Stoner/DOOM Bassists thread part 36 - Old School Death Metal Wannabes

[Tractorr]

Originally Posted by eyeballkid

DUDE! you got to see Om AND Daniel Higgs together??!! geez!! what a good combo!

(for more higgs-ness check out lungfish....)

It was a pretty cool lineup. I liked that it was just the two of them. Seems I am getting old because I don't want to see a ton of bands anymore. Just give me a couple good bands.

[twhitedc]

Sorry I missed it...

Just started gassing HARD for one of these:http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EBTCAWBH/#
Doesn't look good though with the wedding just a few weeks away, and the unplanned 2 week vacation courtesy of Hurricane Sandy. Hopefully the used gear gods will be kind to me, because I don't have anything that I really want to sell at the moment.

Hows everyone else's Saturday?

[bassboysam]

Originally Posted by twhitedc

Sorry I missed it...

Just started gassing HARD for one of these:http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EBTCAWBH/#
Doesn't look good though with the wedding just a few weeks away, and the unplanned 2 week vacation courtesy of Hurricane Sandy. Hopefully the used gear gods will be kind to me, because I don't have anything that I really want to sell at the moment.

Hows everyone else's Saturday?

That looks cool. i had an Epi T-bird years ago. couldn't get used to the neck.


Spent my morning shooting hoops. now off to fill out my paperwork to get my visa for Dubai.

[The_Janitor]

Saturday's ok so far. Eating a turkey sandwich for breakfast and preparing to go shopping for tomorrow's Thanksgiving III feast. My wife and I always end up at our respective family's places for thanksgiving which is busy and stressful. So the weekend after has been deemed Thanksgiving III. I cook a large, somewhat elaborate meal and we watch epic movies. Last year it was all 3 Lord of the Rings movies back to back. Not sure what we'll watch this time. I'm making come curry with lamb, and I'm going to try grilling some Naan bread.

[Rushing]

Originally Posted by The_Janitor

I'm making come curry with lamb, and I'm going to try grilling some Naan bread.

Woke up by my crazy ass upstairs neighbor who was ranting and raving while dropping everything she owns on the floor. Just a couple more days til her crazy ass is gone!

Breakfast over now to getting the coffee rolling and to do the most DOOM thing ever...clean the house.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by Rushing

Woke up by my crazy ass upstairs neighbor who was ranting and raving while dropping everything she owns on the floor. Just a couple more days til her crazy ass is gone!

Breakfast over now to getting the coffee rolling and to do the most DOOM thing ever...clean the house.

Doom housecleaning about to happen here as well.
Woo.

[Lazarus.Bird]

Had my bass lesson today. Really happy with how things are progressing. I have a lot of fun studying the theory side of playing bass.

Have to spend some time with more family later today. That means its time to light up and listen to my Dopethrone vinyl.

[Road Bull]

Originally Posted by Rushing

Woke up by my crazy ass upstairs neighbor who was ranting and raving while dropping everything she owns on the floor. Just a couple more days til her crazy ass is gone!

Breakfast over now to getting the coffee rolling and to do the most DOOM thing ever...clean the house.

LMFAO.

You too hugh?

My next door neighbor that I share a wall with went completely sideways a couple months ago. He has been here for at least two years, but only recently has become a few sandwiches short of a picnic. Its too bad too. He was a cool guy that played guitar, very laid back sort of California personality. Then one day he accused be of spying on him by sending cameras down through the oven vent, from the ROOF!...?? He would think he heard something on the roof, (we do have huge raccoons here) and run outside, climb the apartment stairs and run all over my roof trying to find his assailant. Then he would be pissed off that he didn't find anything. I am no doctor, but I believe he was becoming paranoid schizophrenic. Some days he would be cool, and other days it was like he had been waiting for me to come home to confront me about some new paranoid delusion and make some vague threat of what would happen if he could catch his tormentor. Jesus...

Its given me motivation to carry more often. Anyway, he finally gave the landlord notice that he would be leaving at the end of the month. Thank god... Good riddance to bad baggage.

[mlove]

mia jazz back from tech with warmoth neck!
Play nice, pics to follow maybe tonight/tomorrow.

[eyeballkid]

road bull: be very careful with this guy. I once had a friend go paranoid schizo and fixate his delusions on me. one day he walked miles to my job to kill me. right out of the blue, with no warning or hint it was gonna happen.... he's now incarcerated for a long long time.

even after this dude is "gone", keep an eye out for him. I have great compassion for people suffering from mental issues, but there is few things more dangerous than a schizo who fixates on you.

[thombo]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

Had my bass lesson today. Really happy with how things are progressing. I have a lot of fun studying the theory side of playing bass.

Have to spend some time with more family later today. That means its time to light up and listen to my Dopethrone vinyl.

as someone who had lessons at the start, i'm really curious about what kind of stuff your teacher does. you can obviously play (well), and connect what is in your head with what you want to hear. what kind of material is your teacher giving you?

[Lazarus.Bird]

I never took lessons before so just note theory and learning the fingerboard but at an accelerated rate. Intervals n'at.

[Josh Pelican]

Originally Posted by beebassdude

X-cases. Awesome stuff, super fast turnaround, and good prices.

http://stores.ebay.com/XCASE-Wholesale

thats the ebay store, but just call the number. he used to have a website but might have gotten rid of it, i cant find it. awesome stuff tho.

Thank you, sir!

[thombo]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

I never took lessons before so just note theory and learning the fingerboard but at an accelerated rate. Intervals n'at.

is it in the context of songs, or just "this is a C maj scale... play it in 1st position... now play it going up the neck?" Touching on arpeggios at all?

[SleepingMikkel]

I think I dove into this genre in an odd way, I'm a student of jazz and classical, I've always been a theory and progressive music hound, but for some reason I've always been drawn to this style of music. I remember being around the age of four when my mom put on "Master of Reality" on during a long car ride, then years later my uncle introducing me to Kyuss and Saint Vitus, few weeks later I started playing bass and I found the almighty Sleep. Now if only match (not force) together prog. and stoner.

[LOCOPELAND]

Holy s**t, this is cool

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/msg/3429632186.html

[Hutzbordello]

going to see high on fire, goatwhore, primate, and lo pan in boton tonight. After seeing om on tuesday im pretty pumped to compare pike's show.

Anyone else going to the show at the middle east tonight?

[Sartori]

Originally Posted by twhitedc

Sorry I missed it...

Just started gassing HARD for one of these:http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EBTCAWBH/#
Doesn't look good though with the wedding just a few weeks away, and the unplanned 2 week vacation courtesy of Hurricane Sandy. Hopefully the used gear gods will be kind to me, because I don't have anything that I really want to sell at the moment.

Hows everyone else's Saturday?

Daaaaamn

I hate playing T-birds, and I'm gassing for that. Why do they have to look so damn cool in white?

[Road Bull]

Originally Posted by eyeballkid

road bull: be very careful with this guy. I once had a friend go paranoid schizo and fixate his delusions on me. one day he walked miles to my job to kill me. right out of the blue, with no warning or hint it was gonna happen.... he's now incarcerated for a long long time.

even after this dude is "gone", keep an eye out for him. I have great compassion for people suffering from mental issues, but there is few things more dangerous than a schizo who fixates on you.

Thanks. I have been ready for his next move or accusation sense I realized he was loosing his marbles. The one thing I have going for me is that I am not the only one he thinks is messing with him. When he confronted me originally, I calmly explained that besides risking a felony charge, I didn't have any reason to "spy" on him, explained the physical limitations of me being able to do that which he accused me of doing, and come frome inside my house when he thought I was on the roof. So it seemed that I might not have been his only fifty meter target.

I can't imagine that he is better armed than myself, but I don't underestimate crazy people and try to steer clear of conflict. Our last serious conversation on the matter ended with me reminding him of the seriousness of making verbal threats and the consequences of causing anyone any harm. I think that cooled his heels a little.

All said, it will be nice when he moves on to greener pastures.

[Mattosaur]

Originally Posted by Sartori

Daaaaamn

I hate playing T-birds, and I'm gassing for that. Why do they have to look so damn cool in white?

I go back and forth on t-birds. I like the I get out of mine, but that may just be because it's my only bass with roundwound strings on it, so it's extra growly compared to my other too. I'd play it a lot more (maybe even make it my main) if the neckdive wasn't there. I also don't love not being able to play above the 15th fret comfortably, but I don't do that much so it isn't that much of an issue.

But yeah, the neckdive sucks. Even with a suede strap that mostly locks it in place, I still have to fight it quite a bit. My preferred neck position is about 45 degrees, and you just can't get that without holding it up with a T-bird.

That white is great looking though.