Stoner/DOOM Bassists thread part 38: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Smoke.

[mc_muench]

b-bottom, have I told you you have one of the most bad ass names PERIOD. So jealous.

[b-bottom]

Originally Posted by mc_muench

b-bottom, have I told you you have one of the most bad ass names PERIOD. So jealous.

well spank you very much good sir

[Road Bull]

Originally Posted by ampegfuzz

That bass sounds way better then that first act he had. Pretty sure he is back to using p basses. Speaking of p basses im putting yet another pup in my white P this weekend. Question for you guys. How long to you keep swiping pups till you give up? Reason i ask is this P bass is the lightest, fastest, best playing bass i have. Its a parts bass that really just fell together perfectly, per say. I have had 2 pickups in its and on to the third and i afraid it will never be "right". Thoughts?

Bass in question:

Well, look on the bright side. At least you are getting some good bench time. Pretty soon, you will be like a NASCAR pit crew with pickup swaps. It is hard to beat the Mighty P! It is part of the holy trinity, P, SVT, and 810.

That said, what sound are you going for? I have a P and a P/J atm, and they both nail the P sound with different pickups. There are many passive pickups that should work just fine. Many like the Fender original '62s. I have stock in my 2007 Am standard and I think I have DiMarzio Model P and model J in my MIM Precision special P/J passive. Although they could just be Fender generic PUs that look like DiMarzios.

If I were to replace any of them, I would probably just go with Fender Custom shop Ps and Js. From the sound clips that I have heard, They sound pretty sweet.

[Niff]

DOD 250 clone goes where the beer can is. also, taking pictures of your gear is a funny way to get people to correlate who you are on forums if you follow both this thread and the doom room fb edition :P

[Low Sound Love]

Originally Posted by DethByDoom

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...e-age-20121210

Looks like nick is in.

Cool that Nick is getting involved again, I always thought QotSA lost a lot of their 'heavy' when Nick got dumped. Very curious for the new album. Too bad that Grohl isn't gonna tour with them.

So, Shrinebuilder. Had a first listen last night, not totally overwhelmed, but enough to have another go at it tonight. Maybe with a little more volume. Heavy needs volume.

[Niff]

Originally Posted by b-bottom

Our latest song.

It's a bit rough in parts. But for just writing the thing a few days ago I think that it's coming along

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPG2V...=youtube_gdata

that is some ****ing fantastic art, can't listen at the moment, but that is cool as hell.

[ampegfuzz]

Originally Posted by Road Bull

Well, look on the bright side. At least you are getting some good bench time. Pretty soon, you will be like a NASCAR pit crew with pickup swaps. It is hard to beat the Mighty P! It is part of the holy trinity, P, SVT, and 810.

That said, what sound are you going for? I have a P and a P/J atm, and they both nail the P sound with different pickups. There are many passive pickups that should work just fine. Many like the Fender original '62s. I have stock in my 2007 Am standard and I think I have DiMarzio Model P and model J in my MIM Precision special P/J passive. Although they could just be Fender generic PUs that look like DiMarzios.

If I were to replace any of them, I would probably just go with Fender Custom shop Ps and Js. From the sound clips that I have heard, They sound pretty sweet.

I wrench quite a bit, my own stuff and other people. I can do most things but frets. I have built 3 basses and saved countless others from the trash bin. It super fun wrenching, I wish I could make it a day job.

My holy trinity



'74 P, '74 SVT, '73 (flat back)810.

Like I said, played some dimarzio's and their cool but not my thing. I'm also thinking the fender 62 will be a lot like my current spb-1 so I'm not even going to try. Hopefully the weird, hot, cheap pup does the trick. If not ordering a p-46 and after that ill prolly break it down do some part swapping and sell it as parts.

[dunwichamps]

Contest fuzz decal on, waiting for clear coat

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

Contest fuzz decal on, waiting for clear coat

Lookin good, lookin good.

[Toastfuzz]

Slow morning eh?

So to kick up some discussion... I've been trying to become competent on the 6 string guitar for a couple months now. Took a few lessons, learned the basic open chords, beginnings of the blues scale and some scale improv, and been spending most of my time jamming on major/minor/7th/maj7/min7 barre chords. My big hands make barre chords the most rewarding practice time.

The lessons are turning out to be really valuable in paving a path to learning, giving it some focus and direction. But I'm taking a break over the holidays and not going back til mid-Jan.

What would you doomers who play 6 string recommend to study next? Any specific directions in theory, or start learning/playing along to specific recorded songs? Throw me some suggestions/examples. I'm feeling rather helpless at work, wishing I could be home practicing, so at least I can do a bit of research during the day and put it to practice when I'm home.

[JoeVictim]

I see a lot of free form jazz in your future

[Lazarus.Bird]

Oh good. Boring morning, so let's talk about guitar.

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

Oh good. Boring morning, so let's talk about guitar.

I feel so dumb right now. I swore I read 6 string bass...

[Toastfuzz]

Yeah, talkin bout the Normal guitar, not 6 string bass but if no one wants to play thats OK. Back to browsing the Ultimate-Guitar forums....

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

Slow morning eh?

So to kick up some discussion... I've been trying to become competent on the 6 string guitar for a couple months now. Took a few lessons, learned the basic open chords, beginnings of the blues scale and some scale improv, and been spending most of my time jamming on major/minor/7th/maj7/min7 barre chords. My big hands make barre chords the most rewarding practice time.

The lessons are turning out to be really valuable in paving a path to learning, giving it some focus and direction. But I'm taking a break over the holidays and not going back til mid-Jan.

What would you doomers who play 6 string recommend to study next? Any specific directions in theory, or start learning/playing along to specific recorded songs? Throw me some suggestions/examples. I'm feeling rather helpless at work, wishing I could be home practicing, so at least I can do a bit of research during the day and put it to practice when I'm home.

Since you've learned the basics and core I would start expanding into Alternate tunings and abstract chord shapes. Are you looking to focus more on rythmn and chord work or more on lead licks and soloing?

[dozicusmaximus]

My pedal board

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_machine

I need to learn some guitar too

[JoeVictim]

The only chords you play in a punk band are power chords, so I won't be any help for you. I would say try different variations of chords to try to get new sounds. Like a 3-2-1 chord for the C, maybe move your ring finger around to try and get some dissonant sounds...

Again, I played punk rock for years. Don't listen to me

[Toastfuzz]

Originally Posted by Ancient Tone

Since you've learned the basics and core I would start expanding into Alternate tunings and abstract chord shapes. Are you looking to focus more on rythmn and chord work or more on lead licks and soloing?

Interested in the rhythm and chord work right now, for purposes of songwriting and jamming with people. Mostly I'm just trying to familiarize my brain with all the chord sounds, so I can recognize a chord being played and recreate it naturally without much thought. I have plenty of work to do with that, and getting my hands' muscle memory to remember the shapes of chords. After doing that for a couple hours yesterday I brought up a few Red Fang tabs that I was able to play through, love ending a session on a confidence booster.

[dozicusmaximus]

This dude has some cool guitar vids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8iAzug6yRg

[mc_muench]

We got t shirts, not for sale yet...its just an iron on thing, I just wonder how it will stay nice before it peels or fades or something. We are thinking of adding glitter as well...SPARKLES!