PLEASE - how do I get rid of the basso sound in Calendar OS X Lion

Surely, there must be some easy way to do it. 
I, like many others I'm sure, hate that basso sound for my calendar alerts.
I used to be a Windows person and everyone kept telling me how great Macs are.
So I've now switched to a MacBook Pro.
Just on this score - I'm not impressed at all!

Hallelujah - and good riddance Basso!!!!
After hunting about thru lots of different posts in lots of different places I have found how to do it and have done so myself with great success, thanks to someone called Mike DiVincenzo back in August 2012.
1. In Finder, go to the "Go" menu: Computer/Macintosh HD /System/Library/Sounds.
2. Delete the “Basso.aiff” file.
3. Make a copy of the alert sound you want.
4. Rename the copy to “Basso.aiff.”
5. This will make all apps that use Basso for Notification Center play your chosen sound instead.
You will be asked to add your Mac (NOT your Apple ID) password to make the changes a couple of times.
And you will have to restart your computer to have the change take effect.
***Note also ... "Backson" in Dec. 2013 said:-
"A safer alternative to deleting Basso is to rename it to something else (like "Basso-BACKUP.aiff"). That way, if you ever decide you want to get the sound back, it's not gone forever. Or you could make a backup copy of it in some other directory."
I'm s-o-o-o grateful to those two people.  Fantastic advice.
Cheers - am super happy now!

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