Stoner/DOOM Bassists thread part 37: Ancient Alien Fuzz

[Lazarus.Bird]

Think I have some stuff by Nebula. I've listened to Sons of Otis since they're on SS, wasn't really my thing. Wo Fat is probably one of my favorite bands right now. Have the Black Code on vinyl on its way to my house right now. I'd love to get the last 2 full length releases as well, but they're out of print and too ****ing expensive. I wrote on their wall asking if they were going to reprint them because I didn't want to spend $60 on an LP, but they never answered!

[jerrymcdougal]

Originally Posted by demon666

Ok some bands that I don't see too many people talking about in this thread.

Teeth of the Sea
Nebula
Sons of Otis
Wo Fat
Battles ( not stoner but badass)
Astroqueen


Check them out.

LOVE Sons of Otis (particularly Seismic) and Battles (particularly EP C/B EP). Haven't listened to the others yet. I caught Battles at the UW Union Terrace in WI a couple years back. It was awesome. When the weather is nice they set bands up right on the shore of the lake, which is pretty rad. If you like battles, try cinemechanica, very mathy, one of my favs.

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by demon666

Ok some bands that I don't see too many people talking about in this thread.

Teeth of the Sea
Nebula
Sons of Otis
Wo Fat
Battles ( not stoner but badass)
Astroqueen


Check them out.

I have the Nebula discography. One of my favorite bands. I thought most of you guys were on the other side of the fence. Meaning more into the "metal side" of doom. I had mentioned Nebula when I first came in because that was one of the bands I knew I liked but was having a hard time finding bands like them.

I'll have to check some of the other bands out. Isn't someone on TB the bassist for Sons of Otis?

[dunwichamps]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lazzed

[Lazarus.Bird]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lazzed

hahaha love it, yet hate it.

[LOCOPELAND]

Sons of Otis is badass

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lazzed

hahahaha!!!! I love that site, you should look up duck butter.

[Jason Hall]

After having your name used as a metaphor for being screwed over by custom builders, you would think from now on you'll get top notch stuff. I'll be sure to say "don't laz me bro" if I have anything made for me, hah.

[dunwichamps]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

hahaha love it, yet hate it.

i promise not to laz you ever. I swear

[LOCOPELAND]

So the other day I responded to a Craigslist ad for a singer. Guy shows up last night and kills it. Awesome singer, good personality, apparently has a ton of connections around the area and seems genuinely enthusiastic about everything. We were pretty stoked by the end of the evening.

Cut to this morning and dude has a totally different tune. Stating that he doesn't wanna go on stage with electronic drums, and doesn't dig the fact that the drummer is gonna be leaving the band between June-July of next year. Fair enough, but he could have been honest about all that crap last night. Pretty lame

[Jason Hall]

Originally Posted by LOCOPELAND

So the other day I responded to a Craigslist ad for a singer. Guy shows up last night and kills it. Awesome singer, good personality, apparently has a ton of connections around the area and seems genuinely enthusiastic about everything. We were pretty stoked by the end of the evening.

Cut to this morning and dude has a totally different tune. Stating that he doesn't wanna go on stage with electronic drums, and doesn't dig the fact that the drummer is gonna be leaving the band between June-July of next year. Fair enough, but he could have been honest about all that crap last night. Pretty lame

I hear you man, and it goes both ways. We've been trying out a singer a week now for about the past month or so. It's kinda like getting drunk and having a good time only to wake up the next morning next to a sasquatch.

We had this one girl who wanted to try out (hey, we're equal opprotunity) who said at 1 she would be there. By 7 she texts me and says she's still at the salon and can't make it. 6 hours? Really? She tells us what style she's getting and will forever be known to me as the Brazillian Blowout.

A friend of mine was supposed to come out tonight and try out again now that we have a pa. He texts me a few hours ago and tells me he has the flu.. I understand and all but still frustrating

That said, yeah not a fan of electronic drums live either... recording's cool but live I wouldn't unless I was in some electronica band or something. If it's working for you though and he can't get past it, screw him and keep looking.

[mc_muench]

Dude, Wo Fat...wumbo sized sound, shvts good

But got outbid of my price range for the drum machine, again, I'm starting to see a pattern here. But the search continues.

[Lazarus.Bird]

Yeah, always give your thoughts about an audition 24 hours to settle in. Lots of minds can change overnight.

And yes, Wo Fat is balls out awesome.

[Toastfuzz]

Originally Posted by DeadByDawn

I've been using a Fulltone Bassdriver/Big Muff Bass/BlueBeard into a GK. Sustain for days..... I just purchased my holy grail - Acoustic 370 and I want to use the natural tone of the amp, as it is awesome. The notes decay too quickly. I have a Boss Expander/Compressor but it does something to the tone. I don't like it. Maybe I don;t have the settings on it right? Oh, my bass is a Fender Big Block. Any advice/tips for getting my bass to sustain more or setting to try for the baby blue boss?

Hey dude.. I also have an Acoustic 370 I use primarily and I know what you mean. Its an odd amp, it dirties up alot on its own but not in a traditional heavy sustaining gain way. When I first got it I plugged direct in and loved its natural, heavy fuzz tone with no low end loss. However the lack of sustain still bothered me, as we have some slower doomy parts that really needed it.

So I plugged my Grey Stache fuzz back in, with volume set around unity and the tone and sustain down all the way, like some of these guys run their Bluebeards. It just made the Acoustic tone even meatier, gave it a more gutteral badass doomy sound, and gave me more note sustain. If you have any fuzz or overdrive pedals you like, try adding one but turning the drive down low so it just adds alittle bit of boost, and volume just a tad above unity gain, and you may like it. I think the Acoustic just needed some more gain at the input that my bass wasn't giving it.

Originally Posted by jasohall

the Brazillian Blowout.

I can't tell you how disappointed I was to learn this term didn't have anything to do with buttholes.

[Lazarus.Bird]

Yeah, eyeballkid and I have been doing that with the Bluebeard for a long time (setting the tone and sustain all the way down). Depending on your setup, sometimes just activating that muff circuit is all you need to get that gritty and meaty fuzz tone.

[mc_muench]

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/msg/3456535894.html

So god damn tempting, must resist, save money, its such a good deal, gaaaaah...




That's how I run my Colossus now, gain a pinch clockwise, no more, no less

[Jason Hall]

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

I can't tell you how disappointed I was to learn this term didn't have anything to do with buttholes.

Naw man that's the Brazilian wax. Read up on that, it's worth a chuckle. Both can be pretty harmful and dangerous to women too... I'll stick with my trimmer that I have to beat against the wall to work and cheap crappy shampoo thanks.

Edit: Men can have it done too... I don't even.

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lazzed

Make sure you guys thumbs up (top right) on that so we can immortalize Laz forever!

[Toastfuzz]

Originally Posted by jasohall

Naw man that's the Brazilian wax. Read up on that, it's worth a chuckle. Both can be pretty harmful and dangerous to women too... I'll stick with my trimmer that I have to beat against the wall to work and cheap crappy shampoo thanks.

Edit: Men can have it done too... I don't even.

I saw a news clip a few weeks ago from some big tattoo convention, some chick had her cornhole tattood, twice. She got her boyfriends name in a circle around the rim. But then her new boyfriend didn't like seeing old boyfriend's name around her rimpiece so she got a coverup with new boyfriend's name.

Talk about a glutton for punishment.

[Lazarus.Bird]

Even thinking about having my cornhole tattooed shoots tingling pain up my entire central nervous system. I don't want to think about that hahaha.