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

[Jason!]

Dave Blood of the Dead Milkmen always used a stingray. Love the tone on those albums. Such a kick ass band.

[LOCOPELAND]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

I'm a dog and I like socks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=swmuqGWgZCc

hahahaha

[Ekimus]

The bassist of My Sleeping Karma plays a Stingray, and he also has a great tone.

[Jason Hall]

I lub my sterling sub ray. I miss it and want to go home and hold it in my arms... then crank some fuzz and volume and rattle some windows. I'm not sure if it applies to all rays or not, but I want to say it has the hottest output of any other bass I've owned. When I run my fuzz, I have to lower the gain on the amp or it starts to get really clippy and unpleasant. Not really a swarm of bees sound, more like cooking bacon without the benefits of receiving bacon. With the right knob turns though it sounds great to me.

... or you could just make it passive like toast ;p. I'm not doing all that.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by Jason Hall

I lub my sterling sub ray. I miss it and want to go home and hold it in my arms... then crank some fuzz and volume and rattle some windows. I'm not sure if it applies to all rays or not, but I want to say it has the hottest output of any other bass I've owned. When I run my fuzz, I have to lower the gain on the amp or it starts to get really clippy and unpleasant. Not really a swarm of bees sound, more like cooking bacon without the benefits of receiving bacon. With the right knob turns though it sounds great to me.

... or you could just make it passive like toast ;p. I'm not doing all that.

I've wanted a ray for a long time, but I don't care for active basses, so if I did have one I'd go the toast route.

Moot point since I can't afford one anyway.

[MICKUSS]

Here's some pretty nice quality video(9 songs) of my CLUTCH cover band PURE ROCK FURY if anyone is interested. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...GTJbAr_uTXgl1r

My cab wasn't mic'd but the sound guy did take a DI from my amp AND another separate from just the bass. Audio was recorded from a room mic I think. Not sure exactly what you're hearing here..haha.
'08 Fender American Standard P-bass with heavy guage Rotosound Swing 66s, Fender 300 Pro head, Fender 215 Pro cab. All "clean" channel except Spacegrass.

[beebassdude]

Originally Posted by mc_muench

Iirc he didnt have any form of formal music theory before this latest album. One of the reasons it took so long is Flea went to school. Can you imagine walking into your music theory 101 and sitting next to Flea?

hes full of **** and IMO he says that to be "cool". nobody shreds on trumpet like he does and plays jazz like that and is completely clueless about theory.

[bassboysam]

Originally Posted by MICKUSS

Here's some pretty nice quality video(9 songs) of my CLUTCH cover band PURE ROCK FURY if anyone is interested. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...GTJbAr_uTXgl1r

My cab wasn't mic'd but the sound guy did take a DI from my amp AND another separate from just the bass. Audio was recorded from a room mic I think. Not sure exactly what you're hearing here..haha.
'08 Fender American Standard P-bass with heavy guage Rotosound Swing 66s, Fender 300 Pro head, Fender 215 Pro cab. All "clean" channel except Spacegrass.

Been waiting to hear this and I am not disappointed! Well done man it sounds fantastic.

[LOCOPELAND]

Sick Animal Farm cover! Awesome!

[MICKUSS]

Thanks guys! I've done Sabbath and Kyuss tributes before, but Clutch was by far the funnest!

[DethByDoom]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

redid pedal board again. Just waiting on the DMC3 now

My guitarist love his snarling dogs wah.he was wondering if you modified it? His is getting old and temperamental.

Originally Posted by beebassdude

timmyC only uses fender jazz basses i thought? im pretty sure his tone is just a J with a sansamp.

if you wanna hear that music man sound at its finest just listen to Blood Sugar Sex Majic, its all over that album. on Mothers Milk as well.

My under standing was good tone secret was a custom made dirt pedal and his clean ampeg/dirty ampeg setup and the two wahs he used on them.

Originally Posted by beebassdude

BSSM is not recorded with a wal, theres videos of him tracking with a musicman stingray on the making of the album video.

could be wrong about mothers milk, but i never saw him use a spector ever and i was a huge flea fan boy.

edit: guess he did use a wal and a stringray or BSSM, not a lot of wal shots in Funky Monks.

+1

Originally Posted by mc_muench

Iirc he didnt have any form of formal music theory before this latest album. One of the reasons it took so long is Flea went to school. Can you imagine walking into your music theory 101 and sitting next to Flea?

Yeah that would be ridiculous

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

I'm a dog and I like socks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=swmuqGWgZCc

Lol. Straight to Facebook with you sir.

[Jason Hall]

Originally Posted by The_Janitor

I've wanted a ray for a long time, but I don't care for active basses, so if I did have one I'd go the toast route.

Moot point since I can't afford one anyway.

http://www.sterlingbymusicman.com/sub-bass

If you're looking for a cheap ray, I recommend checking one of these out... same hardware and electronics afaik but a more plain body shape and a thinner neck. Mine was $250 at gc and you can probably get it cheaper with a coupon code.. might even be some used out there. If you have your sites set on the older sterlings or the fatter rays.. well just try one and see if you change your mind or not.

I was a little worried about the whole active/passive thing at first but I think I've come to grips with it. My findings... I experimented with changing the attenuation of the signal before and after fuzz to see what the best result would be... basically to make the signal a little weaker. I tried a direct box before the fuzz and that sounded alright.. I found later that just messing with amp gain after the fuzz to control the attenuation worked better. Articulate without being overly harsh. If my amp didn't have an input gain on it I'd probably run a buffer of some sort to tone it down...

Would like to hear from Toast to see how his passive direct connect ray is still doing and if he still likes it. Wish I didn't miss his band a few weeks ago, wife was too busy doing her hair .

[DethByDoom]

Oh and good morning guys. Free el oso anyone?

http://www.premierguitar.com/Survey/582/survey.aspx

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by DethByDoom

Oh and good morning guys. Free el oso anyone?

http://www.premierguitar.com/Survey/582/survey.aspx

Promising right now, if I win I will sell the El Oso to a doomer for $45 (what I need to get the Octave Fuzz I wanted).

I need to pass on some gear Karma and here is my chance. These sell new for $150 from Prymaxe so, it will be a tremendous discount for you guys!

[mc_muench]

Callin dibs!!!! thats if I dont win it. HA!

[swspiers]

Originally Posted by DethByDoom

Oh and good morning guys. Free el oso anyone?

http://www.premierguitar.com/Survey/582/survey.aspx

Thanks! If I win, I'm keeping it. I'm a selfish bastard when it comes to fuzz

[Jason Hall]

Originally Posted by mc_muench

Callin dibs!!!!

Don't give it to him... he turns everything he touches into wood. He's like king midas crossed with a wiccan. j/k

[DethByDoom]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Promising right now, if I win I will sell the El Oso to a doomer for $45 (what I need to get the Octave Fuzz I wanted).

I need to pass on some gear Karma and here is my chance. These sell new for $150 from Prymaxe so, it will be a tremendous discount for you guys!

If I lose...dibs!

I keep going back and forth between getting an el oso and an osd. If user get the osd I'll get it in a pedal with a rat tail. Demon rat! Torn. Damn these first world problems!

[mc_muench]

WOOD MATTERS AAAARGH!!!!


Also sigg'd...

[DethByDoom]

Originally Posted by mc_muench

Callin dibs!!!! thats if I dont win it. HA!

Damn you! App crashed twice.