Stoner/DOOM Bassists thread part 37: Ancient Alien Fuzz

[dunwichamps]

hahaha well its a solid piece. harmonic vibrato on clean parts can be downright depressing sounding

[mc_muench]

Plans for the 18's...

Put one in my 15" sealed combo cab, and make a folded 1x18" cab.

[Toastfuzz]

Originally Posted by DeadByDawn

Thanks for the tips, esp. Toast. I was going bonkers with the note decay. Maybe not bonkers, but a little ***? I would never have thought to use a fuzz pedal as a boost. I'll experiment with the bassdriver, bluebeard, mig muff pi, and DOD 205 on Saturday and report back next week. The old amps are quirky for sure, but that's what makes them so cool to me.

Which band is Toast's on the flyer? Laz - with whom should no business be done?

Yeah, my muff pedal at minimum tone/sustain sounds like crap at low volume or through a clean rig... at high volume and a high gain rig, its the holy grail. Thanks to Laz and Eyeballkid for that revelation... "mud butt settings" as they call it.

So theres a new MXR Bass Chorus coming out, it has a crossover in it so only your high notes are effects (by chorus OR flanger) and your lows run clean. What a good f***ing idea.

[father of fires]

I'm tired of not playing shows. I'm gonna book my own gorammit.

Fortunately, we have a place that'll let almost anyone play and they give you free food and beer and pay you cash money at the end of the night.

Nick, my production company is going to need a full Dunwich backline in late February.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by mc_muench

Plans for the 18's...

Put one in my 15" sealed combo cab, and make a folded 1x18" cab.

A buddy of mine uses 1 18", a sansamp pedal and an old peavey power amp. Sounds ****ing killer. Great band, too. Subatomic. **** it, he won't mind if I post a link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO35NfDXrkg

[Lazarus.Bird]

Originally Posted by The_Janitor

Yeah, that poster is bad-ass. Dude should be freelancing for cover art/flyers/t-shirts, etc.

Well he's a professional graphic designer by day for a university. Between work, the band, and his kids, he doesn't have a whole lot of time to work on other stuff :P

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Mechanized Man = Toast

Earcandy
Monolith
and that first dude that tried to build Laz the Dually before BNA did it right.

I'm unaware if there were others.

Actually it was BAD (Barry Audio Design) who did my Dually. ampegfuzz is the guy with the BNA Bassic.

Robby Hoinsky at Art of Noise was the guy who Laz'd me the hardest. At least with the other guys I had a somewhat functioning end product.

[father of fires]

Originally Posted by The_Janitor

A buddy of mine uses 1 18", a sansamp pedal and an old peavey power amp. Sounds ****ing killer. Great band, too. Subatomic. **** it, he won't mind if I post a link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO35NfDXrkg

The guy who recorded my old band swore by his mesa 18". That sounds like a great idea for a setup. I feel like I'm slowly turning into a sansamp spokes person but I haven't owned one in years. I'm finally just realizing the usefullness of these little guys.

[Toastfuzz]

Originally Posted by father of fires

Fortunately, we have a place that'll let almost anyone play and they give you free food and beer and pay you cash money at the end of the night.

Geez. I'd book that venue just to roll around on stage naked in a kiddie pool full of mayonnaise and call it "performance art". Still profit more in a night than my metal band did in a year, if what you say is true.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by father of fires

The guy who recorded my old band swore by his mesa 18". That sounds like a great idea for a setup. I feel like I'm slowly turning into a sansamp spokes person but I haven't owned one in years. I'm finally just realizing the usefullness of these little guys.

I used one for a few shows on a borrowed rig about 10 years ago. Sansamp>GK700RB>Sunn 2x15. The first "real" bass rig I played through, it was an eye-opener for sure. I've been contemplating getting one for years now. I keep telling myself that I don't need it but now that I have a pre/power rig it would be a good backup if my preamp decides to bite the dust.

[father of fires]

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

Geez. I'd book that venue just to roll around on stage naked in a kiddie pool full of mayonnaise and call it "performance art". Still profit more in a night than my metal band did in a year, if what you say is true.

It's a Mexican bar and the owner loves punk rock. It's not much but free food and $100 for a night of jamming with friends. It's awesome.

You have to bring people who plan to drink.

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

Well he's a professional graphic designer by day for a university. Between work, the band, and his kids, he doesn't have a whole lot of time to work on other stuff :P



Actually it was BAD (Barry Audio Design) who did my Dually. ampegfuzz is the guy with the BNA Bassic.

Robby Hoinsky at Art of Noise was the guy who Laz'd me the hardest. At least with the other guys I had a somewhat functioning end product.

Too many acronyms for this old brain to keep straight. That cab that AoN sent, looked like garbage. I remember you posting pics and being like, oh man... I couldn't help but feel bad for you. Especially with something that you had to wait for like that.

Alright, that's enough bad memories for Laz. How about those awesome reviews of that Supervoid band. Pretty cool, huh? huh?

[dunwichamps]

Originally Posted by father of fires

I'm tired of not playing shows. I'm gonna book my own gorammit.

Fortunately, we have a place that'll let almost anyone play and they give you free food and beer and pay you cash money at the end of the night.

Nick, my production company is going to need a full Dunwich backline in late February.

word. sounds good

[DethByDoom]

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?

I love my fulltone bass driver.

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by father of fires

It's a Mexican bar and the owner loves punk rock. It's not much but free food and $100 for a night of jamming with friends. It's awesome.

You have to bring people who plan to drink.

Is it on the second level of a building next to a big shady alleyway? Sounds like the place AA played at with Billows and The Osedax.

[Lazarus.Bird]

Originally Posted by Ancient Tone

Is it on the second level of a building next to a big shady alleyway? Sounds like the place AA played at with Billows and The Osedax.

Haha no Skip, that is a different place. That place SUCKED.

FoF is talking about Chapala's. Man, that place kicks ass. Mariachi guys playing guitar up front while people dine on Mexican food, stoner metal bands melting faces to people getting drunk as hell in the back.

[Lazarus.Bird]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Too many acronyms for this old brain to keep straight. That cab that AoN sent, looked like garbage. I remember you posting pics and being like, oh man... I couldn't help but feel bad for you. Especially with something that you had to wait for like that.

Alright, that's enough bad memories for Laz. How about those awesome reviews of that Supervoid band. Pretty cool, huh? huh?

Yeah, that one got me the worst. Had such high hopes and it was the biggest POS ever haha. Oh well, worked out in the end.

Speaking of reviews, Sludgelord is doing an interview with us. Pretty stoked about that!

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

Yeah, that one got me the worst. Had such high hopes and it was the biggest POS ever haha. Oh well, worked out in the end.

Speaking of reviews, Sludgelord is doing an interview with us. Pretty stoked about that!

Nice. I feel like Still Valley needs to get one or two tracks done up on the pro level to make any real waves. Sure we got these scratch recordings, but those are kinda embarassing to try to get shows with. lol. Maybe just keep chipping away at the local guys. Laz, do you think Supervoid would be blowing up as much if you guys didn't have those tracks? Maybe I need to put all the gear budget into a recording budget...

My drummer is probably the most connected out of the band and there is a variety paper based in Denver that has been talking with him about our new band. Hoping that the guy comes to the show and does a review for us. I wish we were closer to somewhere that mattered...

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

Haha no Skip, that is a different place. That place SUCKED.

FoF is talking about Chapala's. Man, that place kicks ass. Mariachi guys playing guitar up front while people dine on Mexican food, stoner metal bands melting faces to people getting drunk as hell in the back.

Ohhhh okay, yeah that place was weird. Nothing like a massively bleeding dude coming up to you at 1am in a dark alley trying to bum a cig after hauling your gear down a couple flights of spiral stairs.

[Lazarus.Bird]

Well, when I reached out to a lot of the blogs, it was along the lines of "here is my band, we just released our debut demo EP and would love for you to check it out" which is a lot more professional than here's some tracks we recorded with a zoom. That doesn't mean you can't get good sounding cheap recordings. But when you "release" tracks, it is a bit more newsworthy and says "hey look at this".

[dozicusmaximus]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

FoF is talking about Chapala's. Man, that place kicks ass. Mariachi guys playing guitar up front while people dine on Mexican food, stoner metal bands melting faces to people getting drunk as hell in the back.

Man that sounds perfect. We need that here.
We have a few places close to that but it's more old man blues/rock stuff. Which is cool and all, but....