Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread Part 11 - "Bath Time"

[Lowest End]

The conspiracy stuff in that site is pure, unadulterated nonsense.

 

[JoeVictim]

I still stand by the old Crate G series amps. I know a handful of people that have access to just about any amp they want but they still choose the Crate.

For expensive, the best sounding tube head I have ever heard in person is the Engl Fireball ( i think it's called). It's very expensive but the tone was massive.

 

[blendermassacre]

Someone go wake up Sartori!! I'm all jacked up on caffeine and want to talk guitar heads!

I'll talk guitar heads all day long.

I'm super stoked on my Jet City 100 w head. It does every sort of tone I need it to. I get a killer Stooges-esque rock and roll tone AND a Doom / Stoner tone from the same amp. I'm a huge fan.

 

[Kaa]

I really have to take offense to this.

Everyone KNOWS that the cosmic frequency is A4:20 Hz, yo.

 

[Toastfuzz]

The conspiracy stuff in that site is pure, unadulterated nonsense.

If you thought that was conspiracy stuff, check out THIS related link! Better for an overview of the insanity, but this guy's also selling 432hz tuning forks and ambient music, so may have a bit riding on it.

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This is the kind of thing I can't show my mother or else I'd come home to find her ambient/new age/nature sound collection converted to 432 hz while she's spinning around naked in the living room covered in goat dung

 

[blendermassacre]

I've played through a lot of amps, and in my opinion, your budget has the most impact on your choice of amp.

You can get VERY nice tones out of amps that won't cost an arm and a leg.

You HAVE to have tubes? You can get anything from a 5 watt Marshall Class 5 (awesome amp) to sky's-the-limit Dumbles/Bogners/Diezel/insert spendy amp name here.

You want Marshall/Mesa grind in a thin budget, go with a Tech 21 Trademark 10/30/60. I have the 10 watter and it is a VERY good sounding amp for OD. Not so much for clean.

Anothe low-wattage choice is the newer Fender Super Champ. I saw a video of Dinosaur Jr. playing in their reheasal spot and J. was using one of these mic'd up, and sounded killer. All tube w/digital sims.

I'm not a huge fan of Line 6 stuff, it just sounds a little too processed for me, YMMV.

that marshall class a 5w head is amazing. I want one.

 

[Lowest End]

If you thought that was conspiracy stuff, check out THIS related link! Better for an overview of the insanity, but this guy's also selling 432hz tuning forks and ambient music, so may have a bit riding on it.

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This is the kind of thing I can't show my mother or else I'd come home to find her ambient/new age/nature sound collection converted to 432 hz while she's spinning around naked in the living room covered in goat dung

I did see in that other thread. People apparently have far too much time on their hands.

 

[Toastfuzz]

I did see in that other thread. People apparently have far too much time on their hands.

Hahaha.... you apparently do not sit in a cubicle 10 hours a day?

 

[Toastfuzz]

If Cthulhu played bass, he'd tune to B flat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3096776.stm

 

[Lowest End]

Hahaha.... you apparently do not sit in a cubicle 10 hours a day?

Nope.



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[Lowest End]

If Cthulhu played bass, he'd tune to B flat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3096776.stm

I know that story is old but I just read it the other day, and that is way cool.

And yes, I know sound doesn't work in the vacuum of space. And that waves that low are far below human hearing. But that's still soooooo cool!

 

[blendermassacre]

If you thought that was conspiracy stuff, check out THIS related link! Better for an overview of the insanity, but this guy's also selling 432hz tuning forks and ambient music, so may have a bit riding on it.

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This is the kind of thing I can't show my mother or else I'd come home to find her ambient/new age/nature sound collection converted to 432 hz while she's spinning around naked in the living room covered in goat dung

Just spit my coffee

 

[mlove]

If Cthulhu played bass, he'd tune to B flat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3096776.stm

Now thats heavy

 

[thombo]

sorry, does anyone have experience w/ PASSIVE prewired jazz electronics? i really like the feel of my deluxe jazz, but i want passive electronics, and i suck at soldering.

 

[blendermassacre]

sorry, does anyone have experience w/ PASSIVE prewired jazz electronics? i really like the feel of my deluxe jazz, but i want passive electronics, and i suck at soldering.

Well, sorry to say, you're going to have to solder at least a little. I've seen some passive prewired jazz control plates, but you'll still have to solder the pickups and ground wire.

 

[Toastfuzz]

sorry, does anyone have experience w/ PASSIVE prewired jazz electronics? i really like the feel of my deluxe jazz, but i want passive electronics, and i suck at soldering.

Passive electronics in a bass are simple and make sense, I "taught" myself how they worked by converting my Carvin J bass from an active 2-band pre to a passive Vol/Vol/Tone/Tone, from studying Rickenbacker and Gibson wiring schematics. After alot of research and alot of trial and error (8 tries actually) I figured out how to make it work, with a series/parallel pushpull switch and a .0047 cap pushpull switch (similar to Ric's "vintage" tone switch.)

What exactly do you want to know? If all you want is a simple passive J setup, the diagrams are out there for it, and its simple to wire up with 3 pots, a .047 capacitor, and your existing pickups and output jack.

 

[thombo]

there is already an output jack off the bass body (like a stingray), so i have room for four holes. I'm thinking v/v/t/kill switch. the more I troll around, I've consider doing a series/parallel switch too (push/pull volume pot style switch?).

 

[Kaa]

If Cthulhu played bass, he'd tune to B flat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3096776.stm

I see Chthulhu as more of a giant digideroo player. Playing one massive note (Bb of course) on a 'roo covered in skull carvings and other such adorments.

 

[Toastfuzz]

there is already an output jack off the bass body (like a stingray), so i have room for four holes. I'm thinking v/v/t/kill switch. the more I troll around, I've consider doing a series/parallel switch too (push/pull volume pot style switch?).

For me, getting the v/v/t/t working was the easy part, integrating in the series/parallel push/pull proved a bit more difficult, because now your simple operation is routed through the switch (to be normal "parallel" or rewired "series.") But I think that it helped to wire it up normal first, not soldering down wires, and then tackle the series/parallel 2nd, as wiring it up straight parallel first helped teach me how it should basically work.

A kill switch would be super easy to stick in at any point.

You could always wire it up straight parallel first to see how you like it, it gets the classic Jazz tones, more high end and round definition. Switching to Series gives more punch and bass, with less clarity (IMO)

Got shielding in the cavity of your bass? That would be a good first start if you're goin passive with single coils.

 

[Toastfuzz]

I see Chthulhu as more of a giant digideroo player. Playing one massive note (Bb of course) on a 'roo covered in skull carvings and other such adorments.

The brownest note