Haha, there's no real argument here. I always butt heads with Old Crow and Beebass. I'm just bored on a Friday at work and ornery cause I'm still sore from the dental work I had done yesterday.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists 51: Back To The Future
- Thread starter Corey Y
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I've been getting frustrated with my white ric lately. Their is this honk I can't eq out and I don't like the way it sounds.
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I'm always conflicted with my Ric too (we have the same color combo) I love the way it plays, but I'm never quite happy with the tone. Especially if I play it back to back with one of my other basses. I really only like it when I use it with a fuzz pedal.
I never dislike the way my Ric sounds. If I'm playing it with my main rig fuzzed out, I run everything wide open. I bet the flats do a lot to tame the honkiness.
If I'm playing clean through my mini rig, I run bridge pickup only with the tone rolled off.
Both sound fantastic.
I think the obvious secret here is Ric + Terror Bass!
If I'm playing clean through my mini rig, I run bridge pickup only with the tone rolled off.
Both sound fantastic.
I think the obvious secret here is Ric + Terror Bass!
With dirt and fuzz it's great. But clean their is something going on. I've tried 4 different kinds of string now too. Chromes, roto flats, daddario, and Dunlop rounds. I love the brown one. But I always use it with dirt. More experiments I guess. Maybe I should try the chromed again. My rig has gone thru changes and I think it was best when it had those.
that honk is the exact reason ive never bought one. always too much mid range for what i need to do in my band.
I think they sound great when someone else is playing them, they just dont fit what I want for my sound though.
Guess thats why more than one bass is produced.
Speaking of long setup times, last night we had our first Cold Mourning practice at my warehouse. Both the drummer and one of the guitarists brought their gear ahead of time earlier this week and got it packed up in storage, probably 5 feet from the door we're moving everything through to setup and play. We're practicing in my display room for work, so we can't leave everything setup. We're also only practicing with half stacks instead of full stacks. Both guitarists brought one 4x12, I had my 410HLF already there.
Practice was set for 6pm, drummer was arriving at 6:30. So I figured we'd all be setup and ready to go, so he could just setup his kit and we'd be ready. We started playing at 7:35.
I have no f*cking clue what took that long. I rolled in my 410HLF, with my YBA-1 on top, plugged everything in, setup my pedalboard, put out my bass stand and tuned in about 5 minutes.
Practice was set for 6pm, drummer was arriving at 6:30. So I figured we'd all be setup and ready to go, so he could just setup his kit and we'd be ready. We started playing at 7:35.
I have no f*cking clue what took that long. I rolled in my 410HLF, with my YBA-1 on top, plugged everything in, setup my pedalboard, put out my bass stand and tuned in about 5 minutes.
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Yeah, I mean I never play clean in bongripper so it wouldn't be a problem, but the Ric will not do our tuning so that's out.
I use too much clean tone in cstvt so the Ric never worked too well for that either, I tracked the overdrive parts on our first record Summer Fences with the Ric which was cool, but after that it was always my G&L or P-bass from then on.
It was great for Consent and MZRCDXVL as I never had to turn off the fuzz I was using, but neither of those really are happening anymore (MZR is still playing, but not with me).
So lately my Ric is sitting unplayed since I've got my Pbass at home too.
Any band I see myself doing in the future won't have much clean tone as well, but when it comes down it my Ric doesn't get too much play time.
I use too much clean tone in cstvt so the Ric never worked too well for that either, I tracked the overdrive parts on our first record Summer Fences with the Ric which was cool, but after that it was always my G&L or P-bass from then on.
It was great for Consent and MZRCDXVL as I never had to turn off the fuzz I was using, but neither of those really are happening anymore (MZR is still playing, but not with me).
So lately my Ric is sitting unplayed since I've got my Pbass at home too.
Any band I see myself doing in the future won't have much clean tone as well, but when it comes down it my Ric doesn't get too much play time.
its pretty simple, more stuff you have, longer it takes. plus if youre all relaxed and just BS'ing with each other, things take longer cause youre just hanging out. between all the cabs, and amps, the right cables, where to position things, etc. and drums always take longer than everything. just the name of the game.
the wedding band i used to be in? my set up time was probably 3 minutes lol. guitarsts was about 5, drummer about 10.
your P i think is my ideal P bass if its right from the pictures. 77/78 rootbeer/wood grain finish with a maple board? there was one at a local store that could have been had for about 1600, all original but i passed as i dont need it right now. but if i was ever gonna use a P, that would be it.
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Yup, that's it (78' to be exact). I've got the pickup cover but I leave it off, I keep the bridge cover on though, some sharp edges on that old fender bridge.
But the tone of that bass is just unreal, it makes me happy every time I play it. Even unpluged you can hear it sounds great...if that makes any sense.
It takes me personally very little time to get set up. Drummer has a fairly large kit with two floor toms and lots of cymbals so he takes a bit longer, but not too much. Guitar player is quick to set up but seems to have issues with his pedalboard and/or vocal processor that can delay the set. Overall we're pretty quick though.
I'll always ask if people want help moving gear, most say yes. I don't mind the work, it's good exercise and what goes around comes around so it's nice to have the help at the end of the night.
I'll always ask if people want help moving gear, most say yes. I don't mind the work, it's good exercise and what goes around comes around so it's nice to have the help at the end of the night.
That's what I'm saying, we had less stuff than we play shows with and we don't take an hour and a half to setup for shows. I could get into more detail with my gripe, but I don't wanna air out dirty laundry in public. It's pretty frustrating to be setup and ready to play and then stand around waiting another hour or so. Next time I might actually just setup all the guitar and bass stuff myself before everyone gets there, so we can just plug in and go.
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I was playing an 81' G&L L-1000 that I had refinished (as the original owner stripped it and then threw laquer at it, it was gross).
It was a great playing/sounding bass, and for a long time I convinced myself that the 78' bass didn't sound as good as I thought it did in my head. Went over to CME with the G&L one day, and after about 10 minutes of switching back and forth, I knew I was wrong (even my roommate who doesn't play could hear an obvious difference).
A week later the G&L was gone and Pbass was mine.
It was a great playing/sounding bass, and for a long time I convinced myself that the 78' bass didn't sound as good as I thought it did in my head. Went over to CME with the G&L one day, and after about 10 minutes of switching back and forth, I knew I was wrong (even my roommate who doesn't play could hear an obvious difference).
A week later the G&L was gone and Pbass was mine.
Never actually tried playing my '75 Ibanez P in Supervoid. I keep it in standard tuning cause it's what I do all my theory on. I'm sure it would sound great though. My teacher has been playing at the professional level for a damn long time, and he told me it sounds just as good as any 70s Fender he's ever heard.
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My guitarist has a mid '70's Fender Musicmaster short scale. He has it tuned down into C with standard guage flats. He loves that bass and thinks it sounds great.
Sounds and plays like runny dog sh!t to me.
Load in time is irrelevant if the band is good, short or long setup time, doesnt matter. I normally help cause others help us, again its that whole doom community.
We are all equals in the eyes of the DOOM gods. And in the end we will all see the halls of Valhalla.
This has been your daily DOOM gospel brought to you by Rev DOOM and Quaker's Instant Oatmeal, the DOOMest of all breakfast foods.
We are all equals in the eyes of the DOOM gods. And in the end we will all see the halls of Valhalla.
This has been your daily DOOM gospel brought to you by Rev DOOM and Quaker's Instant Oatmeal, the DOOMest of all breakfast foods.
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