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Sludge/Doom Effects

#101
rratajski said:
You'll hate me but I like his singing better on this record...

I don't know if I'm bored w/ effects or just shaping my personal sound better, but I feel like I can get more accomplished and stick out more by just playing better and using tonal changes to my muff, hog, and bms...
I could never see myself not using effects with heavy music.
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Yeah I hate you. Red Sea was my fav...
Im the same way, it sounds like with my smaller setup that I contribute more and the bass seems to play a more prominent role (if any of that makes sense). Still have to have my Morley PWF though, if it wore makeup Id prolly try and have sex with it.
 
#102
I actually think Aaron sounds like limp bizkit when he isnt rapping. (granted i really like isis, limp bizkit...not so much)

Honestly i really hear a similarity. Not really to nick hexum. That guy has a weird accent when he sings. The diction is completely different.

like a charm, eyyyyyy :smug:
 
#103
I'm waiting til the record comes out to give the new ISIS a spin, and I'm waiting for a little more cash before I pick up the new Mastodon.

As for modulation, I use a bit of bassballs and a smidge of Flange, but generally I think modulation muddies up the sound too much once you introduce guitars and vocals into the mix, especially live.
 
#111
RCCollins said:
i'd like to hear some sludge doom with a gated bass fuzz
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To me, gated fuzz is the antithesis of sludge/doom. It's supposed to be all messy and, well, sludgy. For me, the quintessential sludge pedal is the Muff circuit and all its variants. But, as you just said, that depends on the number of guitars and the tones of said guitars. My guitarist likes to keep his distorted sound real tight, ala Adam Jones, so I've got plenty of room to fuzz it up.

Also, I'm not convinced that you *need* a tube amp. I mean, I have one :p, but there's no requirement. Well, that's not true, as long as it works, use it.
 
#112
Deluge Of Sound said:
To me, gated fuzz is the antithesis of sludge/doom. It's supposed to be all messy and, well, sludgy. For me, the quintessential sludge pedal is the Muff circuit and all its variants. But, as you just said, that depends on the number of guitars and the tones of said guitars. My guitarist likes to keep his distorted sound real tight, ala Adam Jones, so I've got plenty of room to fuzz it up.

Also, I'm not convinced that you *need* a tube amp. I mean, I have one :p, but there's no requirement. Well, that's not true, as long as it works, use it.
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i can see where you're coming from, but if you want note definition and a totally fuzzy sound, gated fuzz is one way to go. and i think it could fit but hey, follow the pack
 
#116
Deluge Of Sound said:
To me, gated fuzz is the antithesis of sludge/doom. It's supposed to be all messy and, well, sludgy. For me, the quintessential sludge pedal is the Muff circuit and all its variants. But, as you just said, that depends on the number of guitars and the tones of said guitars. My guitarist likes to keep his distorted sound real tight, ala Adam Jones, so I've got plenty of room to fuzz it up.

Also, I'm not convinced that you *need* a tube amp. I mean, I have one :p, but there's no requirement. Well, that's not true, as long as it works, use it.
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I don't have a valve state amp either, in fact I like a super clean sound, so my effects can run the show. But in reality, you can do all you really need with an SVT, if you are playing the genre in its purest form...Sleep, Grief, Eyehategod etc.
 

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