S/D Basstits part 42: Mostly harmless

[dunwichamps]

all u now need is a 300W tube head mahuhhhuhu

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

all u now need is a 300W tube head mahuhhhuhu

You may be (half) joking, but once I save up a new gear fund it'll probably go to you for an amp and Andrew Drake for another custom bass. Unless I sell some stuff or come into some spare cash though, it'll probably wait until my personal loan is paid off and I can re-up. So probably end of the year. That's almost always when I end up buying custom shizz.

[swspiers]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

Deposit paid on the Dually. Let the anticipation buildup commence.

Also, glancing quickly at my open tabs, it looks like the thread title is just "SAD Bass tits".

Dude. Not for nothing, but your opinion will carry some weight, at least on this thread. Did he give you any timeline for delivery?

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by swspiers

Dude. Not for nothing, but your opinion will carry some weight, at least on this thread. Did he give you any timeline for delivery?

He said 30-45 days. Expect multiple demo clips, tube and solid state, clean and with pedals, standard and baritone tuning, some thoughtful reviews and probably an Ampeg 810e side by side comparison at some point.

[dunwichamps]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

You may be (half) joking, but once I save up a new gear fund it'll probably go to you for an amp and Andrew Drake for another custom bass. Unless I sell some stuff or come into some spare cash though, it'll probably wait until my personal loan is paid off and I can re-up. So probably end of the year. That's almost always when I end up buying custom shizz.

Sounds good

[swspiers]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

He said 30-45 days. Expect multiple demo clips, tube and solid state, clean and with pedals, standard and baritone tuning, some thoughtful reviews and probably an Ampeg 810e side by side comparison at some point.

Cool. And more info on those custom basses would be nice...

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by swspiers

Cool. And more info on those custom basses would be nice...

The Drake Custom? What do you want to know?

[swspiers]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

The Drake Custom? What do you want to know?

Quality, price, tone...

Never heard of them.

[Lazarus.Bird]

Can anyone tell me what the general maximum length is you should have on one side of a record? I am trying to figure out how many of our tracks we should record, or at least how many we can record that will fit onto one vinyl.

http://www.chicagomasteringservice.com/vinyl.html

That website says the max they will do is 22 minutes, but I'm pretty sure I own some records that go past this by a decent amount? Maybe not.

[mbelue]

Originally Posted by swspiers

Quality, price, tone...

Never heard of them.

You don't want to see it? Man we need pictures!

[Ron Now]

Over 20 minutes the quality starts to degrade quickly. You can definitely fit more, it'll just not sound as good as it could.

We try not to do more than 20 minutes a side when we out stuff out (especially reissues that weren't written with vinyl in mind).

[Corey Y]

Drake Custom quality is top shelf. Andrew's style is stain grade hardwood builds and he makes everything from lumber, no parts builds (unless you ask him to) and generally posts galleries of your build in progress. I grew up in a wood shop and there's still a small active one attached to our business, so I had a long talk with him about wood working and wood choices over the phone before deciding to have him build me something. His work is simply beautiful, none of my own pictures do it justice, but he has a gallery of my bass on his site:

http://www.drakecustombass.com/mk-4-010212

Wood choice ended up being walnut front/back, with a chambered maple center, quarter sawn maple neck with ebony fretboard at 33" scale for Eb tuning. It came in just about 8 lbs exactly. It's definitely the shoulder/back saver.

The thing that impressed me most about Drake was that he didn't just ask me for a list of specs, he wanted to know what type of music I played, what gear I used and what I was looking to get out of an instrument. That's what I want to hear from a custom builder, because my experience as someone who does custom quotes is that sometimes people push to get what they're asking for, without necessarily really knowing what they want/need. He typically uses Hipshot hardware and EMG electronics, but you can request whatever you want. I bought mine built with Seymour Duncan humbuckers, with passive V/V/T controls, but ended up swapping them out for Nordstrands later, which I liked better. He has his preferences and recommendations, but ultimately you can get whatever you want if you pay for it.

My big priorities were being light weight, well balanced, having deep and clear tone and stainless steel frets. I wanted to save my shoulder and be able to hear my amps and pedals without the bass coloring a lot. I got all of that and it's definitely one of the lightest and the best balanced instruments I've owned. The only slightly negative thing I can say about my Drake Custom is that it's EXACTLY what I asked for, deep and clear sounding. It made me realize I've never really owned a bass that didn't have a strong personality, tone wise. Doing it over again I think I more try to recreate a tone I already like and get the custom aesthetic/feel I want, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel with a custom build. I realized I like a little bite and dirt in my pickups, but I can (and did/do) change pickups. The bass itself is a great platform for whatever I put in it. I won't go off about how much wood effects or doesn't effect tone, but there are certainly a lot of things that can go wrong with a bass to keep it from just sounding like the strings and the pickup and the Drake doesn't get in the way. My next build will most likely be something similar to what I already have, but with a Precision pickup and a slightly wider nut, with a scale and setup suitable for BEAD tuning. Since that's the setup I have ended up using most with my own original music and I use my cheapest bass for it (MIM Precision). My current Drake Custom "DC Model 4" is a great jack of all trades session style bass (deep on the neck PU, honky on the bridge PU, smooth and scooped with both, great into dirt pedals), so I think the next one will be a mean machine, "one trick pony" kind of deal. The Drake has been my go-to bass for Cold Mourning since I got it, since I can change up my sound really easily depending on what the songs call for. There's a lot of variety between the band's back catalog and newer material we've already written, so it comes in handy.

I thought I had some clips on the soundcloud, but I think most of the clips I have are from before I started that account and I was just hosting individual clips online. I'll make some clips and some head to head stuff this weekend and post them up.

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

Can anyone tell me what the general maximum length is you should have on one side of a record? I am trying to figure out how many of our tracks we should record, or at least how many we can record that will fit onto one vinyl.

http://www.chicagomasteringservice.com/vinyl.html

That website says the max they will do is 22 minutes, but I'm pretty sure I own some records that go past this by a decent amount? Maybe not.

That sounds good to me. If you have more than two sides can accommodate, hello...double gatefold quadruple vinyl release!

[Lazarus.Bird]

Well we could easily do a double vinyl material wise but the cost to have single vinyls printed is already pretty staggering for us.

PS thanks for the input guys. A lot of this stuff regarding recording and making an album is really new to me and you guys have been a godsend.

[mbelue]

Yup, that drake is tasty.

[dunwichamps]

NPD:

[Sartori]

Originally Posted by Rockin Mike

How old can you be before you are too old to play Stoner/Doom?
Also, do you have to do drugs?

I like the music but I don't really fit the demographic.

How old is too old? Depends on if you have roadies, probably.

How old is Geezer Butler?

[Sartori]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

Typically if a sound guy DI's me, I just make sure everyone in the crowd can hear my cab. I'm pretty certain when I get DI'd there's not a whole lot of me in the PA anyways. One easy way around being DI'd is to always bring your own mic.



http://www.outerbatteryrecords.com/p...e-in-denver-lp



Network Engineer for the Computer Science department.

All this D.A.R.E. talk and you guys are gonna make us smokers feel alienated

How do you guys like this show flyer?

Sold out?! Noooooooooo!

I should get some sort of job at a university. Might have a good schedule.

And that's a cool flyer.

[swspiers]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

NPD:

ooooooh

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[CL400Peavey]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

He said 30-45 days. Expect multiple demo clips, tube and solid state, clean and with pedals, standard and baritone tuning, some thoughtful reviews and probably an Ampeg 810e side by side comparison at some point.

Considering he has a tour in there, that's pretty fantastic turn around.