S/D Basstits part 42: Mostly harmless

[Lazarus.Bird]

Pilgrim on Metal Blade.

[demon666]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

Translation. It might be worthwhile to do just a 6 KT88 power while not worth it for a 4 x El34 power amp.



Trace Elliot v8 fans paging Demon666. Do the CL400 run 8 KT88s?

Yeah I have a V8 that runs 8xKT88's (even though I usually just run it at half power)

4xKT88's is where it's at kids

[Josh Pelican]

Originally Posted by LOCOPELAND

Ever get the LSTR? How is it?

The LSTR is ****ing amazing. Sounds great on both guitar and bass. I haven't had much time to play with it yet. Only tried it on a P-bass and a telecaster, but it's one heavy-ass pedal.

[demon666]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

Pilgrim on Metal Blade.

Yeah the locals that have never played local and just **** on the local scene. I will be surprised if they even show up. I don't know one person that has EVER seen them live. They are a good topic on the local boards.

[LOCOPELAND]

Originally Posted by Josh Pelican

The LSTR is ****ing amazing. Sounds great on both guitar and bass. I haven't had much time to play with it yet. Only tried it on a P-bass and a telecaster, but it's one heavy-ass pedal.

Nice!! I'm still considering getting one to have around for super heaviness. My guitar player tells me it's not that good for bass, but I wanna check it out for myself. Got any clips?

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by demon666

Yeah the locals that have never played local and just **** on the local scene. I will be surprised if they even show up. I don't know one person that has EVER seen them live. They are a good topic on the local boards.

tension?

[demon666]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

tension?

They talk a lot of **** for some youngans that have never played in Providence. They're from Newport (about 45 min away) and just trash the scene here when there is no scene in Newport. They'll book stuff and bail that night at like 9:00.

Put it this way they don't have too many fans or followers here.

[Kawai-chang]

Interesting?

http://grangeramp.com/sbva-300.php

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by Kawai-chang

Interesting?

http://grangeramp.com/sbva-300.php

There was starting to be some info on TB about that, but the locals ran them off with torches, pitchforks and angry cries of "WEBER KIT!!!".

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

There was starting to be some info on TB about that, but the locals ran them off with torches, pitchforks and angry cries of "WEBER KIT!!!".

That is definitely one way to get under a builders's skin.

[Moloch666]

Have no idea how it happened, but I just randomly started singing Soundgarden walking around the house in my best Chris Cornell imitation.

The cats looked at me strangely.

[dunwichamps]

Pharaoh is better for bass then LSTR IMO

[ampegfuzz]

Originally Posted by Moloch666

Have no idea how it happened, but I just randomly started singing Soundgarden walking around the house in my best Chris Cornell imitation.

The cats looked at me strangely.

Spoon man?

[JoeVictim]

Oh yeah I forgot to mention at our show. I had to fight to get the cab miked up. (miced or miked?) What should I be telling the sound guy in the future? I told him that I worked hard putting together my sound and I want it to be captured by mic instead of DI. Any of you guys have pushback?

[Ron Now]

I rarely have to fight for a mic, but we usually play places that "get it" when it comes to doom and loud metal bands.

If a sound guy is insistent that I need I DI, ill explain than I run distortion on 100% of the time and I can't be DI'd otherwise everything will sound like bees in a trash can.

[demon666]

Originally Posted by Ron Now

I rarely have to fight for a mic, but we usually play places that "get it" when it comes to doom and loud metal bands.

If a sound guy is insistent that I need I DI, ill explain than I run distortion on 100% of the time and I can't be DI'd otherwise everything will sound like bees in a trash can.

Yep. pretty much this. I never run clean. I also tape over any DI outs on my amps and say they're broken.

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Ron Now

I rarely have to fight for a mic, but we usually play places that "get it" when it comes to doom and loud metal bands.

If a sound guy is insistent that I need I DI, ill explain than I run distortion on 100% of the time and I can't be DI'd otherwise everything will sound like bees in a trash can.

It was kinda hillarious because both Thombo and I got miked and the last dude went DI. Of course, his only pedal was a tuner. HA. HAHAHA.


Bees in a trash can huh? Fuzz always on, sounds that way when DI'ed? I don't want some slick FOH terminology to be used on me here. I also don't want to be the jerkoff confrontational bass player either.

[mbelue]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Oh yeah I forgot to mention at our show. I had to fight to get the cab miked up. (miced or miked?) What should I be telling the sound guy in the future? I told him that I worked hard putting together my sound and I want it to be captured by mic instead of DI. Any of you guys have pushback?

Continually, that's why I switched to fearful but it hasn't been entirely successful. I haven't come back around to "my sound" that I had prior to The Great Gear Upheaval of 2012. Still looking for the right preamp, dirt, and compression. You know like nearly everything. Frustrating when gear budget comes from selling gear.

[Moloch666]

Originally Posted by ampegfuzz

Spoon man?

Blow Up The Outside World, then 20 minutes later Fell On Black Days.
Same look from the cats both times.

Originally Posted by Ron Now

I rarely have to fight for a mic, but we usually play places that "get it" when it comes to doom and loud metal bands.

If a sound guy is insistent that I need I DI, ill explain than I run distortion on 100% of the time and I can't be DI'd otherwise everything will sound like bees in a trash can.

Everywhere I've played so far they haven't had spare mics for bass so I've always had to run DI - but I crank the amp so FOH doesn't have to do as much work. Spending 5 minutes explaining to the sound guy you never run a clean tone usually helps too.

[mc_muench]

On the mic'd subject...Is it weird to ask for more than one cab mic'd? Each of my cabs has a different tone. And if I mic only one cab the crowd is only getting part of my overall tone.