Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread Part 43: Loud amps save lives!

[father of fires]

Originally Posted by Ancient Tone

I do not agree with anything at all in this post, but you are entitled to your own opinion.....

No joke. His tone gives me headaches.

Don't get me wrong. The songs are bad ass.

[dunwichamps]

Go get Great Cessation and Unreal Never Lived, then come back and talk to us.

[ampegfuzz]

Originally Posted by Ron Now

Not a fan of Acid Bath at all.

Eyehategod is probably the best sludge band I ever had the pleasure to see live (and open for as well). They played two nights in a row a few years back. Played "In the name of suffering" and "Take as needed for pain" as a whole album. But they played it at about 1/2 speed. It was the most punishing, heavy, and amazing thing I had ever heard (especially In the name of Suffering).

The only other set I've seen that could top it was Yob doing all of the unreal never lived. That was the best Doom/metal/heavy set I've ever seen.

At the little brown bottle?
Edit: empty bottle?

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by father of fires

No joke. His tone gives me headaches.

Don't get me wrong. The songs are bad ass.

That's so weird, when I listen to their stuff I perceive Mike's tone as extremely dark, not nasally at all. But the bass has way more mid's in it then most bands in that genre do IMO (which is why it cuts through like a knife), maybe that's what your hearing is the combo of both together. I dunno. I've never perceived anything nasal about their tone, and I listen to them a lot. But hey everyone's ear's hear different things.

[dunwichamps]

atma has a weirder mix then either of the 2 previous albums. Unreal Never Lived is probably 10 ten guitar tones of all time any genre.

[demon666]

Originally Posted by father of fires

Speaking of genres.

I've been writing mellow stoner riffs on my sons toy acoustic and it has me wondering if any bands sound like that.

I guess it would be acoustic southern or blues stuff.

Mountain Mirrors is pretty cool

[Ron Now]

Originally Posted by ampegfuzz

At the little brown bottle?
Edit: empty bottle?

Yup that's the one.

[Ron Now]

Atma doesn't sound quite right for them, but their other stuff (especially Unreal Never Lived) is fantastic sounding.

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by father of fires

I have some distaste for this company but this pedal sounds amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii3IGXO2OlY

It would definitely give me that clanky drive sound I'm looking for.

The distortion I designed is sort of an all or nothing huge dirt sound. I'm thinking I need to experiment with some low gain drive designs.

Plus...I don't have $200 for a Bluesbreaker clone.

I agree with Ron, you could probably get there with any of a few Tech 21 dirt pedals and a few others. It doesn't sound that unique really, but different pedals will get you within different gain and tone ranges, depending on what you want to get out of it. My EBS Multidrive gets similar sounds up to moderate gain levels, but has no tone knob, just three different modes that have different EQ curves. If you're looking to spend a gift certificate, a used GT2 would probably be a good use of it.


Not acoustic, but Yawning Man has good mellow instrumental stoner jams. Kind of like stoner surf rock to my ear. Maybe I'm crazy and that description would scare people off, I dunno, but they've got a very reverb drenched clean single coil guitar sound with lots of string bends.

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

atma has a weirder mix then either of the 2 previous albums. Unreal Never Lived is probably 10 ten guitar tones of all time any genre.

I had The Illusion of Motion and The Unreal Never Lived for a looooong time and never could get past the high pitched vocals in The Illusion of Motion, so I never liked YOB. Then everyone in this thread kept going on and on about them, so I just put on The Unreal Never Lived while I was making a long drive for work and now I love them. I don't know if it's just that I was never in the right mood to listen, started with the wrong album or maybe just my tastes have changed since the first time I listened to them...but now The Unreal Never Lived is one of my favorite albums.

[dozicusmaximus]

His vocals are Dave Mustaine-y.

[ampegfuzz]

Originally Posted by Ron Now

Yup that's the one.

I thought about going to check it out. I seen fliers when I was there to watch floor. Looks like I missed a good one.

[twhitedc]

Whoa crazy-long catch up.

Current Gear list:
Basses:
- Koa / Ebony Carvin LB70
- '95 MIM P bass
- Washburn ab20 acoustic fretless SN#666

Amps:
- Acoustic 320
- '76 Ampeg V4-B
- Meatsmoke Preamp

Cabs:
- Ampeg Svt-Hlf
- Road 215
- home made 115

In other news, I finished the case for the new board last night... Perfect fit... Pics to follow.

[Jason!]

My stash of dirt is sold upside, a Möbius will be coming my way.

[mc_muench]

Already? Daaaaaamn!!!

[Jason!]

Yeah I was surprised they went so quick.

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by Jason!

My stash of dirt is sold upside, a Möbius will be coming my way.

Man, that went quick. No time for seller's remorse, get that Mobius!

[dunwichamps]

join us join us join us strymon fanbois

[dozicusmaximus]

gooble gobble one of us...

[The_Janitor]

Let's see here:
Acid Bath is good - as is all of Dax's solo stuff (Deadboy & the Elephant Men, Agents, solo records) - Listened to them a ******** in high school.

Yawning Man is probably one of my top 10 bands. They're playing in LA on the 25th, I'll be out there for Namm, but I'm booked solid with work stuff so I doubt I'll be able to make it. Bummer, because they don't really tour in the states.

I have not heard Atma, but YOB is the ****. Catharsis, Unreal Never Lived and Illusion of Motion are my favorites. I still think Catharsis has the best production of any of them. I was heavily into my E-Wiz phase when Catharsis came out and it was a revelation: "Wow, you don't need ****** production and Boss FZ tones to be the heaviest band on the planet." Knocked E-wiz off the pedestal for me. Not into the Great Cessation as much though...

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

join us join us join us strymon fanbois

Alright, don't be rubbing it in too much. Strymon is giving me serious gas and I don't have the funds for any of their stuff.


Damn, work sucks today. I finally get to talk with my onsite healthcare worker (nurse practitioner) Here's hoping they re-up some pain pills so I can continue sitting at this desk doing menial tasks...

Even though bud is legal in Colorado, not all employers are cool with toking...especially on site. party poopers.