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Episode 88: S/D thread - No Hope

#661
So, Catapult the Dead's album mix was sent off to get mastered today. Digital release should be soon, and cassette (I don't get the appeal, but whatever, if people want to buy 'em, we'll sell 'em) and vinyl following.

For the digital release, apparently we're going to give the option of either one long track (how it's really meant to be), or like six tracks.
 
#662
father of fires said:
I'm starting to realize something I hate in most rock/metal recordings...

I hate when the guitars are just a wall of fizz. There is no note definition in power chords. I guess I'm asking too much but I prefer to hear every note of a power chord.

Also, I'm on my 3rd MXR M80. I don't love it but it's a usable tone for my upcoming gigs.

Laz...you getting your set recorded on Saturday?
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It's why I've always preferred overdrive to straight-up fuzz.
 
#664
askrere said:
Hey Ron what made you guys go with F and not go to the next E?
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I've been playing music with the guys in Bongripper since I've played music. Our first band in high school tuned to Eb, then at some point another one of our incarnations started tuning to Bb.

When we started Bongripper originally we just started detuning from Bb (I think our first two shows we played in G or something around there) since that was the lowest we could get the Bb guitars to hold.

Then one day when it was apparent to me we were gonna keep doing Bongripper, I decided to put bass strings on the guitars. We always had tuned a half step down so F standard seemed natural.

That began the 5 year period where I hated everything about how my bass sounded/played. It got better once I got my RD and started using circle K strings, but it still wasn't perfect. Yesterday marked the official end of that search.
 
#665
my RD is definitely not as balanced in terms of output on all frets as my EB0L is, i wonder if thats because my EB0L has a much hotter output and the RD has the moog pulled out. its never really a huge issue because i dont play up high that often, but its annoying at times.

but those EGCs do that really cool sparkly thing when you play, kinda like an added chorus effect but its natural. im waiting for kevin to get back to me on pricing (ive kinda slowed down bothering him while i get this DR405 figured out).
 
#668
I don't have much of the high end sparkle from my EGC, but that probably has to due with the highest string I have on it is an A.

I do get some amazing harmonics that I never could get before.

Also the hollow body leads to amazing sustain and pleasant feedback when I want it.
 
#672
MCS4 said:
I think opinions on Torche's heaviness are affected a lot by what you hear from them first. Someone who knows them mainly from the last couple of albums will probably have a very different impression than someone who hears their early albums first (or sees them live).
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This.

Also, I suppose they're a different kind of heavy. It's not raging power-chord heavy, but those big single-string notes are pretty damn heavy, in a different way. In Return had power chords - so it sounded more like the "traditional" heavy that we're used to.

The S/T Floor record is one of the heaviest albums I've ever heard, but there isn't a single power chord on the whole thing.

Still heavy as ****.
 
#673
Corey Y said:
Ron, it's great to read you're happy with the new bass. After such a long wait even I was vicariously anxious about the outcome!
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Thanks, I'm super happy. It was a gamble dropping that $ on a bass I'd never had a chance to play (or see) but I was never too worried, I had a good feeling it was going to work out the way I had hoped.

Luckily I was right. Now I just want to have band practice again....

The live debut for using it is going to be MDF so that's a pretty good place to start using it.
 
#675
There's a good example of this on Filaments. Check out 1:15 of War Elephant: Invalid Link Removed

That bluesy bass line is in the upper register of my D and G strings tuned C and F. The amount of pure low end presence in those notes is pretty impressive. Allows me to go into the upper register during live playing without the bottom "dropping out."
 
#677
Lazarus.Bird said:
There's a good example of this on Filaments. Check out 1:15 of War Elephant: Invalid Link Removed

That bluesy bass line is in the upper register of my D and G strings tuned C and F. The amount of pure low end presence in those notes is pretty impressive. Allows me to go into the upper register during live playing without the bottom "dropping out."
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You know...I've always wanted to ask...was that song named after you?
 

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