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

[DeadByDawn]

FoF - Would it push in the same way a DOD 250 would?

I think I'm going to stick with my current cabs. I can carry both of them myself up and down stairs kind of easily. I <3 neos. I had a freak out about them when the back input panel melted during a gig. My amp guy said it happens a lot to cabs with those kind of input panels. I'll blame it on gear gremlins.

[mbelue]

Originally Posted by Sartori

+1

If you have a soundman at all. The attitude that all you need is a DI box has always struck me as a very privileged, spoiled thing to say. If I brought a DI box instead of an amp and cab to most of my gigs, I would be playing unplugged.

"Most venues have good PA's". No. No they ****ing don't. Many don't have PA's at all, let alone good ones.

This was my experience with gigging heavy music.
Not a lot of cooperation from venues. Still I can complain. Every gig with my new band has had PA support, EXCEPT the one that told us they would, and I blew out my 12/6 trying to keep up. I don't every leave my 15s at home anymore.

[Sartori]

Originally Posted by Pills Are Yummy

That comment is a bit ironic, don't you think?

I mean, there's 350 page threads on "OMG the Mexican P-bass can kick the American's ass" "shut up, UR so gay, it was made in Mexico, so it's better!" "Yeah....well....YOUR MOM!!" All over talkbass, not to mention the millions of Spector threads here, but when I ask to compare a few basses, I always get "a bass is a bass"

I guess I'm the only one pissed about this, guess I took it out on you lol

Flame-retardant suit, on

Well I don't agree with the sentiment that "a bass is a bass," but everybody has different sound and feel preferences. I don't really feel that there are any rules as for what bass can be used for a given genre. It's subjective. I mean, I really don't like P-basses, but lots of people love them and make them sound good.

I use my Rickenbacker 4001 for black metal and folk/rock, and my modded Peavey for doom metal. Both work well, even if not traditionally associated with some of the stuff I play on them.

The opinion on any given bass that matters for your decision isn't mine, it's yours.

There's this attitude that you can only use a certain bass for a certain kind of music, or a certain amp, or whatever, and I personally think that's a load of bull. I think you can use most basses for most styles, it's just a matter of which one you like the sound of and feel of the best for any given piece of music you're playing.

[Sartori]

Originally Posted by Pills Are Yummy

I found my new home!

Here's some of dem pics

No reason not to use a Dean for stoner-ish stuff.

[Pills Are Yummy]

Originally Posted by bassboysam

You are not in TB anymore Toto.

I like it here. People actually respond to posts.

[Sartori]

Also, congrats to Nick on his impending engagement.

[demon666]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

keep the suggestions coming

Ben (like the rat from Willard)

[Ron Now]

Originally Posted by father of fires

Agreed. I feel safe enough in this thread to say this:

The Wooly Mammoth sounds like a bag of farts.

True statements are true...just sayin.

[LOCOPELAND]

Originally Posted by Pills Are Yummy

Looking forward to this. SO HARD. if only vinnie would pull that stick out of his ass...

Am I the only one here that feels like Vinnie Paul can suck a fat one at this point? I mean, his was drumming is good, but I feel like he sold out when he put that mediocre (being generous) "supergroup" Hellyeah together.

I dunno, I just feel like Phil and Rex went more of a direction that I can get into.

[DethByDoom]

Yeah congrats to everyone getting hitched/engaged. I'm engaged to my girl of 9 yrs. better late then never right? I have 5 yrs on her. Met when she was a senior in high school. I literally picked her up from cheer practice on my chopper.

What else&hellip;? Get an 810 it works with everything. Swiss army cabinet.

Also. Wooly mammoth is a damn expensive ds1 clone. :sarcasm:

Dun you get married and have kids you need to start a family assembly line. Get the misses soldering. Kids painting.

[Corey Y]

My BL said if you need more than FOH to play TCB by BTO, you're SOL.

Which reminds me, I've been sitting on "blueslawyer@gmail.com" for a few years now. New powerviolence band name?

[Pills Are Yummy]

Originally Posted by LOCOPELAND

Am I the only one here that feels like Vinnie Paul can suck a fat one at this point? I mean, his was drumming is good, but I feel like he sold out when he put that mediocre (being generous) "supergroup" Hellyeah together.

I dunno, I just feel like Phil and Rex went more of a direction that I can get into.

HELLYEAH is tolerable, I like a few of their songs. Supergroups never seem to be a hit In the eyes of other musicians. It's just that his attitude is crap, by seeing the way he talks about Phil, you would've guessed that Phil got on stage and killed Dime himself

[Pills Are Yummy]

Originally Posted by Sartori

No reason not to use a Dean for stoner-ish stuff.

I hate the dean, I used it cause I broke the jack on my charvel...and I agree, it's crap for stoner metal. Keep in mind in just getting into stoner metal, my band is a totally different genre

[dunwichamps]

Originally Posted by demon666

Ben (like the rat from Willard)

i could do Adam B. Rat since u always sporting a rattail

[demon666]

I'm bringing the rat tail back. None of that braided rat tail stuff though, more like a rat mullet.

Congrats on the ring also.

[dunwichamps]

thanks, yea i know all about ur ratmullet.

seedy business in the front, dirty party in the back

[Moloch666]

Originally Posted by Fuzzbassian

It started out from the coastal/hippy thing.I never wore shoes anywhere around Anglesea,including band practice.So when it came to gigs,I couldn't hit my pedals right.I had these funny rubbery things in the way.Alot of venues don't like me not wearing shoes,and I kinda grew out of the hippy thing,but I still don't like playing wiht shoes.After a few years,I've realized it helps me hear/feel the notes I play.I need my playing to be pumped into the stage,so I can feel the earth moving.That's why monitors have got nothing on an 8x10

Note to self. Find clean stage. Play barefoot.

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

Rat salad would have to be a iommi pedal which would be half rangemaster half supergroup jfet emulation.

I'm renaming my non-existent gear fund to the Dunwich fund.

Originally Posted by DethByDoom

Anyone have any Bc rich basses? I have two old (early 90s) ones I just keep for sentimentality. Man they aren't comfortable to play anymore. At all. Unwieldy neck dive. Wide and thick necks. Ridiculous string spacing. Kinda makes me sad.

I have a 00s Warlock bass that has a fair whack of neck dive, but cancelled out with thick leather strap and aggressive on-stage stance. The only thing that gets me is the stock pickups are lacking and the body is too light for tremolo picking, keeps moving under my arm. Otherwise it's a great bass for what I paid for it.

[father of fires]

Originally Posted by DeadByDawn

FoF - Would it push in the same way a DOD 250 would?

I think I'm going to stick with my current cabs. I can carry both of them myself up and down stairs kind of easily. I <3 neos. I had a freak out about them when the back input panel melted during a gig. My amp guy said it happens a lot to cabs with those kind of input panels. I'll blame it on gear gremlins.

I'll say the same thing I always say. Most guitar pedals suck for bass because designers don't have to worry so much about post dirt equalization because a quartet of EL34's will do it for them.

When did bass players decide that a chainsaws made of hornets was a good tone???

That's why I started making my own pedals.

So yes it'll work like a 250. Im sure it'll have more output well.

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

i could do Adam B. Rat since u always sporting a rattail

You just reminded me that in Disneyworld, in line for the Jungle Cruise, I saw a guy with a rat tail that was about 2 feet long.

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by demon666

I'm bringing the rat tail back. None of that braided rat tail stuff though, more like a rat mullet

I recommend pairing that with a long sleeve hypercolor tshirt and some flipflops. I'm a sucker for the classics though.