i used that MXR m80 in psyopus, it was a nice grindy distortion and had a decent preamp/eq on it, but definitely wouldnt want it for doom/stoner stuff.
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Episode 88: S/D thread - No Hope
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i used that MXR m80 in psyopus, it was a nice grindy distortion and had a decent preamp/eq on it, but definitely wouldnt want it for doom/stoner stuff.
i bought a used Torche cd on saturday (Meanderthal) and im actually really impressed, definitely a cool album. not usually what i'm into but its good stuff.
I was just geeking out to that one in the car on the way home from yesterday. So ****ing heavy and catchy. You might like In Return also.
lol, we'll disagree on this one but i dont think its heavy whatsoever haha. its more like driving 90s rock with a fuzzy twist to it. they have a great sense of melody which is why i like it. songs are short and to the point. i enjoyed.
Torche is incredibly listenable pop metal imo. When I listen to them I don't normally think "oh man this is so heavy", it's more like "hey that's a damn catchy riff."
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In Return is the only release they've done that I'd really consider heavy...some parts of the S/T record as that was still a lot of Floor riffs too.
But Meanderthal, songs for singles, and Harmonicraft not really heavy in a traditional sense...still awesome.
But Meanderthal, songs for singles, and Harmonicraft not really heavy in a traditional sense...still awesome.
exactly what i thought when listening. pop metal is a very good description.
Looks like facebook is about to go from slightly useful to completely useless in terms of promoting your band: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
Crappy news. I guess it'll just be about using the personal account to hype band news/gigs/etc.
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I never understood why people get up in arms about Facebook acting like a business. They have a responsibility to their stock holders to make lots of money.
Social media is a not a civic right.
If you want to use it as marketing then you should be willing to pay for it.
If it's not worth the money then its not an effective tool.
100% right. its just a drag tho, because now if you wanna promote your band you gotta go do it elsewhere, and facebook used to be a pretty useful tool.
so while youre right that it makes sense for them, theyre just gonna alienate the music community to go use something else. and they will, and facebook will be no more for bands. if you want a historic reference, go ask Tom from myspace (hes probably still your friend).
Shvtty. Might have to give the personal page a try until something better comes along.
Man so absorbed in talking to a friend I missed the text where I got asked out to dinner by this incredibly cute girl... Time to recover that fail...
It's built, but I have to repaint it. Just been short on time. I decided to redo it with a different paint this time, but I still have to finish sanding it down.
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First practice with the EGC.
Holy ****.
After about 10 minutes of twiddling knobs on my pedals and preamp I got the tone I generally go for. Start playing around, everything is sounding thick and grindy (via the demon king).
I'm happy with everything so far, at the time I was feeling like the low F was a little less than I was hoping it would be.
Then, we started playing.
Turns out the low F wasn't weaker, it was finally equal with every other note I played. Up until this point I was able to get a strong low F string and it would be unbalanced with everything else. Or I could get a good tone from everything except from the low F which would be muddy and lack luster.
No longer a problem. Every note I played was strong and authoritative. My bass lines sounded better than when I wrote them. My low end was as massive as ever, but when I played parts in different registers they had just as much punch and power. It was really something to be heard, I've never played an instrument that was so balanced. I really cat accurately express how awesome it is.
In comparison to the RD, they're almost identical in weight, I couldn't tell without a scale. Same goes for amount of neck dive between the two instruments. At home alone I thought the EGC was more neck heavy than I was used to...apparently I've been playing with a bass that was equally balanced for 4 years. Within the context of practice I felt right at home with the EGC, but it was easier on my hands to play, and sounded better. Frankly in the 8 or 9 years Bongripper has been a band and playing in F I've never been so comfortable playing a bass.
If you can't tell, I'm stoked.
Holy ****.
After about 10 minutes of twiddling knobs on my pedals and preamp I got the tone I generally go for. Start playing around, everything is sounding thick and grindy (via the demon king).
I'm happy with everything so far, at the time I was feeling like the low F was a little less than I was hoping it would be.
Then, we started playing.
Turns out the low F wasn't weaker, it was finally equal with every other note I played. Up until this point I was able to get a strong low F string and it would be unbalanced with everything else. Or I could get a good tone from everything except from the low F which would be muddy and lack luster.
No longer a problem. Every note I played was strong and authoritative. My bass lines sounded better than when I wrote them. My low end was as massive as ever, but when I played parts in different registers they had just as much punch and power. It was really something to be heard, I've never played an instrument that was so balanced. I really cat accurately express how awesome it is.
In comparison to the RD, they're almost identical in weight, I couldn't tell without a scale. Same goes for amount of neck dive between the two instruments. At home alone I thought the EGC was more neck heavy than I was used to...apparently I've been playing with a bass that was equally balanced for 4 years. Within the context of practice I felt right at home with the EGC, but it was easier on my hands to play, and sounded better. Frankly in the 8 or 9 years Bongripper has been a band and playing in F I've never been so comfortable playing a bass.
If you can't tell, I'm stoked.
