stoner/doom bassist thread part 2: suspicious smoke

[Lazarus.Bird]

Actually not even sure I'd even want to see them live. Aside from a few hits from the other albums, Songs for the Deaf was the only one I REALLY got in to, and not sure I'd want to see them without that lineup.

I think at this point I'd much rather see The Eagles of Death Metal live.

If I could time travel I'd totally love to go back and see Kyuss in their prime!

 

[NKBassman]

Bassboysam, I just listened to some Monobrow, and the song Buried In The Backyard reminds me a lot of Dead Meadow. It might be in the guitar tone at the beginning, but it's got some solid groove. Nice work!

Mmmmm, Billows is some good stuff too.

 

[eyeballkid]

fistacuffs you say? did i mention that Im a? look behind you.

isnt Kyuss playing again? and soon nearby??

 

[Lowest End]

Tuning isn't everything. Our stuff is tuned a half step down and is still heavy as balls.

Indeed. We're normally in B standard (sometimes drop A) but often play up in E or A. I'm starting to like drop A since we can play mainly A an octave up (or that higher B or E) and then drop down to the low A for some extra chunk.

Even when we play in B standard a lot is up the octave with melodies going around, so it doesn't sound like Suffocation.




Suffocation rules by the way. They just aren't stoner rock.



Also, Kyuss is playing here in a couple of weeks. Definitely looking forward to it!

 

[eyeballkid]

Hey fellas..

I introduced a Part 3.
its HERE.

Its got a question for you all to consider as an addition to the discussions once this thread hits the 1000 mark and gets closed.

 

[bassboysam]

Bassboysam, I just listened to some Monobrow, and the song Buried In The Backyard reminds me a lot of Dead Meadow. It might be in the guitar tone at the beginning, but it's got some solid groove. Nice work!

Thanks, it was one of those songs that just came together really easily for us.

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

fistacuffs you say? did i mention that Im a? look behind you.

isnt Kyuss playing again? and soon nearby??

I'm trained in Aikido, Shotokan and Krav Maga. Let's go!

And yeah, under the moniker Kyuss Lives! Don't care that Reeder has basically replaced Oliveri as that guy is a piece of ****, but wouldn't be the same without Homme

 

[eyeballkid]

I know RoShambo.

 

[Josh Pelican]

Part three is open already? We still got a few pages to go, people!

 

[Snakeman1066]

Well Since everybody else is posting up their stuff...

My Main Player

My Pedal Board

My Rigs

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Nice rig Snake! I own an OC-3 and Digitech Chorus as well and find they work great together. Carvin is also very underrated and not praised enough!

How do you like the Traben? I owned an Array Attack for awhile. The Rockfield pickups sounded awesome in that thing, but the build quality (neck pocket, fret edges, etc) really left something to be desired. Bass felt kind of cheap. Possibly it was the model I had or a not so great factory turn out.

 

[eyeballkid]

Gotta back Laz up on the Carvin. While Ive never had one, every time weve played with a band where the bassist used em I was floored by the sound. Almost literally. Guys talk about rigs that move serious air, those things move serious people!

how ya like that Dark Boost?

 

[Snakeman1066]

Nice rig Snake! I own an OC-3 and Digitech Chorus as well and find they work great together. Carvin is also very underrated and not praised enough!

How do you like the Traben? I owned an Array Attack for awhile. The Rockfield pickups sounded awesome in that thing, but the build quality (neck pocket, fret edges, etc) really left something to be desired. Bass felt kind of cheap. Possibly it was the model I had or a not so great factory turn out.

I Love the Traben I got mine before the factory production moved to Vietnam.....and this is a neck-thru Array Obsession which is a little higher end model than the standard array...

The Carvin cabs are decent but the cabs next to them I built myself and they are loaded with Eminence Drivers are really roar...

 

[JoeVictim]

My Bass Muff sounds huge and once I can get my other head working (peavey mark 3), I can use the muff as an AB box and run one clean and one dirt. *(haven't tried it yet and not sure if it would work)*

Sill going to get the Lodestone, but now I can deal with the wait for X-mas.

 

[eyeballkid]

Maryland Death Fest for next year lineup is now posted...
a whole stupid ton of bands.. but Electric Wizard, Unsane, Yob, Saint Vitus, Godflesh, and Anvil (lol) are playing... plus about another 40bands.. but those alone may be worth the ticket price!

 

[Josh Pelican]

I would love to go to a Maryland Death Fest.

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

This past MDF kind of left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. Seems people were not nearly as nice as when I went before. Electric Wizard might be enough to bring me back though.

 

[DeathFromBelow]

I'll be playing Maryland Death Fest actually, with my band Dødheimsgard! It's black metal so I guess it's not really relevant to this thread, but anyways...

Never been stateside before, so I'm pretty stoked.
Looking forward to seeing Electric Wizard, Morbid Angel and Suffocation aswell!

 

[eyeballkid]

Hey Congrats! (and despite America's reputation around the world... I think youll dig it here... at least for the visit!)

 

[NKBassman]

Maryland Death Fest for next year lineup is now posted...
a whole stupid ton of bands.. ... and Anvil (lol) are playing...

One of my bands actually opened for Anvil a few months ago. It was pretty fun! I met Rob Reiner and saw Lips around during sound check, but chickened out from talking to him when he shot me a weird look from across the room haha.

The first song was a little rocky, but once they got into it and warmed up they were pretty great. Lips was having the time of his life, which was heartwarming to see.