Stoner/DOOM Bassists part 35: Colorado Bound

[Lazarus.Bird]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

I have only ever had lots of love from Laz so I cant complain. Still gotta "laz" him with a pedal or something

Eh, gimmie six months or so and I'm sure I'll be wanting an Orange tube clone in a green head case

[dunwichamps]

In other news I got 2 15" speakers in today, one Legend 1518 and one Big Ben from Ancient. I also got some kool stuff from sonny

[dunwichamps]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

Eh, gimmie six months or so and I'm sure I'll be wanting an Orange tube clone in a green head case

arent tube amps your anathema?

I was thinking like what I would do was do this really sick looking pedal design on the top but inside its just like 1 capacitor and 1 resistors. Pots dont do anything and neither does the DC power jack

[twhitedc]

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

According to the rest of TB, we play too loud, carry around too much equipment, don't use enough Fenders, don't blend enough clean into our fuzz, smoke too many cigarettes, drink too much booze on stage, experiment with too many substances, and probably eat too many cheeseburgers. And we don't shave nearly enough and we date the wrong women.

-> No cheeseburgers here, but I would most definitely drop anyone who insinuated my lady had the herp due to her art... That's some ****. On that note, I love her to pieces... pretty stoked to get married in the next few weeks... I'll also have more time for band formation following wedding festivities... and she's cool with that, which makes her all the more awesome... Even if she could care less about metal she respects my love / history with it.

Originally Posted by dozicusmaximus

Stoner/Doom Bassists pt 36: smoke filled rooms and liquid courage
Stoner/Doom Bassists pt 36: Ow my back
Stoner/Doom Bassists pt 36: fuzzy smokey whiskey drenched man hair
Stoner/Doom Bassists pt 36: snortin cheese and smackin strangs

Don't we have half a thread left? I'm sure we'll have a few more suggestions but I vote for "Smoke Filled Rooms & Liquid Courage" or "Fuzzy Smokey Whiskey Drenched Man Hair" - though we should specify that it not necessarily be on the scalp....

Originally Posted by JMac4strngr

Newbie post here.
I have lurked around here a bit, but never posted. You Gents seem to have a cool thing going on here.
All that said, I have been listening to some Stoner Rock/Doom stuff for a little while, but I am basically a newb to most of the Genre, but I've really liked most everything that I found so far.
Any guidance help, that I can get from You Guys is greatly appreciated.

Welcome! There's a lot of bands mentioned on here, check back a few times a day. For the above mentioned reasons this is the best thread on TB. What part of the A are you in? What bands have you done recently. I was living in marietta & sandy springs from 2005 - 2009. Maybe I can put you in touch with a few people....

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

Welcome, dude. Step 1 is subscribing to this thread, and slowly realizing theres no other threads here worth posting in other than buying/selling more gear in the classifieds.

^ THIS

Step 2 is keeping a little notebook to write down when anyone posts cool new sludge/doom bands, theres sooooo much music that I would never know existed if not for the participants of this thread.

Step 3 is to drool over Dunwich's technical creations and a few other members' ridiculous stacks of 15" speakers

Step 4 is to tease Laz when he orders custom gear and gets screwed on the deal, ie. "Lazzed". I believe he just ordered an EGC custom bass, which by the rule of Laz will be a gross disappointment until his 3rd attempt

On a personal note bad news is I think my acousti-punk band is done, good news is I spent 90 mins playing last night... Actually it was the first time I played non-acoustic since the storm... I'm still trying to get a handle on the meatsmoke and tweak the dirt pedals to cover different sonic territory. But this is where I'm at... It was also the first time I've tried to blend the meatsmoke signal with a clean signal from the acoustic 320.

Initial Impressions:
Blending the 2 signals is a good idea, but a very delicate balance... Quite honestly the meatsmoke sounds pretty amazing on it's own IMO and the pedals must be at unity volume or else kicking them on totally buries the clean signal since it exits the board before the dirt...

If I'm only running 1 cab I think I prefer the sound of the meatmoke through the Ampeg 410 Hlf as opposed to the old Road 215. More bass response, overall tighter sound: the 15's just turned too thin for my tastes with dirt... Made the Big Spider sound weak... Running both cabs is an acceptable option if for some reason the 410 isn't enough... or I have lots of space to fill and a van. Previously I wasn't really a fan of running the acoustic through the 410 but with the BRIGHT button engaged on the clean channel it sounds very Sans Amp-ish very youth crew - Gorilla Biscuits sounding...

This has led me to place the V4 on top of the 215... Next time I get a chance to get loud I want to give this combo a shot.. I know the V4's came with 215's but I haven't paired up this head and this old cab YET! I think it'll work well leaving me with 2 potentially independent rigs.

Finally: TRASH SCORE!
-> I'm assuming i found these on the curb due to storm - related flooding. One is an older Peavey PA head... It's missing a fuse, and wouldn't power on... worst case scenario I'll scavenge the knobs, corners, and handles... the Second a Peavey Power Amp makes some subtle electronic noise through channel A, but Channel B seems to work fine... Could be useable to power a cab with the meatsmoke, or a couple of PA monitors. Are there any cautions against using this guy? I know Laz's monolith killed his power amp, but can a compromised power source damage a speaker or a pre? Nick? Adam maybe?
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...EE3234FFC6.jpg

[Toastfuzz]

Seriously considering pulling the trigger on these generic-ass 200watt 8 ohmers.... $70 shipped for 2, at that price I can't hurt to try.

http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/55-2953

On the cab, my one Altec speaker burned out, and who knows how long I played it through just the single EV. On the Acoustic, we were in midsong when my sound started cutting out, and smoke started seeping out the vents. I'm taking it home for my dad to tinker with it over Thanksgiving.... he's pretty confident that being an old 70's solid state, he will be able to diagnose and possibly fix it if its not hosed. He's good with oldschool electronics like that.

[dunwichamps]

"According to the rest of TB, we play too loud, carry around too much equipment, don't use enough Fenders, don't blend enough clean into our fuzz, smoke too many cigarettes, drink too much booze on stage, experiment with too many substances, and probably eat too many cheeseburgers. And we don't shave nearly enough and we date the wrong women." should be the entire title of the next doom room thread

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

To add to the Laz pile-on, he graciously bought me a 70's Acoustic 370 amplifier and 70's Sunn 2x15 cab over the summer, both of which sh*t the bed within the last month

Which reminds me, today I'm dedicating serious time to finding proper 15"s for the Sunn. Possible Faitels or whatever, gotta talk to usspeaker and some other sources. I know I had some others on the hook who wanted to know good drivers for the old Sunn's so hopefully by end of day I'll have an order placed and be able to dish some 2nd hand knowledge on yinz

The one speaker that blew in my old Yamaha (before I bought it) was replaced with Eminence something. (I think beta) I can try to look next time, if you want. It still sounds really good with one Yamaha and one Eminence speaker.

[demon666]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

...I don't really like supermodels that much. I'd be more into the suicide girls than the victoria secret models.

Haha a couple of them used my place for a photo shoot at my house after a party one night. They're ok but yeah big time daddy issues. It was a pretty fun night/ next day though, even though I did have to babysit a couple of young gutter punks that were friends with them.

[Toastfuzz]

I just pulled the trigger on those generic 200 watt 15"s at $27 each that I posted a few up. I figured currently I'm stuck with my bandmate's Crate 2x15, which I really do not like... the customer reviews sound positive on these and they have to sound better than the Crate. Worst case if they don't jive with the Sunn I don't mind keeping them around for a future project or flipping them on Craigslist for more than I paid.

[mc_muench]

I'm sure speakers and it's cabinet have a lot to shape your sound but at the end of a day it's still just a box with any old speakers to me. Are they as efficient as a dully/super cab, no, but they sure do make racket. IMHO IME YMMV Carrots

[Lowest End]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

"According to the rest of TB, we play too loud, carry around too much equipment, don't use enough Fenders, don't blend enough clean into our fuzz, smoke too many cigarettes, drink too much booze on stage, experiment with too many substances, and probably eat too many cheeseburgers. And we don't shave nearly enough and we date the wrong women." should be the entire title of the next doom room thread

Indeed.


I'm stunned by the staggering closed-mindedness on display on - of all things - a forum for musicians. "If it isn't x, it stinks. If it's more than y, it's too much".

[dunwichamps]

I posted that quote on my dunwich FB page and it already got a lot of feedback

also, this and a lot of other amp shlt came in today as well

[ampegfuzz]

Originally Posted by beebassdude

i fully expect him to declare it the best bass hes ever played in his life, and sell his ric. mark this **** down lol.

That's every bass he buys

[dunwichamps]

we all go through a honeymoon phase with gear, then its back to the passive aggressive mental abuse phase, and after that it is the sell off I am in debt phase, and finally the regretful I need to buy it back/buy another one phase.

[dozicusmaximus]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

we all go through a honeymoon phase with gear, then its back to the passive aggressive mental abuse phase, and after that it is the sell off I am in debt phase, and finally the regretful I need to buy it back/buy another one phase.

Yup, haha...

[Lazarus.Bird]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

arent tube amps your anathema?

No way man. I loved my SVT-CL. I still wish I hadn't sold it. I've also owned a YBA200 and SVT-VR. The SVT-7 Pro simply sounded better than the VR so I sold the VR. Then I wanted to try a high gain tube pre without spending much money and wanted a backup amp, so the Terror Bass was a no brainer. I just happen to own two SS heads at the moment.

Originally Posted by ampegfuzz

That's every bass he buys

Sorry, I realize you guys are pulling my chain, but this simply isn't true. My '75 P is a much more comfortable player than my Ric, mainly just because of the body shape and such. But the Ric has a great neck and sound awesome it is my main player. I sold the green Ric because I found it uncomfortable. Same with the Ibanez Artist.

[dunwichamps]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

No way man. I loved my SVT-CL. I still wish I hadn't sold it. I've also owned a YBA200 and SVT-VR. The SVT-7 Pro simply sounded better than the VR so I sold the VR. Then I wanted to try a high gain tube pre without spending much money and wanted a backup amp, so the Terror Bass was a no brainer. I just happen to own two SS heads at the moment.

no problemo. I should have some bass amp example soon, very soon. One will have a built in overdrive channel

[ampegfuzz]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

No way man. I loved my SVT-CL. I still wish I hadn't sold it. I've also owned a YBA200 and SVT-VR. The SVT-7 Pro simply sounded better than the VR so I sold the VR. Then I wanted to try a high gain tube pre without spending much money and wanted a backup amp, so the Terror Bass was a no brainer. I just happen to own two SS heads at the moment.

Sorry, I realize you guys are pulling my chain, but this simply isn't true. My '75 P is a much more comfortable player than my Ric, mainly just because of the body shape and such. But the Ric has a great neck and sound awesome it is my main player. I sold the green Ric because I found it uncomfortable. Same with the Ibanez Artist.

You just need to horde like me

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

I just pulled the trigger on those generic 200 watt 15"s at $27 each that I posted a few up. I figured currently I'm stuck with my bandmate's Crate 2x15, which I really do not like... the customer reviews sound positive on these and they have to sound better than the Crate. Worst case if they don't jive with the Sunn I don't mind keeping them around for a future project or flipping them on Craigslist for more than I paid.

Let us/me know how those work out. I have a feeling I'll be killing my 15"s at some point. I try to be careful, but **** happens.

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

No way man. I loved my SVT-CL. I still wish I hadn't sold it. I've also owned a YBA200 and SVT-VR. The SVT-7 Pro simply sounded better than the VR so I sold the VR. Then I wanted to try a high gain tube pre without spending much money and wanted a backup amp, so the Terror Bass was a no brainer. I just happen to own two SS heads at the moment.



Sorry, I realize you guys are pulling my chain, but this simply isn't true. My '75 P is a much more comfortable player than my Ric, mainly just because of the body shape and such. But the Ric has a great neck and sound awesome it is my main player. I sold the green Ric because I found it uncomfortable. Same with the Ibanez Artist.

I'm glad you buy lots of stuff. Gives me a chance to check out new gear/get reviews, from a guy that I have respect for (and also has similar tonal goals).