Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread Pt. 44 Magnum.. the big boys.

[bassboysam]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Colorado has so many breweries... It is kinda insane. There is a "Local Beer" section of my liquor store that is like three cooler doors atleast.

Sam, you guys are going to blow up! So good. And the sound on that video isn't too shabby either. Makes me think I did something wrong to record our show.

Yay! Blender is back on the boards!

Just did my drummers front brakes yesterday. He said he was going to give me $100. I like where I am volume wise and all, so no rush on those 15" speakers...which is kinda disappointing in a way. But now I can grab that Ocatave Fuzz! Will also need new instrument cable with right angle so I have enough room on the board. So that right there is $80 atleast... $20 left. Probably just get some odds and ends for now.

Thanks Joe. most of the videos are shot with a Zoom Q3. it doesnt handle low light cinditions very well but its great at managing high SPLs. the HD version is supposed to be much better in dark rooms but its 3 times the price i think.


Glad you guys like the new stuff. both the tracks i posted were written (at least the basic structure) by me. i'm starting to get into writting a little more. on our 2 albums only two tracks are really my creations but i have already contributed 3 songs that are looking good to make the next record.

[Lazarus.Bird]

It's funny, on youtube we've got some standard def videos with high quality sound, and a high def video with **** quality sound, but none with both!

[bassboysam]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

It's funny, on youtube we've got some standard def videos with high quality sound, and a high def video with **** quality sound, but none with both!

The HD Zoom Q3 will do both in good quality.

[Ancient Tone]

NCD!!!! Picked up the Emperor 2x15 last night, its not a loose baffle like the seller thought, its just blown speakers.... So I'm gonna be upgrading to Emi Delta Pro-15A's here soon. Also traded an Earcandy 2x12 guitar cab I had lying around to our guitarist for the B2-Re, just using it as a power amp for the Dunwich DI / Pre at the moment, but its actually loud enough for gigging volumes.

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Ancient Tone

NCD!!!! Picked up the Emperor 2x15 last night, its not a loose baffle like the seller thought, its just blown speakers.... So I'm gonna be upgrading to Emi Delta Pro-15A's here soon. Also traded an Earcandy 2x12 guitar cab I had lying around to our guitarist for the B2-Re, just using it as a power amp for the Dunwich DI / Pre at the moment, but its actually loud enough for gigging volumes.

Bad ass!

[mc_muench]

Shexy! Yeah people always say the b2r is underpowered but not really, you got a b2re which is 450 watts. I loved and hated mine, no regrets selling it though

[Lazarus.Bird]

Finally got a chance to listen to that live in Denver sleep bootleg. Meh... it's OK. Definitely a bootleg. I'd rather just listen to my Holy Mountain and Dopesmoker records haha.

[DethByDoom]

Originally Posted by Sartori

Same with our local breweries. Lagunitas especially makes a good I.P.A. Sierra Nevada's is really good, too.

I'm obsessed with Sierra Nevada porter right now.

Originally Posted by Ancient Tone

NCD!!!! Picked up the Emperor 2x15 last night, its not a loose baffle like the seller thought, its just blown speakers.... So I'm gonna be upgrading to Emi Delta Pro-15A's here soon. Also traded an Earcandy 2x12 guitar cab I had lying around to our guitarist for the B2-Re, just using it as a power amp for the Dunwich DI / Pre at the moment, but its actually loud enough for gigging volumes.

Funny we have the same heads. Great minds, something, something?

[blendermassacre]

Any of you guys ever driven a land rover?

[Road Bull]

Has anyone tried Brenniven? I picked up this bottle when I was in Iceland. They call it Black Death over there. It's made from fermented potato mash and flavoredwith caraway seed. A very interesting flavor indeed. My friend and I went to Iceland a couple years ago and we had to get a bottle of this to remember a night where we got separated and he got into a crazy street brawl with some Russians, the cops, and some good Samaritans. Funny pictures to follow.

[Road Bull]

Before black death

[Road Bull]

After black death...


...so, My friend got separated from our pub crawl group drank way too much for his experience level. He checked some trouble making Russian who made some disparaging racist remark about our president, got sucker punched, hit the ground, got up, grabbed metal trash bin as the guy is laughing and walking away, slams said trash bin over dude, pitched battle ensues. Cops show up to try to subdue the known trouble maker and the drunk American, ends up having the cops and my friend outnumbered, British Royal marine by-standard jumps in to even the odds.. man... lololol.

I missed all of it. My friend comes back at like four in the AM. He has lost his wallet, had his ATM card stuck in a gambling machine, has a black eye, sprained ankle and looks like.... Black Death!

And so our saying from there on out goes, "Begin again, with Brennivin..."

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Bad ass!

Danke!!!

Originally Posted by mc_muench

Shexy! Yeah people always say the b2r is underpowered but not really, you got a b2re which is 450 watts. I loved and hated mine, no regrets selling it though

Graci! Yeah the normal 300w B2R is underpowered for my needs, but the B2Re with the dunwich pushing it is at practice levels at around 1:00 and at around 3:00 should be just loud enough for live shows while leaving me a tiny bit of wiggle room. I figure it works as a power amp or a regular amp in a pinch and mates up the new 2x15 pretty well so I'm happy.

Originally Posted by DethByDoom

Funny we have the same heads. Great minds, something, something?

hahaha something, something, no beer, no TV, make Homer.....

[father of fires]

Did a cab/pedal shoot out with OldCrow this weekend.

The Mesa RR Diesel 2x15 slays my 80's Fridge. But the speakers aren't as powerful. My buddy tells me that if they are the original EV 15's I can sell them for a pretty penny and put some high power speakers in there.

The Mesa Bottle Rocket sounds killer with the Matamp. Less so with a SS head.

The surprise of the day was that the MXR M80 I picked up on a whim has an amazing tube-ish grit if you keep the gain down and about a 60/40 blend. The distortion gets a little djenty if you put the gain too high but I think this could be my always on tone and then kick in a dirt box for choruses and such. I had one a long time ago but sold it because I never figured out how to use it properly (Oh the gear I could have saved if I knew then what I know now). I do think they revised it as some point. They put a better battery door and changed the series name (MXR Bass Innovations wasn't around when I had my first one). I wonder what else they did.

[CL400Peavey]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

I do have some good fanbois. I talked to Mike about an amp but was not feasible at this moment. I do not think Pallbearer has the budge for something at this moment.

People seem to like to spread me around. Word of mouth is how most of my builds are done.

I pimp your amps and I have never heard one myself. I know enough about wiring, and how anal retentive yours is, to say, "Hey check this dude's amps out! His P2P wiring is the sh!t..."

Originally Posted by blendermassacre

Any of you guys ever driven a land rover?

My brother had one for a bit, tons of electrical problems. He had it less than a year as he could never get it started through the winter.

[Samsquanch1972]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

So my bass lessons have been going pretty well. Had a solid one yesterday. Still just working on major minor and dom chords but I've gotten pretty good with notes on the fretboard and sight reading has gotten pretty easy for me. Really haven't seen a whole lot of crossover from what I've been learning to what I do playing with my band, but I definitely feel like I'm improving overall as a musician.

I want to find a good teacher myself too. Had about three years of lessons on guitar as a teenager, but they were they let's teach you this song or that song, and major scale, pentatonic, but no reason why this goes with that. So I have been on a quest to learn scales, the Nashville number system, instead of just learning songs, to really get the big picture of music and not just where the bass or guitar fits in to it. It has helped me people to sit in with buddies on acoustic jams either on acoustic or on bass. But my girlfriend and friends tell me I noodle too much, just play a song. So I need to find a balance between practicing theory and learning songs, and also finding some people that like the same music to jam with to learn timing. But here is a great and easily understandable music theory book.
http://www.edly.com/mtfpp.html

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by CL400Peavey

I pimp your amps and I have never heard one myself. I know enough about wiring, and how anal retentive yours is, to say, "Hey check this dude's amps out! His P2P wiring is the sh!t..."



My brother had one for a bit, tons of electrical problems. He had it less than a year as he could never get it started through the winter.

The one person I knew that had one, had problems with it. It was in the shop more than it was in his driveway. Maybe he had a lemon... Of course you only hear about the horror stories. Not many people go out of their way to tell someone when something is awesome. Unless, its a website like this.

My advice would be to join up on a LR forum and ask the important questions. I did this when I was seriously considering an Accord. Mazda won, based on them offering a newer wagon. Honda hasn't had a wagon stateside in a long time.

[mbelue]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Honda hasn't had a wagon stateside in a long time.

The whole reason I bought an Element. Nobody had a wagon when I was shopping.

[blendermassacre]

I'm in need of a 7 passenger vehicle and there aren't many I like at all. Especially in the price range I need and that isn't a damn mini van

[father of fires]

Originally Posted by blendermassacre

I'm in need of a 7 passenger vehicle and there aren't many I like at all. Especially in the price range I need and that isn't a damn mini van

I fought the idea of minivans for many years but, as I have one kid and will eventually have more I can see the appeal.

You have a ton of kids and it would be smart for you to get an appropriate car. No person worth knowing would fault you for have a responsible car.