For Drone and Doom Metal?

[Zack AKA Moose]

Hi, new user here! First let me lay down my set-up.
-Ibanez GSR100EX Sound Gear
-Behringer 1x8 20watt practice amp (for now)
I just started playing bass about 2 weeks ago, ever since i heard sunn0))) live. I want my sound to be a droning, doom filled ambiance type style.

Please help me to understand which effects and pedals i should invest in.

I also enjoy 60's-80's rock (Blue Oyster Cult, REO Speedwagon), what do i need to do for that style?

I mainly focus on metal though, all forms but specifically drone/doom/funeral.

[Mudfuzz]

YOU NEED A FUZZ!!

And then a delay.

AND YOU NEED A FUZZ!!!!!

[xTHEREMINx]

If you were to get a fuzz, go Devi Ever. I live and swear by that sh*t

http://deviever.com/

Specifically made for doomy drone stuff

[Mudfuzz]

Now that you have been informed the YOU NEED A FUZZ! You will notice that there are many fuzzes....

Many....

For Doom standard kit is a type of Big Muff Pi. There are 100s of threads on Muff variants. And many opinions, all I will say on this here is stay away from the Bass Big Muff [I don't like how it sounds] and a NYC as it's lows arn't as boomy as one would want for everything.

Now My suggestion:FuzzHugger(fx) Great Wall, it is SO doomy and chewy and BIG and FUZZY!

[Mudfuzz]

Originally Posted by xTHEREMINx

If you were to get a fuzz, go Devi Ever. I live and swear by that sh*t

http://deviever.com/

Specifically made for doomy drone stuff

Devi's stuff is the **** as well! look at the the Dark Boost, Vintage Fuzz master and soda meiser.

Also look at some of Dwarfcraft Devices stuff too, Boris has been seen using some of their pedals.

[Thunderscreech]

also get an octave pedal for that low-end rumble. and tune low and use flats.

[NateS]

and get an 8x10. then another 8x10.

you wouldn't happen to live in va would you? I want to try 2 bass doom...but nobody around here seems to want to, or doesn't check craigslist

[Mudfuzz]

Originally Posted by Thunderscreech

also get an octave pedal for that low-end rumble. and tune low and use flats.

+1,000,000,000.98

Originally Posted by bassk81976

and get an 8x10. then another 8x10.

I like 18s and 12s myself.

[iamdenialNJ]

Buy yourself an earthbound supercollider and 8x10 bass cab.

Seriously.

[Mudfuzz]

Originally Posted by iamdenialNJ

Buy yourself an earthbound supercollider and 8x10 bass cab.

Seriously.

Which for info's sake [for the OP] is a Big muff variant.

[thombo]

i know you said pedals, but really you need a good amp with tubes. i like tube preamp w/ solid state poweramp, but i play other music as well... straight up doom/stoner players usually use all tube heads- ampeg svt's, sunn, orange, etc.

[Deluge Of Sound]

You need imagination.

Doom/Drone is beyond played out at this point.

[Din Of Win]

fuzz(EHX BBM), chorus(Danelectro, Boss), delay(guyatone, boss, MXR), OD(digitech, boss), phaser(mxr, ehx), octave(boss), and flanger(boss).

old grindy solid state heads(peavey, kustom, sunn, acoustic).

15" speakers for days(i see craigslist bros selling 2x15s for less than $150 all. the. time).




My friend runs 8 15s in his doom band(Oak), and i have yet to see/hear a better doom/drone bass set up.

Personally, I would also do 15's, but also dig 12's and 18's

[Din Of Win]

Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

You need imagination.

Doom/Drone is beyond played out at this point.

this

[NateS]

Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

You need imagination.

Doom/Drone is beyond played out at this point.

can you name a genre that isn't "played out"?

[Din Of Win]

Originally Posted by bassk81976

can you name a genre that isn't "played out"?

i can't think of a genre that is MORE played out than doom/drone

[NateS]

Originally Posted by Din Of Win

i can't think of a genre that is MORE played out than doom/drone

...

do i really need to type the words indie, emo, and hardcore/deathcore?

at least he's obviously doing it because he wants to, not because he'll be famous.other than Sunn, can you think of 1 famous doom band?

and...are you being hypocritical or do you just not want other people to play the same music as you? Seeing how as you list not 1 but 2 doom/ambient/black metal bands for your current gigs

[Deluge Of Sound]

"beyond played out."

There's a very small glass ceiling to this, especially when you get into amplifier worship, and even moreso when you get into the camps that break it down to "post-Stoner-Pre-Ambien-Slightly-Saddened-Dreading-Doom."
Beyond a small handful of bands, its just a bunch of dudes hitting powerchords at 12 BPM.

[NateS]

Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

"beyond played out."

There's a very small glass ceiling to this, especially when you get into amplifier worship, and even moreso when you get into the camps that break it down to "post-Stoner-Pre-Ambien-Slightly-Saddened-Dreading-Doom."
Beyond a small handful of bands, its just a bunch of dudes hitting powerchords at 12 BPM.

forgive ignorance...but outside of the boris album i've never heard of amplifier worship...but if it means what i think it means, i will gladly join the kult

[Deluge Of Sound]

Amplifier Worship is my shorthand for Amps at 11.

I just checked out your profile... you're 18. Odds are, you just got into this kind of music pretty recently. The new wave of Sleep/Boris/EW/Sunn adoration has done nothing but make the cheap amps that sound awesome at 11 get more expensive.


FWIW: I still have my Doom rig, and I'll always love the music, but at this point its been a real long time since a band made me go "Wow."