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Stoner/Doom Bassists 51: Back To The Future

We haven't even started recording our split yet and already we're lined up to do another one... and then a 12". Looks like I need to bust my ass.

It's funny how things like that can happen. It was announced we were releasing a split with another band before the consent demo was even out. Obviously that never happened, which makes it kind of funny that they were so preemptive in announcing it.
 
The first split we're going to be putting out is supposed to around mid-April. At least, that's when we should have our side recorded. The other band already has their side done. We have two or three songs written and it's only a 7". Two more songs and we're probably good to go.

For the 12", I'm hoping we have one noisy track. Maybe an intro with loads of feedback and a slow build up... then loads of blasts for the rest of the album.
 
So I was looking at the Radial Bigshot to run 2 amps at once. While looking at that one I found the Radial Twin City Bones a/b/y pedal. So after reading some reviews people were complaining that when they were running both amps at once they were getting some noticeable hum.

Apparently the Twin City has an iso/ground lift/phase inverter to combat any hum when running 2 amps at once. Seeing as how I plan to run 2 amps together this whole hum/noise issue with the Bigshot has me looking towards the Twin city.

So for you dudes running duel amps at the same time:how bad is the hum?
 
when it comes the time i'm just gonna get my pedal guy to build me one, the only question is whether i get one cheap and do two outputs, or future proof and get four outputs.

roundwound string hunt - mc_muench you think 55-110 power slinkies are pretty good? i enjoy ernie ball strings but they go dead pretty quick. such is the life of a roundwound string, though. strings are expensive as all hell here ($40 for a 4 string set) so i'll probably be a cheap bastard and boil my strings if i need fresh tone.

recommendations on C standard seem to be mostly in the "light 5 string set" range (ie. 115 or 120 for the low C) but i'm not sure i need that as i'm totally used to .105 chrome flats 'floppiness'.
 
At least here in the states, EB SS are the cheapest decdnt strings I can find, poor college kid budget here. And I like my rounds a little dead. I also like a floppy string, and I found that 105s were perfect for half step down/drop C# but too floppy for C standard. And 110s are a little tight for half step/ but perfect for C standard, Id rather be safe for drop tuning and deal with a little tighter string normally.
 

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