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

[mc_muench]

You're all just stupid...YOUR OPINIONS ARE WRONG!!! Gold is perfect.



RAGE RAGE RAGE RAGE!!!

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by mc_muench

Also about guitars, I've always been more of a an acoustic guy, got some really nice ones too, but I'm starting to pick up the electric too write some riffage. Well I have a Jay Turser strat, actually a really nice guitar, but it just doesnt bring the heavy, any one out there use a strat for Doom? How do you have things set?

But I've been GAS'n for something with p90's, like this...
http://www.rondomusic.com/al2000p90.html

or this...
http://www.rondomusic.com/ad2300natwide.html

Agile makes some sweet guitars, I had an AL3000M that i liked more than any sub-standard gibson I've ever played. The fretboard was actual ebony, and it weighed as much as a LP SHOULD weigh.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

I use a Strat for doom, sometimes. Single coil pickups are actually usually hotter than humbuckers, since humbuckers have a lot of inherent phase cancellation. I think people get a skewed perspective on them though because they're usually used for clean and bright tones through really clean or slightly crunchy amps, you can definitely get really heavy tones with single coil equipped guitars. I used to have a Tele that sounded monstrous with my old Sound City B120 and a Meathead. I used to have an Epiphone LP goldtop with P90s like that Agile that I used as well, influenced heavily by Greg Anderson using one in Goatsnake. I got rid of it, but in hindsight I wish I had just kept it and upgraded the pickups. That was about 4 years ago though and that was the last time I actually played guitar regularly until recently.

In other news, I bought another pedalboard. PT Mini and a One Spot, so I can dedicate my PT-2 to the forthcoming Dunwich Preamp setup and have a smaller alternate for using in Cold Mourning and guitar stuff.

Huh, interesting about the single coils. I had a Hamer strat copy for a while and I could never coax the tones that I like out of it. I blamed the single-coils but I'm sure there's a lot of other factors at play as well. Plus I've been playing a mid-70's korean LP forever so I guess I'm just used to the sound.

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by mc_muench

You're all just stupid...YOUR OPINIONS ARE WRONG!!! Gold is perfect.



RAGE RAGE RAGE RAGE!!!

IMHO all gold pickguards are terrible and everyone who loves them is a terrible too, YMMV.




...or if you like it, that's cool too.

[mc_muench]

Yeah I really like my Fretless P from Rondo. I want to get one of the bass VI from them too eventually.

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by The_Janitor

Huh, interesting about the single coils. I had a Hamer strat copy for a while and I could never coax the tones that I like out of it. I blamed the single-coils but I'm sure there's a lot of other factors at play as well. Plus I've been playing a mid-70's korean LP forever so I guess I'm just used to the sound.

I can make some clips with my strat, if you want examples. A lot of my sound clips I've posted before that have guitar, that aren't in baritone tuningm, are my Strat. It's in Eb tuning though. I've been considering getting a new single coil equipped guitar from Carvin for B tuning, to pair with my LP, but it's not in the budget yet.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

I can make some clips with my strat, if you want examples. A lot of my sound clips I've posted before that have guitar, that aren't in baritone tuningm, are my Strat. It's in Eb tuning though. I've been considering getting a new single coil equipped guitar from Carvin for B tuning, to pair with my LP, but it's not in the budget yet.

Sure, I wouldn't mind hearing some tone clips.

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by The_Janitor

Sure, I wouldn't mind hearing some tone clips.

I've got nothing going on tonight, I'll make some clips with various pedals and setting and put them up on soundcloud.

[mc_muench]

If gold isnt your thing, how about a Dragon?

Dragon Bass

[LOCOPELAND]

Jesus Christ, that's f*cking hideous! ^^

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by mc_muench

If gold isnt your thing, how about a Dragon?

Dragon Bass

It's a little plain. Do they make one that has an iridescent paint job and is jewel encrusted, with animated LED flames up the fretboard?

[LOCOPELAND]

Was it Niff that was looking for a DOD 250? Just peeped one in the classifieds for $55.

[mc_muench]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

I've got nothing going on tonight, I'll make some clips with various pedals and setting and put them up on soundcloud.

Cool, show me the way of the Doom strat, it does make a great clean tone though. I have neck tone at like 1.5, and bridge wide open. But I only use the neck or middle pickups or both. I find it not full sounding enough, thin and trebly, do I need some buckers then?


Watching some Jimi at stockholm right now, to really see how its done.



And how can I please you people. geesh.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by LOCOPELAND

Was it Niff that was looking for a DOD 250? Just peeped one in the classifieds for $55.

He might be, but I was thinking about getting one. Thanks for the heads up!

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

I've got nothing going on tonight, I'll make some clips with various pedals and setting and put them up on soundcloud.

Thanks!

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by mc_muench

If gold isnt your thing, how about a Dragon?

Dragon Bass

"...Dragon bass has came from the depths of earth to challange the mothman! Well guess they were right the world will end in 2012. For this battle will destroy every thing!"

That made me laugh.

[Corey Y]

Now I wish I still had my Tele. I had it tuned to C and it was a doom machine. I'll do my best to convince you guys with the Strat though.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

Now I wish I still had my Tele. I had it tuned to C and it was a doom machine. I'll do my best to convince you guys with the Strat though.

One of my old guitar players in a previous band played a Fat Tele (humbucker in the neck position) tuned to A. It was pretty brutal and handled the downtuning really well.

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

Now I wish I still had my Tele. I had it tuned to C and it was a doom machine. I'll do my best to convince you guys with the Strat though.

I love single coils for heavy music. I used an SX strat for awhile in a post rock band I played with. (well, the one month we jammed)

[dozicusmaximus]

I never had a problem making any guitar sound doom, tube or ss? Maybe it's just my misathropic depressed soul coming through my mighty digits.
That and playing around with eq and pedal settings for 15min.