Stoner/DOOM Bassists part 35: Colorado Bound

[eyeballkid]

yep... best tube sound i've ever had.

[ampegfuzz]

Their is a lot of love for the front end of that amp in general.

[christw]

Cool, so it's not just me.

[bassboysam]

Tried the Pharaoh today with the band. not a fan of the higher gain settings but i think i have found my low gain and dark fuzz. i think it will replace my germanium oxfuzz. i'm goin to try the silicon settings next weekend.

[mlove]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

MiniPog if you wan polyphonic up octave and down octave

I had one and sold it.
It sounded way to digital to me.

[Sartori]

Originally Posted by ampegfuzz

What you doing?

I already took out the original P-bass pickup and installed a Ric bridge high gain pickup a bit closer to the bridge.

I'm planning on also installing a Ric toaster pickup at the neck position, and an MM style humbucker even closer to the bridge than the existing high gain.

I can't figure out how I want to wire it, though.

[JoeVictim]

Monobrow and Supervoid shirts are in.

Laz, this feels real soft. I usually don't like Hanes, but this is dope!

Love the design of both! Thanks guys!

[ampegfuzz]

Originally Posted by Sartori

I already took out the original P-bass pickup and installed a Ric bridge high gain pickup a bit closer to the bridge.

I'm planning on also installing a Ric toaster pickup at the neck position, and an MM style humbucker even closer to the bridge than the existing high gain.

I can't figure out how I want to wire it, though.

Put in another high gain instead of a MM and wire it like a G3, if that's posable. Pics?

[Sartori]

How's a G3 wired? Another high gain it's already too late for.

Pics of the Peavey so far:

[ampegfuzz]

http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/G3_techinfo.php

This is it but I think it will only work with 3 single coils. Wire it like a strat with just volume and master tone.

[Fuzzbassian]

I found this band a little while ago,called Shebrew.Got a heavy Kyuss-ey sound.Let down a little by the vocals I reckon,but give it a dig guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIeFhYRwz-c

[thombo]

swapping out the mia deluxe j5 for a 2nd mia standard p5 w/ a nordy jazz in the bride position... i'm psyched to get the new bass, but i wish it was a different color, i'll have two sunburst now. one of them is destine to be defretted!

[Sartori]

Originally Posted by ampegfuzz

http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/G3_techinfo.php

This is it but I think it will only work with 3 single coils. Wire it like a strat with just volume and master tone.

Ah, I see. That's a cool suggestion, but it's not really something that appeals to me.

I was thinking of doing a three way switch and a blend knob. One position would be just the toaster pickup at the neck. Another position would be the two bridge pickups, and the middle position would be all on.

I would then have the blend knob to decide the mix of the two bridge pickups.

I was thinking about just a two position switch, but I may as well have three positions if I'm going to have a switch.

[bassboysam]

Originally Posted by christw

Just curious, how many of you guys have tried the Fender Bassman 300? I got mine back in working order the other day and realized it has the most gnarly buzzsaw overdrive with my P bass. When I blended in the cleans with a little low comp, it was crazy heavy. I tried for weeks to get Ampeg SVTs to sound half as wild.

I had one a few years ago. I liked it but not enough to keep it. The power section was too clean for me and I couldn't get the dirt i liked. Having said that I have yet to hear a clean bass tone as full and powerful as that of the 300 Pro.

[thombo]

what about three on/off switches?

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by ampegfuzz

Their is a lot of love for the front end of that amp in general.

That's because the back end likes to melt down.....

I've got an 85lb paperweight of a 300T in my basement. With a laundry list of problems 5-800$ long. They sound amazing when they are working though, definitely an amp tweakers dream. Though I've come to appreciate the simplicity of the orange.

[bassboysam]

I forgot to mention. i did not have my fDeck HPF today at practice. i noticed a significant difference. i seemed to have to turn up louder and the lower notes did not punch through as easily as when i have the HPF.

[eyeballkid]

skip, is yours a Sunn or a fender?
i've heard the sunns were prone to issues that the fender isnt.

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by eyeballkid

skip, is yours a Sunn or a fender?
i've heard the sunns were prone to issues that the fender isnt.

Its the Sunn version, they changed it to the fender badge after they worked out all the kinks.

[eyeballkid]

that's what I suspected. i've heard lots complaints on the Sunn 300, but my fender is dead on reliable....strangely, my Sunn 1200s (the rackmount version) has never had a hiccup, no matter how hard I work it.