Bolo

Wash briefly with cold water before playing, use soap every now and then. Dry with towel, play!

What a tragedy, metal loses one of it's most influential musicians, a pioneer of extreme music. RIP Jeff!

Well I can't go, people might think I'm Sean Connery!

There are so many brands that give you clean and Solid, most of them with their own flavor or 'signature' mixed in. SWR is a good one, and you may find what you seek in a Peavey, markbass (though more expensive), Kustom, Gallien Krueger, Hartke, Ashdown. They are all fine, the key is to try before you buy. Compare as many as you can! Also, have fun searching, the search alone taught me a lot.

The Happy Tree Friends tune. The score from the Halloween movie. These are a few of my favorite things- from that musical....

Baggy jeans like that were thay scottish bloke's doing. What his name... MacHammer? Edit: it's not me.

[quote name='The Hat' timestamp='1366664035' post='2055805'] And this shows my ignorance here, but when I do listen to metal, I don't here the bass line at all. Where as with any other music I can always pick it out. [/quote] With thrash metal look for the high mids or high overtones that give m away. Detuners are often audible in growly subs. Kiss and Maiden type stuff is very midsy too... anything to get around those sloppy guitards realy

There's oodles and more of interesting and challenging basslines in heavy metal. Some bands not so much, where the bass just follows guitar and nothing else. Too many bands to name them all feature imaginative virtuose and creative bass players, whose parts are not at all easily copyed. The fun in playing slow (laid-back) basic blues/rock for half an hour or more escapes me, it feels like a chore. Me I'd rather play thrilling fast rollercoaster parts, that keep me on my toes and demand my full attention when playing. Just to name a few people that have me raise the bar for my own skills: Frank Bello, Dan Lilker, Steve Harris, Paul Barker, Jo Bench, Frank Watkins, Phil Rind.... Listening to these people (and many others) makes me pick up my bass, try to play what they play and incorporate what I learn in my own songwriting. On the other hand, 'great' bands like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Yes, Genesis and many other millionsellers I can hardly bare to listen a single song of. It takes all kinds apparently!

What's wrong with the crowd though? Hollerin' and carrying on while people are talking up there! Brilliant speech I must say.

Check out the Peavey pro-vb3. 37 lbs @ 8×el34 Edit: you beat me to it

GAS-free since I got my 1996 SR5. Transparant teal green, birdseye maple neck. It's love I tell ya.

Cat Ass Trophy

How about the roland quadcapture? Not sure it's specced for your needs but I think it'll do nicely.

Wicked! That streamliner is a prettier head than the shuttle I must say.

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1[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Z.Vex Wah Probe - 1[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Since tuners are still in the list I added my Ashdown BassOmeter aswell.[/font][/color]

Set the head on it's side [] next to the handle

Looks like it's a chore to tune every time, those tuner pegs seem snugly fitted.

Just got done with my board, baked the cables myself because a guy has to learn right? Only thing left is to tape off the Leds on the BassOmeter, boy are they bright! [IMG]http://imageshack.us/a/img27/8771/20130301233907.jpg[/IMG]

That private stock bass looks pretty good, and that price is only in mickey mouse money One string more and I'd be saving up for one!

DRs. The high-beams i found very bright. The lo-riders are great but I was still missing some oomph at the Gstring. Now I'm rocking their DDT drop down tuning strings 135-50 5string set and it blows me away! Solid tone, best low B ever and all strings have the same sound characteristics, B through G.

+1

Best Comp I've tested and permanent on my board. It is one of those you won't hear until you switch it off. Very versatile thanks to the well chosen control options, from a soft knee squish to hard knee limiting if you so desire. The input gain sets how much of your signal is affected... actually the review by ovnilab is fairly accurate, and it's a great site to browse through when looking for a comp: Http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/mxrbass.shtml

I just ordered the Ashdown BassOmeter because I had room for a big ugly pedal on my board. Will update with my findings later this week.