Stone/Doom Bassists Thread Part 39: Flip Flops & Zubaz!

[JoeVictim]

Speaking of gear pics and cool pics and such. This might be the absolute coolest picture of me that's ever been taken.

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Plus it's a pretty good shot of the RD and my pedalboard.

Hell Yeah, Ron! How photogenic

 

[bassboysam]

I spent a long time trying to figure out what was missing from my tone, and I realized I had the gain turned up just way too high. Dialing it back brought a lot back into my lows and mid lows that I was missing, sounding much better than just cranking the bass knob. These settings ended up resulting in a very angry and gnarly top end, with a real thick and meaty low end.

Dial back the bass a little more and it's pretty much how I set all my amps. I know knob positions mean nothing but somehow every amp I try sounds best with treble at noon, mids at 2 o'clock, bass at 11 o'clock and gain at 11 o'clock.

 

[JoeVictim]

SB4000 for the win, Joe.

I wish they could do just a body or something for you...

Of course, they just started offering blocks on maple...

 

[Korladis]

I hate the dean, I used it cause I broke the jack on my charvel...and I agree, it's crap for stoner metal. Keep in mind in just getting into stoner metal, my band is a totally different genre

I think you misread the post. I was saying that there is no reason not to, as in, it's totally fine to use one for stoner metal.

I am the last person who should be snobby about basses... for doom I play a Peavey!

 

[JoeVictim]

New thread New Music: These are some friends, played a few shows with them with the last band I did. I think they're pretty righteous, and Matt always plays barefoot.

http://thesunthemoonthestars.bandcamp.com/

cool.

 

[DethByDoom]

Speaking of gear pics and cool pics and such. This might be the absolute coolest picture of me that's ever been taken.

Plus it's a pretty good shot of the RD and my pedalboard.

You ever have output issues with the rd? A friend that's on here has had serious issues with his rd. his handle is haystack55.

Is an awesome pic btw.

 

[JoeVictim]

http://www.lacemusic.com/artists.php

This list is like a who's who of Stoner Rock and Doom

 

[Ron Now]

You ever have output issues with the rd? A friend that's on here has had serious issues with his rd. his handle is haystack55.

Nope. It's been pretty consistent since I got it a couple years ago. That's a bummer that his is being funky, I love mine.

 

[JoeVictim]

Is it just me, or do Japanese bands rock extra hard? (except when guitar does some backup vox. that part was kinda weak)

http://vimeo.com/26617732

 

[DethByDoom]

Nope. It's been pretty consistent since I got it a couple years ago. That's a bummer that his is being funky, I love mine.

He started this thread to try and get help. Kinda went nowhere.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=916656&referrerid=229351

Edit: looking through the post again… you're in it Ron.

 

[ampegfuzz]

Ok, I got super busy at work, it was lame since I couldn't keep up with the end of the last thread.

Tried out the darkglass B7K at Bongripper practice last night. Verdict is, the low end is amazing on that pedal. My low notes (low F and such) were much more detailed and huge sounding than ever. However, over all the gain structure on my Rat is just so much more appealing to my (and my bands ears). I'm thinking of trying out some sort of clean blend/buffer/eq pedal to run my rat through to get a little more of that huge bottom that the darkglass had. My 84' whiteface Rat has a clean blend but I could get the huge low end or the bite of a rat, but not both. But the clean blend on it is a little hard to dial in hence the idea of a separate pedal (like the badger schism, or wounded paw blender).

As far as the darkglass, I really wanted it to work but my old rat has beat out yet another contender. So it'll be seeing the classifieds soon.

Any opinions on clean/parallel blending pedals to check out?

the xotic x blender seems to be the norm

 

[dunwichamps]

finished decalling the contest fuzz

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[DethByDoom]

finished decalling the contest fuzz

I shoulda got in on that. Looks damn good.

 

[dunwichamps]

thanks!

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Got a positive review in the local paper for our EP. That is pretty damn cool.

Here are the recent additions to my record collection. Some juggernauts in this batch.

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[demon666]

Laz buys vinyl like I used to buy pedals.

 

[JoeVictim]

Laz buys vinyl like I used to buy pedals.

In bulk?

 

[bassboysam]

I need that Tia Carrera

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Lots of these are limited edition. Some of the colored records are so cool looking it hurts. Solace records are neon lava orange.

 

[eyeballkid]

so whats all this about the b3k having great low end??!!! I had one, thought it sounded thin no matter what setting I did. "Fat" just made it scooped sounding. It disappeared in a mix and had no heft. So, I sold it. then I read people saying they had GREAT low end, so I thought somehow I was an idiot that didnt spend enough time with it and I bought another. second verse, same as the first! so I sold it. Im no noob to getting good live tone, good tone in a mix, tweaking pedals or EQ's.... so what gives?? what did I miss?? is it that all you "great low end"ers are all playing passive basses, or????