Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread Pt. 45: Rule 34: Handwired Gear Pronz

[LOCOPELAND]

Speaking of local bands, saw Ancient Warlocks last night. Killer show. AW got their set cut short because the band before took too long to set up. Not to mention everyone was on the singer guy's jock because it was billed as his birthday show. Kinda lame...not a huge fan of the singer or his band. AW had to cut out two badass songs I would have liked to hear.

[dunwichamps]

Darren and the guys are really kool. I dig em a ton

[LOCOPELAND]

Yeah, man. Darren is super cool and very humble! We hung out and talked for a bit. Really looking forward to hearing the bass fuzz he's been mentioning.

[The_Janitor]

Saw Northless last year some time, pretty sweet sludge band. We've got another show set up for March 1st, things are coming along nicely. I'm glad that years of going to shows and talking up the locals is finally paying off. This has been easier than I expected.

[Moon Fetus]

Hey guys, has anyone had experience with these amps? This looks like a good deal, and I know I wanted a 2x15". I want to play stuff like ISIS and Russian Circles and also more towards the ambient atmospheric side of metal, but I want an amp that can also do the nasty sludge drone stuff with tone like Zoroaster or Sunn O))). One of my old friends used a crazy Peavey head for deathcore so I figured this might be good for some face melting?

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/msg/3526513104.html

[mc_muench]

The cab is nice but the head is pretty sterile IMO, would be great if you get a majority if your tone from pedals though, and it can run at 2 ohms so adding a second 215 is possible. But if you like the sound of it thats what matters

[Moon Fetus]

Yeah, I do plan on eventually getting a decent amount of pedals. Are most solid-state heads generally sterile in sound? This seems like a pretty good price, so I may go for it if it's still here at the end of the month especially if I can add another cab as you say.

[Road Bull]

Originally Posted by The_Janitor

Sounds good, man!

Speaking of Morbid Angel, Domination is pretty damn doomy. It's also got lots of effects on the vocals and dual guitar harmonies. I think that record gets overlooked sometimes, but it's probably my favorite from them.

I listened to them passively for years, as I grew up in Florida, (the death metal capital of the world in those days). But I worked as a record store for a while and he turned me on to them. I really dig Gateways To Annihilation. The opening song, how Kawazu bleeds into Summoning Redemption, that... to me.. is what they are about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhKWW07zwvc

Just hammering a dragging guitar riff over the coals of Pete Sandoval's drums. That riff is pretty simple but just gets better the more you hear it. And for death metal vocals, I dig it. Not overly Cookie Monster and not screaming. Like Goldilocks, just right.

I will have to give another listen to Domination. I have a ton of CDs in boxes and everywhere else. I lost everything on my iTunes with a computer SNAFU. So I have been slowly going back and putting CD to iTunes. I realized I only have the Alters of Madness on there so far. I need to change that.

[mc_muench]

Originally Posted by Moon Fetus

Yeah, I do plan on eventually getting a decent amount of pedals. Are most solid-state heads generally sterile in sound? This seems like a pretty good price, so I may go for it if it's still here at the end of the month especially if I can add another cab as you say.

No, theres some that have monstrous tone, like old sunn and acoustic for example, theres plenty of others, those are just the popular brands in this genre and you can get them for pretty cheap.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by Road Bull

I listened to them passively for years, as I grew up in Florida, (the death metal capital of the world in those days). But I worked as a record store for a while and he turned me on to them. I really dig Gateways To Annihilation. The opening song, how Kawazu bleeds into Summoning Redemption, that... to me.. is what they are about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhKWW07zwvc

Just hammering a dragging guitar riff over the coals of Pete Sandoval's drums. That riff is pretty simple but just gets better the more you hear it. And for death metal vocals, I dig it. Not overly Cookie Monster and not screaming. Like Goldilocks, just right.

I will have to give another listen to Domination. I have a ton of CDs in boxes and everywhere else. I lost everything on my iTunes with a computer SNAFU. So I have been slowly going back and putting CD to iTunes. I realized I only have the Alters of Madness on there so far. I need to change that.

That track is pretty brutal. I think I still have that disc somewhere, I should dig it out.

A lot people hate Domination, I don't get why. Some said that it was too 'commerical' or a 'sell-out' album. Don't get it.

Just printed a bunch of Mecian/Vega show flyers at Kinkos, off to practice to try out the modded ODB3, then probably cruise around putting up flyers. Feels good to get **** done.

[mc_muench]

And the older peaveys like the 260 series and the 400 series from the early to mid 70s are great too.

[Road Bull]

Originally Posted by Moon Fetus

Hey guys, has anyone had experience with these amps? This looks like a good deal, and I know I wanted a 2x15". I want to play stuff like ISIS and Russian Circles and also more towards the ambient atmospheric side of metal, but I want an amp that can also do the nasty sludge drone stuff with tone like Zoroaster or Sunn O))). One of my old friends used a crazy Peavey head for deathcore so I figured this might be good for some face melting?

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/msg/3526513104.html

Save up a bit more, snag this, fix head, done for foreseeable future.

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/msg/3437106365.html

[mc_muench]

Those svt4's have way to many connections on the back...I would fvck something up.

[blendermassacre]

Water broke. Getting kids to their grandparents. I'll post pics later.

[mc_muench]

LET GO!!! YOURE HURTING MY HAND!!!

[bassboysam]

Originally Posted by blendermassacre

Water broke. Getting kids to their grandparents. I'll post pics later.

Good luck dude!

[beebassdude]

Originally Posted by blendermassacre

Water broke. Getting kids to their grandparents. I'll post pics later.

One kid? What is this, amateur hour? lol

Good luck man, did this whole routine last friday. Except like everything else in my life, i ended up with more than one haha.

[Moloch666]

Originally Posted by blendermassacre

Water broke. Getting kids to their grandparents. I'll post pics later.

GOOD LUCK!

[doomis]

Originally Posted by OysteinosaurusG

I accidentally put on Monoliths & Dimensions at the wrong speed (33 instead of 45). If any of you think Sunn O))) doesn't sound unsettling enough already, give it a try.

Hah had done that with 00 void first track (had made sure to refrain from listening to that lp before buying it) and it sure was strangely awesome. Lots of buzzing "thump" in your ears, like sitting in front of a giant sub or something. Will have to try other songs too


Oh, same thing happened with advaitic songs, but the chanting in the first track sounds like a truck driver and gave it away immediately

[Kawai-chang]

Originally Posted by blendermassacre

Water broke. Getting kids to their grandparents. I'll post pics later.

Good luck!!