses for around the £1k mark, But it's all down to personal taste. Like ALG says, let your ears decide.

Welcome to BC. If there's anything you need to know, I'm sure you'll find the answer here.

& try your local Crack Converters & their website.

Welcome to BC. I'm afraid you won't find many humans on here, though you may meet a few Yorkshiremen!

Vote? I'm a bassist. I don't vote! OK, go on then. Just this once..... I don't know, can we have multiple choice?

Sorry JTUK, it's not down to the instrument they play, it's down to the person having a different taste (which might be crap taste) or just being a tw@. I started life as a keys player, but love all sounds that are good from the lowest rumble to the highest squeal. Or maybe I was really a bassist before ever picking up a bass?

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1321666530' post='1441899'] But by your definition, is Bryan Beller is not a good bass player then?? [/quote] Far from it. He learned his mistake from losing the 1st Vai gig & managed to adapt to get the right sounds needed. He can now happily switch from getting a rounded bass tone (that's associated with fingerstyle) to a more sharp aggressive tone very easily just by how he plays. I wasn't disagreeing with your advice given, more like the opposite. A bassist should always know that his sound/style affects the groove of the song & he should be willing to use whatever technique he can to make sure it fits. Whether that means adapting his fingerstyle like Beller does or uses a pick or some other object makes no difference. See when you say Beller "developed" that technique, do you mean he actually came up with it or just learned how to do it? I grew up listening to Sheehan in the late 80s with Talas & he had a very aggressive tone back then.

I don't think I can add much to what's been said, other than listen to the song you're playing & decide what's gonna sound best for it. A good bass player will happily switch how he plays, even mid song. I mainly play with fingers & it's what I prefer, but we have a couple of songs that just need the pick & even one with some slapping (though that's usually the guitarist for noodling during a slow vocal part).

1/2 the fun is experimenting with the order of your fx. An order that works well is octave - distortion - fuzz - filter (wah) - delay. But mess about with the order as you'll find that a pedal in one place will sound very different in another. I'm gonna try sticking my distortion before the octave & then overdrive after it just to see how it sounds. If I don't like it, I change it back. Easy!

Not sure. I'll ask him next time I see him & let you know. He's 70 in April, so I'd think your friend would need to be pushing 90 for it to be when he was there!

It's convincing the wife to get away. I used to go out with a girl down in Cumbria many moons ago & had no trouble with the journey. Funny enough, my dad went to boarding school in Moffat.

I'd love to go to the Moffat Bash. Hopefully sometime, but it's quite a trek from here (I know there's folk that travel further). One up this way would get more of the locals out who can't stay away overnight & there seems to be quite a few Central bassists on here now & with the M9 at Glasgow now upgraded, takes no time at all.

"Fender Sub Lime Fuzz - Dunlop Bass Wah - Rat Distortion pedal - MXR M288 Octave pedal - MXR M169 Carbon Copy delay pedal - Amp" Is that the order you run your fx in? Seems a little unusual having the octave near the end of the chain, but if it works for you Like you may have gathered, not many folk use the amp's fx loop other than to maybe run through a rack fx unit. Have you tried the Rat in a different position in the chain?

Sounds like a square wave distortion to me with maybe some extra resonance for good measure. Yes, it can be done.

Happy user of Markbass here. EBS are very good too though. My advice, go & try both.

Looking at your rigs, have you got them raised up so you (& your audience) can hear them clearly? Sound reflections bouncing off walls is a lot clearer than getting absorbed by folks legs.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1321536739' post='1440289'] And we will never hear or see you again. Best thing you will ever do. enjoy the big day when it comes round. Cheers Dave [/quote] You wont get rid of me that easily!