Stoner/DOOM Bassists thread part 37: Ancient Alien Fuzz

[HydrasBreath]

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

Wow this Morley wah is huge. Sounds just like early Metallica... the exact same wah tone Jason Newsted has on any of his ridiculous YouTube solo videos. Which not gonna lie, is a wah tone I can dig. Sounds mean as f*** with the Grey Stache in front of it!

Think it needs a bit of a tune up though. Dont know if these every had springs, or were supposed to hold in place, but when you take your foot off it it balances itself right in the middle of wah sweep. Need to install some sort of spring to hold it down when my foots not on it. Power cable's alittle chewed up, nothing some electrical tape can't fix

Awesome! Mine is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. I can't wait to let that baby rip. Also got word that my Orange AD200B will be in next week too so I'll have lots of new gear to play with this Christmas

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Speaking of records labels, any of you guys into Man's Ruin?

A lot of Doom bands, and some unknown bands too. Soulpreacher is rad.

Good label, they released a bunch of classic albums, most of which have been re-issued on other labels since Man's Ruin went under. Not everything they put out was great, though. There's some real crap too. Kozik wasn't too discerning about what he released towards the end of their run. Also, barely any promotion, no money, poor distribution and no real help for bands after the release.

[dunwichamps]

Originally Posted by The_Janitor

I dabble in guitar, too. Just thinking about it at this point. I'm about to have a friend build me some kind of bass fuzz box so that'll probably eat up my small gear fund for a while.

no problemo. I will hook up forums members as needed

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

no problemo. I will hook up forums members as needed

Good to know!

[Toastfuzz]

Look what Santa dropped off today! These strings are ridiculous but they play surprisingly smooth and nice. Almost rubbery.

Got to jam on it for 15 minutes then had to leave for work. USPS is run by clowns.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

Look what Santa dropped off today! These strings are ridiculous but they play surprisingly smooth and nice. Almost rubbery.

Got to jam on it for 15 minutes then had to leave for work. USPS is run by clowns.

Whoa, those strings are something else. Sweet bass, though!

[Lowest End]

Are they the DRs? I had them on my Warwick and Spector for awhile. I found them a little dull sounding for my tastes but totally decent overall. And the look... yeesh!

When I finally took them off the color had come off everywhere.

[Lazarus.Bird]

Haha looks like someone puked up some Lucky Charms on those strings.

[Toastfuzz]

Originally Posted by Lowest End

Are they the DRs? I had them on my Warwick and Spector for awhile. I found them a little dull sounding for my tastes but totally decent overall. And the look... yeesh!

When I finally took them off the color had come off everywhere.

Geeeh yeah they feel nice and soft... I could see them flying apart. I've used coated Elixers before and the coating always gets shredded and flakes off everywhere. I have a fresh set of D'darrio heavies thats my personal favorite bass string, will probably put them on before I bust this guy out to the band.

I heard the Stingray/Sterling preamps work "passively", ie if you take the battery out they'll basically play in passive and the EQ will be dead. Is that true? Gonna test it tonight regardless. The "feel" of this bass is pretty awesome so far, so if I can't find active tones I dig (I can hear traces of mid scoop already) I want to add a switch to go passive and bypass the pre. Oddest feature with the pickup/pre is I found a setting that captures the tone I thought only a Warwick Thumb could make. Coolness.

[JoeVictim]

Everything about that bass is so metal...except the strings... Definitely makes the bass look strange. Maybe some black beauties would be a better fit?


Or just regular strings...

BTW, gratz on the new rumbler.

[ampegfuzz]

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

Geeeh yeah they feel nice and soft... I could see them flying apart. I've used coated Elixers before and the coating always gets shredded and flakes off everywhere. I have a fresh set of D'darrio heavies thats my personal favorite bass string, will probably put them on before I bust this guy out to the band.

I heard the Stingray/Sterling preamps work "passively", ie if you take the battery out they'll basically play in passive and the EQ will be dead. Is that true? Gonna test it tonight regardless. The "feel" of this bass is pretty awesome so far, so if I can't find active tones I dig (I can hear traces of mid scoop already) I want to add a switch to go passive and bypass the pre. Oddest feature with the pickup/pre is I found a setting that captures the tone I thought only a Warwick Thumb could make. Coolness.

If you remove the battery the bass will stop working. You could always install another pre amp in.

[JoeVictim]

Did anyone else "enter" the Gozu contest for a free Les Paul...?

Sam is pissed, whoever Sam is...

[LOCOPELAND]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Did anyone else "enter" the Gozu contest for a free Les Paul...?

Sam is pissed, whoever Sam is...

lol did you try the number?

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by LOCOPELAND

lol did you try the number?

yeah. he was all scared when he answered like, hello, this call is being recorded right now...and someone is listening to this call. I was like, is Sam there? lol. He must have got bombed. Gozu took his number down... there has to be a story behind this one. Who knows Gozu personally?

[LOCOPELAND]

haha that's hilarious

[mc_muench]

Toastfuzz, I hope you get your Acoustic working, all that going to be one sick azz rig. Did you ever think about taking the speakers out of the other 2x15 you have and putting them in the Sunn? The Sunn might be a better design than the other...just a thought

[Rushing]

I got Datura's first cd when it came out back in 98ish. I dig it but have never heard their second album. They just kinda fell off the stoner rock map.
Datura - Mountain

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by LOCOPELAND

haha that's hilarious

You might have been the only other person to see it... It went up and down pretty quickly.

Gozu said they heard a rumor...wasn't true. I was like, there has to be a good story behind this one.

[Toastfuzz]

Originally Posted by mc_muench

Toastfuzz, I hope you get your Acoustic working, all that going to be one sick azz rig. Did you ever think about taking the speakers out of the other 2x15 you have and putting them in the Sunn? The Sunn might be a better design than the other...just a thought

Thanks man... the Sunn's the only 2x15 I got. I have a Peavey combo 1x15 but I found when I took the Black Widow out that it was 4 ohms (!!) so the Sunn got the cheapo replacements. But I'm still working on my 12/6's too, had to completely refinish em cuz I screwed up pretty bad trying to wrap them in marine vinyl, the vinyl's off but now I'm painstakingly rubbing paint thinner into the 3M glue to try to scrape off what I can. They're going to be painted black and thats f***ing it, it'd take me 20 minutes at this point to install the hardware and speakers, but this 3M glue is a real d*ck.

Then its either gonna be the Acoustic pumping the 2x15 + a pair of 12/6's on its own at 2 ohms, or pumping the 2x15 with the Acoustic as dirty channel and the 12/6's with the Carvin for clean. Who knows, for all people rave about fEARfuls, the Sunn cab may become redundant. But I love running distortion through 15"s, so creamy and delicious....

My Tim Commerford boner-rig is finally coming to life! He's a big part of why I've always wanted a Stingray. I can honestly say the only GAS I have now is to finish fixing/building all the projects that are lying around my house.

[Lazarus.Bird]

So Kyuss Lives is now Vista Chino.

http://www.thesodashop.us/2012/11/29...d-vista-chino/