Stoner/DOOM Bassists Part 83: WHAT YEAR IS IT?

[The_Janitor]

Mushrooms, artichoke hearts, onion and tomato with white sauce a good pizza make, and free made it even tastier.

I was with you right up until the white sauce.

 

[Blank_0101]

I was with you right up until the white sauce.

You had me at hello

 

[mbelue]

Maybe the sharper angle helps with the intonation in that area.

And from my ventures outside of this thread, it seems people tend to stick towards those "money frets" so they'd be most worn.

What's above the,12th fret?
Guitar noise that's what.

 

[Timm Grimm]

I was with you right up until the white sauce.

What I thought

 

[Blank_0101]

Well screw all y'all I enjoyed my free pizza.

 

[Korladis]

What's above the,12th fret?
Guitar noise that's what.

Dave Edwardson plays up around there quite a bit. Doesn't sound very guitar-ish to me.

Not that you were completely serious.

Just there's a lot of times when it can be appropriate for a song.

 

[Blank_0101]

Dave Edwardson plays up around there quite a bit. Doesn't sound very guitar-ish to me.

Not that you were completely serious.

Just there's a lot of times when it can be appropriate for a song.

I use that area, I had quite a few bits in songs where I'd hop between both octaves for the riff.

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

There's something about playing notes up in the 15 - 18 fret area on the E string that I just really love compared to the same note played on the A string. I use just about the whole fretboard though. Don't think I play anything above the 13th fret on my G string through.

 

[The_Janitor]

There's something about playing notes up in the 15 - 18 fret area on the E string that I just really love compared to the same note played on the A string. I use just about the whole fretboard though. Don't think I play anything above the 13th fret on my G string through.

I do the same thing with my B string, it sounds fatter and just better than the same thing further down the neck on the E string.

 

[Ron Now]

I don't even have a G string, or a D string for that matter.

Back in the earlier Bongripper days when I played a 5'er I did a lot of noodling in the higher registers, a lot of that was because I couldn't get the low F region to sound good.

Now that I've got a setup that actually makes the F string useable I play a lot more down low.

 

[mbelue]

I do the same thing with my B string, it sounds fatter and just better than the same thing further down the neck on the E string.

My last band I used my five string Corvette tuned to A standard just for this purpose. I find the mids different and stronger around the 5th through the 10th fret as opposed to down around first position a string higher.

I do kid about the 12th fret but looking at the fret wear on my instruments its obvious I don't spend any time there. Strictly for accents. Or as bee would say "spacey dynamics." Any chord I have to slide gets played up there where I'm more likely to not fuuck it up.

Hell my right hand spends more time strumming there than the left does.

 

[twhitedc]

Catchup time! - Slowest day of the week...

Tones: I've been picking the eb3 lately. I like to blend the pickups to get more lows out of the humbucker, and more twang out of the bridge. I want to change out the pickups, but that's how it is for now. For "clean" tones I keep my meatsmoke drive at 9 o'clock, and the preamp volume about the same. I then control the volume at the power amp. I use the Bluebeard most of the time. I keep the rat tail set up for grind-er tone if the BB's heaviness isn't what I'm going for tonally. I also keep the modified "centurion" for heavy fuzz, but not as low or thick as the BB. It works really well into a wah - ala "that" church of misery type sound.

For Laz (and anyone else interested) - I saw Against Me! Last night and it was awesome! They sounded great, super tight, played long set and really varied older and newer material. The singer sounded spot on, and they had killer gear... Oranges all around. Bassist played a jetglo ric-> ad200b->810. Bonus* got to hang with Pete & Brian from the souls - glad I went out after work.

Final personal update, I decided to do a Beard & Moustache Contest in a few weeks... Should be rad! Also, planning on jamming on COC - Albatross at practice tomorrow morning... Let there be RIFFS!

 

[Blank_0101]

What's your guys verdict on bob's burgers?

I thought it was pretty funny overall. Though it had some stupid stuff, but it's on a mainstream channel and that's kinda understood to get everyone a laugh.

My friends absolutely hated it when I showed them.

Oh you got a recording of your EB-3?

 

[Niff]

hey fellers. not been here for about 20 parts.

thoughts:

replaced the bluebeard with a MIJ DS-1, been slamming the riffs and beers mostly.

rick still going strong after the unfortunate neck splitting mishap.

saw one of my favourite bassists use 2x AD200B + ampeg 8x10s tonight. one full dirt, one full clean. something to aspire to perhaps.

thanks to mr copeland for turning me onto "Whores." on spotify, sick tones on that new album.

i got a new job at an electronics supplier - i get to test out all the new headphones for "work purposes". sennheiser HD518s really bring out the most of an album you've heard 1000x before in a quiet, home environment - better than the grados i've used imo, and far more comfortable. my day to day travelling headphones are tossed up between two at the moment - between the Sennheiser Amperior and the Bowers & Wilkins P5. Amperior is far more balanced as a whole for all sorts of music - the B&W cans have a way more pronounced low and low mid response which sounds sick for our kind of music. i need to find a good phone and DAC for real listening now.

 

[Niff]

for us quiet parts just means fewer notes

i wish you could like comments on tb.

 

[bassboysam]

i wish you could like comments on tb.

Just put it in your sig

 

[bassboysam]

Senns vs. Grados. That's like a Fodera vs a Ric. Two opposite camps.

I like having a variety of headphones. Right now the collection is:
Audio-Technica AD2000X
Beyerdynamic DT990 Premium 600 ohm edition.
Grado RS1 Classic
Grado SR80i
Grado limited edition Bushmills
Denon D2000
Philips Fidelio X1


Yeah I have a problem


Edit: stuff I've sold:
Grado SR225i
Grado SR325i
Grado PS500
AKG K550
Audio-Technica WS99

 

[Corey Y]

I love my sennheiser headphones, but I prefer fairly neutral sounding setups when it comes to pro audio type gear. Polar opposite of my musical gear tastes.

 

[bassboysam]

I love my sennheiser headphones, but I prefer fairly neutral sounding setups when it comes to pro audio type gear. Polar opposite of my musical gear tastes.

Depends on which model of Senn. Some aren't nuetral at all.

My most nuetral phones are the AD2000X they can be cool but sometimes boring to listen to. Depends on my mood I guess. That's why I like options.

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Was seeing Against Me! weird now that the singer has undergone a sex change? Honestly they lost me after New Wave so I haven't been that interested in them since.

Here's the Red Fang performance from Letterman last night:

Love Paul Shaffer rocking out the organ.