your stoner/doom bass

wrathofgod · #1 03-05-2011, 07:25 AM

well, we have stoner rig threads, stoner pedals threads...

but i couldnt find a stoner bass thread.

so here it goes:
what basses do you use to play some stoner rock?
do you use active basses to get a better control of the sound?
or perhaps humbuckers to make it alls nice and dirty?
or a p-bass?

show em, and tell us why you love em!

Devo-lution · #2 03-05-2011, 07:29 AM

ehm, can't you couple these threads together instead of bombarding talkbass with "stoner/doom" treads?

A friend of mine uses a Rickenbacker in his stoner/doom band, but I used to sit in during rehearsals and jam along with my stingray. Both sounded entirely different and both worked.

AcidFripp · #3 03-05-2011, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrathofgod

well, we have stoner rig threads, stoner pedals threads...

but i couldnt find a stoner bass thread.

so here it goes:
what basses do you use to play some stoner rock?
do you use active basses to get a better control of the sound?
or perhaps humbuckers to make it alls nice and dirty?
or a p-bass?

show em, and tell us why you love em!

Go to the "bassists" section. They've a huge stoner/doom thread there!

That being said, I use my only bass: Squier Jazz Bass.
Sounds good and does the job, but I need a bigger amp if I want to play some mad riffs at an acceptable volume.

msb · #4 03-05-2011, 07:31 AM

The Pbass is the only bass for that nice doomy vibe . Sunburst/rosewood/tort of course .

Covers should be on , with a nice narrow / sliding pad vintage strap .

msb · #5 03-05-2011, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Devo-lution

ehm, can't you couple these threads together instead of bombarding talkbass with "stoner/doom" treads?

A friend of mine uses a Rickenbacker in his stoner/doom band, but I used to sit in during rehearsals and jam along with my stingray. Both sounded entirely different and both worked.

Heck , I say we bury Talkbass with a thousand more stoner/doomy threads . Feel the wrath of Stoney Dooms !!

Phendyr_Loon · #6 03-05-2011, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by msb

The Pbass is the only bass for that nice doomy vibe . Sunburst/rosewood/tort of course .

Covers should be on , with a nice narrow / sliding pad vintage strap .

Haha, I thought Fiesta Red, but Sunburst works too.

Devo-lution · #7 03-05-2011, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by msb

Heck , I say we bury Talkbass with a thousand more stoner/doomy threads . Feel the wrath of Stoney Dooms !!

Stoning is so 1200's

...

Nowadays we have trollz and spambots...

zarigunn · #8 03-05-2011, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by msb

The Pbass is the only bass for that nice doomy vibe . Sunburst/rosewood/tort of course .

Covers should be on , with a nice narrow / sliding pad vintage strap .

yeah, sunburst and the kind of strap you use shall make the doomy sound !

buy a bass, a tube amp, a huge cab.
And push it !
here you have it, stoner/doom sound.

Devo-lution · #9 03-05-2011, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devo-lution

ehm, can't you couple these threads together instead of bombarding talkbass with "stoner/doom" treads?

A friend of mine uses a Rickenbacker in his stoner/doom band, but I used to sit in during rehearsals and jam along with my stingray. Both sounded entirely different and both worked.

@ zari

talkin bout the devil

Make sure you don't push it too hard. It might fall offstage :').

tbird36go · #10 03-05-2011, 07:48 AM

Any Fender, G&L or Music Man Bass will do. I've used them all in stoner rock bands. Favorites are Fender Jazz, G&L SB-2 or L-2000 & MM Stingray any one would be a great choice. Right now I play my Warmoth Jazz for everything.

bluestarbass · #11 03-05-2011, 08:00 AM

I think others have nailed it, it's more about the amp. If you run almost any bass into a big muff and a monster tube amp it's gonna sound doomy. I use a Pbass and stingray.

msb · #12 03-05-2011, 08:12 AM

What about the strap ?

waleross · #13 03-05-2011, 08:37 AM

Stoner Doom? Oh you Mean heavy metal, +1 on its all about the amp and not the bass ( unless you want one of those KISS basses) . Its this simple : SVT-CL, 810E cab, Big Muff, Cry Baby Wah for Bass, compressor (optional ) Earplugs (needed) = TURN IT UP UNTIL THE NEIGHBORS CALL THE COPS. ALSO HAVE SOME FUN......

cassius987 · #14 03-05-2011, 08:39 AM

For me it could only be a Rickenbacker or a P Bass.

zachoff · #15 03-05-2011, 09:00 AM

I have two Yamaha BBs... '78 BB800 and '79 B1000

Neither are active, but both have more output than most active basses I've played. I call them the steroidal Ps.

thunesBARROW · #16 03-05-2011, 09:19 AM

I don't know about "doom" music, but for "stoner" rock my friend uses a Mosrite bass with tapewound strings into a huge Kustom stack.

Big_Daddy · #17 03-05-2011, 10:08 AM

What Isis uses.

Miskatonic · #18 03-05-2011, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Big_Daddy

What Isis uses.

You mean used to use

AcidFripp · #19 03-05-2011, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waleross

Stoner Doom? Oh you Mean heavy metal, +1 on its all about the amp and not the bass ( unless you want one of those KISS basses) . Its this simple : SVT-CL, 810E cab, Big Muff, Cry Baby Wah for Bass, compressor (optional ) Earplugs (needed) = TURN IT UP UNTIL THE NEIGHBORS CALL THE COPS. ALSO HAVE SOME FUN......

No; Heavy Metal is a different genre.

dannybuoy · #20 03-20-2011, 10:48 AM

Yamaha BB415 here. I have a Peavey T40 and Fender P too, but the Yam has a real fat growly sound to it with both P & J pickups on and I'm yet to play a bass I prefer the sound of! May upgrade to the 1025X though!