StingRayBoy42

Thanks folks. I ended up getting a decent price on a used Voodoo Lab pedal power 2 from ebay so I went for that. Gotta say, the Harley Benton stuff looks amazing, is decently priced and no-one has a bad word to say about it... I've no doubt it's the business.

I bought Simon's Pedaltrain JR - a perfect transaction. Great item, good price, good comms, he travelled to deliver and was a thoroughly bloody nice bloke all round. Gold Star for Simon!

If you ask Hipshot, they'll tell you. I have a feeling it's a BT-14 which are difficult to find... tried to get one for a Squier P Bass but never did. You'll probably be better off with the drilling holes option!

Bought a Mono Betty strap from Steve. Great item, top comms, nice feller and he has an excellent dog. Cheers!

I bought a Valeton Overdrive from Jose - comms were great, item was exactly as described, well packaged and sent when he said it would be. Top Basschatter, buy (or sell) with confidence.

StingRay all the way. Love my Sterling Ray35, so obviously I'm GASing for a full fat USA Ray 5... in Honeyburst with a Maple neck please.

Just to echo what others have said - know the Bass line, know the lyrics and practice! For tricky syncopated bits, I find it can be useful to slow it right down and literally work out what syllable goes on what note, then speed it up. Another thing that vastly improves your singing is confidence. Easier said than done, but if you go into it thinking "my singing is rubbish", it will be!

For at home playing I loved my Markbass cmd 101 - it's even loud enough for quiet gigs. It was a bit underpowered for the bigger gigs so I traded it for a Markbass 802 - still sounds great at home volumes and loud enough to gig with. You'll need PA support if it's a loud rock band, but for chilled jazz stuff, it's the business.

Bought this fine gent's EHX tuner. Great comms, nice item, good price... Top Basschatting all the way!

Sean sold me some strings - Nice item, good comms, top man!