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Stoner/Doom Bassist Thread Part 13: The Lost Thread

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bassboysam said:
Going through are thousands of megabytes of recordings. Found some old riffs that I don't understand why we just let die. Going to have to revisit them.

Anyway here is a really cool recording from early 2011, unplanned jam that worked out pretty well. This as close to Earthless as we will ever get.


the 2:30 mark is where it really starts to go.

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Oh man that style is my favorite of the wider genre. I hope to find some guys that want to play that style in my neck of the woods. Awesome track!!!
 
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Jason Hall said:
The El Oso is just a great versatile pedal. Used with the Bluebeard it'll melt faces and bring serious megatons of heavy to the table. I wouldn't want to have it as my always on but people know when I stomp that button.
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That leads me to a question. Do you all place your distortion before fuzz or distortion after fuzz? I love stacking my light overdrives into my fuzz and distortion boxes, but the distortion before or after fuzz thing I am not sure about.
 
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Yeah I guess I am thinking that way, lightest to heaviest dirt, so I am doing overdrive>fuzz>distortion. Just had a hard time thinking distortion is heavier than fuzz when some fuzz is so so heavy. Gives me that chicken or the egg came first, trying to do asian algebra, or strapping on the soft helmet kind of feeling when I go over my pedal layout
 
#913
Same, BB always on->el oso if anything just for the blending on the el oso. Also remember the el oso doesn't have a tone stack, BYOT. I'm curious to see how I can work in the ultimate drive (ocd clone) and ultimate octave into my setup if at all. If they ever get here that is.

Also remember that when it comes to fuzz/disto/od order is totally down to preference. I doubt anyone's going to run 4-5 fuzz boxes all at the same time. You'll probably want your always on first in the chain and anything after that is whatever.. mix/match/play until you find what you like. It's about making you happy first, not sticking to some formula for tone supremacy.

I'm thinking I'll probably stick the ultimate drive and octave between the bb and el oso. I like having the BB first and I think the el oso at the end of the chain would work best regardless of what else I put in there.
 
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Jason Hall said:
The El Oso is just a great versatile pedal. Used with the Bluebeard it'll melt faces and bring serious megatons of heavy to the table. I wouldn't want to have it as my always on but people know when I stomp that button.
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I have been thinking of trying the Joyo Ultimate Drive as my always on and putting the el oso as the boost. I got some things to try tonight!
 
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Well just like any pedal, you should experiment with settings and pedal placement to find what you like best. I use my El Oso more like a boost than anything else. I have it set so there is a slight volume increase with a lot of added snarl and grit.

I also engage it when I use my phaser. For some reason it seems like it passes some clean low end through the phaser that remains unaffected, which results in me being able to use my phaser and still be heard in the mix.
 
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Yeah really the best thing to do is experiment with their placement. I have some pedals that interact completely different than I would normally set up (lowest to highest gain). But I've had fuzz pedals that sounded way better with an overdrive after them, and all sorts of weird things.

Experimenting is key.
 
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LOCOPELAND said:
Haha my guitar player has been running all his dirt at the same time lately. Elements>ape blaster>destroyer>phaoraoh. Sounds surprisingly awesome.
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That reminds me, my little shoegazer pedal manipulator 5 year old who I think loves pedals as much as me will throw four or five, six pedals all at once and sometimes he hits on a real sweet sound ha ha. I was waiting for his bus and I said Micah I got a new pedal should be here soon, and his eyes lit up, he said one or two buttons(on off) then I said the light is yellow and looks the sun, I got a wow, then I said there is a bear on the pedal, wow again. He keeps his paperjams guitar on my guitar rack and sings guitar riffs, so think I may have a junior bassist/guitarist on the rise in my house :hyper:
 
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Samsquanch1972 said:
That reminds me, my little shoegazer pedal manipulator 5 year old who I think loves pedals as much as me will throw four or five, six pedals all at once and sometimes he hits on a real sweet sound ha ha. I was waiting for his bus and I said Micah I got a new pedal should be here soon, and his eyes lit up, he said one or two buttons(on off) then I said the light is yellow and looks the sun, I got a wow, then I said there is a bear on the pedal, wow again. He keeps his paperjams guitar on my guitar rack and sings guitar riffs, so think I may have a junior bassist/guitarist on the rise in my house :hyper:
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That's awesome. Kids usually love when I whip out the instruments. It's so awesome when kids are interested in music and actually want to participate. I wish I had that kind of experience when I was young.. the most I ever did was make fart noises and say dirty words into my little casio keyboard with the sample feature. Wow, nostalgia.

On effects stacking, 1 band comes to mind... lightning bolt. They were the reason I wanted to try distortion on bass in the first place... that monster eating a buzzsaw sound. The only thing I fear with mutliple effects is the wave of feedback that I'd most likely end up with. I'm already getting some with the bb->el oso when I'm not careful.
 

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